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Best Skins for ON3P

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ViolentSkiBlade
Posts: 114 - Karma: 576
I have some 186 Kartel 108's and I watch to start skinning this year. Gonna get some daymaker touring adapters but I haven't ever skinned. What skins would you suggest for these skis?
Oct 15 2020 2:28PM
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crustyboot.420
Posts: 989 - Karma: 4,275
Just get some trim to fit -skins. Nylon or nylon + mohair skins are great for beginners. I personally have good experiences with black diamond and kohla.

**This post was edited on Oct 15th 2020 at 2:59:25pm
Oct 15 2020 2:59PM
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ViolentSkiBlade
Posts: 114 - Karma: 576
nolliebackflipJust get some trim to fit -skins. Nylon or nylon + mohair skins are great for beginners. I personally have good experiences with black diamond and kohla.

**This post was edited on Oct 15th 2020 at 2:59:25pm


Sweet thank you! you think wall to wall or should I trim em so it is not full coverage?
Oct 15 2020 3:00PM
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Biffbarf
Posts: 7133 - Karma: 75,228
BIGPOWPAPASweet thank you! you think wall to wall or should I trim em so it is not full coverage?


buy and use the g3 tool to cut the skins nomatter which ones you get. makes it foolproof. you want your edge exposed.
Oct 15 2020 3:15PM
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Roumarin
Posts: 53 - Karma: 384
Blister has already a really good guide for skins. https://blisterreview.com/gear-reviews/climbing-skins-a-guide-comparisons

Personally, I have used the G3 alpinist+ glide and had no problem.
Your edges should be exposed once the skin is trimmed.

**This post was edited on Oct 15th 2020 at 7:39:42pm
Oct 15 2020 7:39PM
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ViolentSkiBlade
Posts: 114 - Karma: 576
Biffbarfbuy and use the g3 tool to cut the skins nomatter which ones you get. makes it foolproof. you want your edge exposed.


I was planning on that!
Oct 15 2020 7:39PM
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TheWeaz
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Cheapest option is big sky mountain products skins, they’re decent but not the best skins I’ve used, the glue is hard to pull apart and they don’t pack down small but get the job done for like half the price of other skins.

my personal favorite skins are pamocas because the glue is easy to peel apart, they’re light and pack down really small. But they are also twice the price.


If you’re only going to skin occasionally You can definitely got with the cheaper options. At minimum get a skin that is the waist width or wider of the ski they are going on, most of your grip comes from underfoot of the ski.
Oct 15 2020 10:49PM
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PacificRimJob
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get a pair of black diamond skins... Theyre foolproof.
Oct 19 2020 5:45PM
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Cade2
Posts: 2124 - Karma: 2,706
BIGPOWPAPAI have some 186 Kartel 108's and I watch to start skinning this year. Gonna get some daymaker touring adapters but I haven't ever skinned. What skins would you suggest for these skis?


Take an avy coarse and get a beacon probe and shovel
Oct 19 2020 9:32PM
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Bended_Toenail
Posts: 1417 - Karma: 10,222
Cade2Take an avy coarse and get a beacon probe and shovel


I think he might've just meant skinning up his local hill inbounds but not sure.

If he is doing backcountry touring he should definitely take avy courses and get the needed gear
Oct 19 2020 10:08PM
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ViolentSkiBlade
Posts: 114 - Karma: 576
Bened_notnilI think he might've just meant skinning up his local hill inbounds but not sure.

If he is doing backcountry touring he should definitely take avy courses and get the needed gear


I plan on doing backcountry and I am getting my avy this winter :)
Oct 20 2020 12:15PM
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Kevski
Posts: 7056 - Karma: 2,790
I love how people rush to assume shopping for skins means he isn’t aware that he needs the other gear and training too. Give the dude some credit haha

I have the BD ascension nylon ones on my K108s and they’ve treated me well for a couple seasons now. They come with a trim tool so you can buy bigger and maximize base coverage. Treated me better than my G3’s before that.
Oct 20 2020 5:30PM
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cobra_commander
Posts: 16909 - Karma: 4,681
pomoca skins are lighter, thinner and have better traction than any other brand just more expensive.

Whatever you get make sure have money left to buy some actual touring bindings when you realize how fucking terrible daywreckers are...
Oct 20 2020 10:35PM
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ViolentSkiBlade
Posts: 114 - Karma: 576
KevskiI love how people rush to assume shopping for skins means he isn’t aware that he needs the other gear and training too. Give the dude some credit haha

I have the BD ascension nylon ones on my K108s and they’ve treated me well for a couple seasons now. They come with a trim tool so you can buy bigger and maximize base coverage. Treated me better than my G3’s before that.


Word thank you so much !
Oct 22 2020 3:33PM
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X_MEMESWERVE_XX
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Highly suggest Bigsky, I run them on my surfaces and they are solid as hell.. the jungle graphic is dope too
Oct 25 2020 12:01PM
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GayWolf420
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I just trimmed a pair of BD Acensions on my Woodsman 108s. The tip is a bit wider than my K108s that I just ski as a daily driver sometimes but they fit pretty seamlessly.
Oct 25 2020 2:32PM
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