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Tracer is the 108

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tacobellman1324
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What is the overall opinion of the tracer series and more specifically the tracer 108?
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brieuc
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I have the tracer 98 and it’s awesome my g
4 years ago
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Non_State_Actor
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I'm curious about this ski as well, saw a pair in the lift-line the other day and was intrigued.

It sort of looks like the Line Vision on paper, what happened with that ski? There was a lot of hype before it came out and I haven't heard much since it was released.
4 years ago
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animator
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mystery3I'm curious about this ski as well, saw a pair in the lift-line the other day and was intrigued.

It sort of looks like the Line Vision on paper, what happened with that ski? There was a lot of hype before it came out and I haven't heard much since it was released.


Vision is fucking awesome, the tracer is really one dimensional IMO. The vision you can really charge, you can ski it like a freestyle ski, you can ski it like a directional ski, you can tour on it, it’s one of the best skis north of 2010 IMO. @Cascara did a fantastic job on it. The only ski in the tracer series that worth the prices tags IMO is the 118, the rest are just Atomic Backland rip offs
4 years ago
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animator
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mystery3I'm curious about this ski as well, saw a pair in the lift-line the other day and was intrigued.

It sort of looks like the Line Vision on paper, what happened with that ski? There was a lot of hype before it came out and I haven't heard much since it was released.


Edit: triple post Jesus

**This post was edited on Dec 17th 2020 at 7:22:52pm
4 years ago
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animator
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mystery3I'm curious about this ski as well, saw a pair in the lift-line the other day and was intrigued.

It sort of looks like the Line Vision on paper, what happened with that ski? There was a lot of hype before it came out and I haven't heard much since it was released.


Edit: double post

**This post was edited on Dec 17th 2020 at 7:21:41pm
4 years ago
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Non_State_Actor
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animatorVision is fucking awesome, the tracer is really one dimensional IMO. The vision you can really charge, you can ski it like a freestyle ski, you can ski it like a directional ski, you can tour on it, it’s one of the best skis north of 2010 IMO. @Cascara did a fantastic job on it. The only ski in the tracer series that worth the prices tags IMO is the 118, the rest are just Atomic Backland rip offs


I wouldn't pay more than 50% of retail for a ski from Line or Armada tbh.

Saying the tracer is one dimensional, what do you think it does well? Is it viable as a 50/50 ski or more than 50% resort. The reviews I've seen around are leaning more towards the Armada description and all-mountain usage, except for Blister but as much as I like their reviews they are pretty biased against light skis and anything that could be characterized as twitchy. That's a fine take to have but not everyone wants a 2500g ski for a daily driver.
4 years ago
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skidemon22
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mystery3I wouldn't pay more than 50% of retail for a ski from Line or Armada tbh.

Saying the tracer is one dimensional, what do you think it does well? Is it viable as a 50/50 ski or more than 50% resort. The reviews I've seen around are leaning more towards the Armada description and all-mountain usage, except for Blister but as much as I like their reviews they are pretty biased against light skis and anything that could be characterized as twitchy. That's a fine take to have but not everyone wants a 2500g ski for a daily driver.


I’d say that it’s more 50/50. They have the declivity line for resort focused stuff.
4 years ago
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animator
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mystery3I wouldn't pay more than 50% of retail for a ski from Line or Armada tbh.

Saying the tracer is one dimensional, what do you think it does well? Is it viable as a 50/50 ski or more than 50% resort. The reviews I've seen around are leaning more towards the Armada description and all-mountain usage, except for Blister but as much as I like their reviews they are pretty biased against light skis and anything that could be characterized as twitchy. That's a fine take to have but not everyone wants a 2500g ski for a daily driver.


In terms of one dimensional, they’re pretty much just like “a lightweight, downhill ski.” Sort of vanilla in terms of it feels like a Soul 7. It skis downhill ok, it’s not super stable at high speed, the 108 floats as well as any other 108 I guess. It’s viable as a 50/50 ski but there’s a lot of other skis that could do it better (Vision 108, K2 Mindbender 108ti, Sego Condor 108, Moment Wildcat 108). It’s just a boring ski, not really too good at any one thing in terms of the conditions it can handle.
4 years ago
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Cascara
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Appreciate the kind words... I am very stoked on that Vision 108 too!
animatorVision is fucking awesome, the tracer is really one dimensional IMO. The vision you can really charge, you can ski it like a freestyle ski, you can ski it like a directional ski, you can tour on it, it’s one of the best skis north of 2010 IMO. @Cascara did a fantastic job on it. The only ski in the tracer series that worth the prices tags IMO is the 118, the rest are just Atomic Backland rip offs
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