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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?
Nov 2 2020 1:44PM
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brieuc
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I have the tracer 98 and it’s awesome my g
Dec 17 2020 2:07PM
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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.
Dec 17 2020 7:03PM
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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
Dec 17 2020 7:19PM
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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
Dec 17 2020 7:20PM
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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
Dec 17 2020 7:20PM
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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.
Dec 17 2020 7:33PM
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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.
Dec 17 2020 7:39PM
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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.
Dec 17 2020 7:43PM
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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
Dec 18 2020 1:17AM
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