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Mounting Blade Optic 96's Forward

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blueberrypaladin
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I have some 184 Blade Optic 96's I've been skiing all season at +1. Been using them as my Vermont ski, with park and slush duties too (loved them this year). Been thinking recently, as it gets a little less icy and a little more park-y, of moving them up more. The tail's can feel a little short behind me, I'm 6' 190 so I can get over them but as long as I'm pretty centered they ski well in
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blueberrypaladin
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Formatting got wrecked - anyone have success (or failure) mounting at +2.5 or +3? Don't want to mess with the camber / sidecut.
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Non_State_Actor
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For some reason using the little "lesser than/greater than" arrow things nukes the rest of your post on this forum. I assume you used them to indicate the amount of snow judging from context?
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blueberrypaladin
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on the money lol, was trying to say less than 12 inches. Didn’t want to completely blow up soft snow performance, but it’s a quiver ski so not super important. Would happily trade some drivability as long as it’s not uncarvable at +2.5

**This post was edited on Apr 19th 2023 at 7:29:39am
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Twig
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They will definitely carve fine at +2.5. I rode the 104 and 114, both at +4.5 from recc and they still carved great skied with a centered stance. In general, I think they ski best from the center of the ski so bumping the mount forward a bit makes very little difference in that regard. You'll lose some float but that's not why anyone skis a 96mm ski...
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blueberrypaladin
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TwigThey will definitely carve fine at +2.5. I rode the 104 and 114, both at +4.5 from recc and they still carved great skied with a centered stance. In general, I think they ski best from the center of the ski so bumping the mount forward a bit makes very little difference in that regard. You'll lose some float but that's not why anyone skis a 96mm ski...



Thanks! Yah already feel like I carve them from a centered stance, and when the stance has been really dialed they almost had shades of the Mirus Cor I was on last spring (maybe that’s an exaggeration but damn can they carve a soft groomer in a tight turn).




Does this mean we have roofbox reviews on the wider guys coming this year? Ahaha
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