HellalitI read it all. I appreciate these comments! Your description of the Jeff 100/108 sounds intriguing and I like my skiing preference (and the Mfre 108). The 103 DPS is also fascinating; sounds and looks like an awesome ski. On the note of wider skis like the Jeff 108 and the M-free 108, Rossi SF, as a daily, I'm wondering (even with wind buff on high altitude areas ex: cirque) if the underfoot will hold me back, on non rippin' days (I currently own a wildcat 116 and may be selling for a longer length). Therefore, I've heard mixed opinion on wider skis as a daily. Some folks say they can always ski 108-110 daily, while others disagree. However, As I am willing to compromise carving down the fall line for a more slashy, quick-turning, send big, go fast ski (Jeff and Mfree 108), and therefore maybe the width is not something I need to consider all that much? or maybe a ski like the rossi SF, has such a good profile for its width that it does this all perfect, even on non pow stick rippin days!
if you made it this far, thanks!
**This post was edited on Apr 3rd 2024 at 1:33:57pm
Think about this day: Cirque is mega buffed so ripping down turns is hella fun, all cliff airs are good, then onto middle chips over to the cattrack hit, from there down to the hits near black jack gully, over down around chips and back on the traverse to the tram deck area.
At the top of the cirque on a day described above, you want something that can handle the speeds, rip, hold an edge, and not get bucked. Think rossi SF here.
Your lower half of the run will be cutting probably through chop to groomed traverses (cattrack hit) and fun winlips. This is where you would want something more playful, thinking jeffrey here.
Its a question of, would you rather surf the cirque, then have an easier time throwing tricks down low, or would you rather rip the cirque at high speed, with a little sacrifice of tricks down low being slightly harder.
If you are familiar with alta, think of a jeff 108 as a wildcat ski (go for cliffs, hits, jumps) where as the rossi sf is a collins ski, (go for longer open lines at higher speeds).
"I am willing to compromise carving down the fall line for a more slashy" -- says you should look around at jeffs, I personally havn't skied the mfree108, so don't want to weigh in.
the design of the ski will hold you back more than the width, the SF 110 rolls over like a 106 in my mind, but floats around a 110 (shovel design -> sidecut) - I wouldn't let waist width play into your calculations, and in the end its a couple mm
