Photo by: Will Devereux @Devxphoto on ig
Skier: Thomas Shepard
Age: 23
Height: 5' 6"
Weight: 135 Lbs.
Ski: ON3P Mango (22-23 season)
Ski Width: 100 mm
Ski Length: 176 cm
Bindings: Tyrolia Attack 14 GW (22-23 season)
Break Width: 110 mm
My din setting: 10
Ride info:
I have ridden these skis and bindings in all conditions; east coast ice, blower pow, cascade concrete, summer slush, and everything in-between. This setup was mainly ridden in the park, but some off-piste, over the 180 days at Killington, Sugarbush, Sunday River, Bolton Valley, Loon, and Timberline. This setup was ridden from November 2022 through today, and I will still ride them until my new Tyrolias get here, then they become a designated urban setup. The setup saw lots of winter as well as spring and summer days on the glacier. In the park rails are more of my strong suit but I have done a fair amount of jumping as well usually sessioning jumps between 35-65 ft with single tricks such as corks and rodeos. I hope this helps give you an idea of how this setup was tested.
Ski Review:
The Mango 100 was excellent in most conditions. They mainly excelled in chunder, these skis absolutely charge through chewed up snow and I have never felt more comfortable riding at top speed through bombed out landings. The one area they seem to fall behind in terms of conditions is the ice. Especially after rounding the edges out on rails, the rocker profile of this ski along with being a relatively wide park ski, it was sometimes difficult to turn.
Turning/carving-
Like I stated before the ice is not this skis friend, but that's not exactly what this ski was intended for. In softer snow this ski has a mid-turn radius, 18m. They do feel a touch slow edge to edge in comparison to similar width skis that I have ridden. They gave me confidence in my turns through the most aggressive bumps as well as on softer groomers. In deep powder they do start to sink in comparison to wider skis, but I have found them to float better than other similar width skis due to the larger surface area provided by the square tip and rocker. A touch of camber is added closer to the center to provide a little extra help gripping which comes in handy on landings, so you don't spin out. These skis do want to be ridden fast. They make you want to absolutely charge all over the mountain and through the park. Overall a 8 out of 10 for turning/carving.
Flex-
This ski is for sure stiffer than people on the internet believe. I personally enjoy a mid-stiff ski that will pop when you want it to but doesn't feel like a plank. The mango is rather stiff underfoot id say a 7-7.5 out of 10 and softer in the tip and tail 5.5-6 out of 10 (1 soft- 10 stiff). This makes the ski incredibly playful being able to get way up on the noses for butters and snap out of them, but without sacrificing the stability of the ski at speed or on landings. The flex point is at an ideal location for a well-rounded ski.
Durability-
THEY ARE AT 180 DAYS. I think that speaks for itself, but I do want to go into what has held up and what has not.
The good... The base is bombproof as of my knowledge. I purposefully skied over as many volcanic rocks at hood as possible at the end of the summer to see what would happen. There are no core shots and hardly any marks. BuT tHomAs tHe VolCanIC rOCk iS sOft. I also jumped off of numerous cliffs onto granite rock patches on low tide days on the east coast, same outcome. The topsheets seem to be an issue on some older models, but I hardly have any chips in the topsheet. The sidewall and core are also great quality. The pop has remained strong, and the camber lasted for a majority of the ski's life. No sidewall cracks or delamination anywhere other than where I ripped the edge out, which birngs me to...
The bad... Which really isnt that bad. The first sign of damage I noticed was edge cracks around day 50. More started to show up over time, but nothing pulled untill around day 110 when I overshot the second spray paint jump at hood (55-60 ft but I took it past the landing) when testing it for my park crew job. The tip edge which started pulling a few days before ripped out on impact. Around day 130 is when the underfoot edge finally fell out, which has slowly had more pieces come out since. This ski gets a 9.5 out of 10. I have never abused a ski more and I certainly have not had a ski last me nearly this long. Do note that I am pretty light, so this also has an effect on how beat my skis get.
Price-
Expensive but well worth it when your skis perform well and actually last. Its relatively fair however I would like the skis to come down at least $100.
Binding Review:
Functionality-
Easy to use, setup, change breaks, and adjust. The breaks somehow never broke but I did bend them back multiple times after crashing. I would like a 100mm break width option, but I will be going to 95s and bending the breaks to fit the skis rather than oversizing to 110mm. One annoying thing is the AFD lowers and the forward pressure changes sometimes after crashes or over long periods of time, so double check that from time to time. Unless I forget to check those things, the bindings keep you locked in when needed and eject when needed better than any other bindings.
7 out of 10
Durability-
The durability of the Tyrolia Attack 14 is decent. Nothing ever broke but things got loose and wore down. The rollers in the toe pieces are now squares and the heel piece has holes where it connects with the boots. The heel piece has also got loose on the track over time. This became noticeable when riding around day 120. While worn down, they still performed for the most part as they should, and because of that i give the durability a 6.5 out of 10.
Price-
Affordable, I feel these bindings are equivalently as good as pivots overall, just with different strengths and weaknesses.
The complete setup:
I would not change a thing. I bought the exact same setup again. The bindings with their low footprint on the ski allow the ski to perform as intended. The skis tend to be a bit heavier than other options, but paired with the light weight Tyrolias it cancels out. Both the bindings and the skis seem to wear out at the same speed so it's nice to not have to do a remount mid-season or put a half beat pair of bindings on fresh skis.
I truly believe that this is the perfect one ski quiver for a majority park rider that still wants good all mountain ability. I have had more fun and skied better on this setup than on any other setup in my lifetime.
If you choose to run this setup, I hope it treats you as well as it treated me.
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