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Quote: Originally Posted by Smear  BTW: Ramp angel is most often used when describing the angle of the bootboard inside the boot relative to the outside and measured in degrees. Binding height differens is most often...

Been NASTAR and beer league racing pretty regularly for about 6 years now.  Not really a newbie, but still strongly amatuer at this.  Picked up a GS race suit off the clearance rack a few years ago which has a fair amount of...

Real mixed bag at out local beer league.  You can find platinum level skiers in everything from short SL's to FIS GS skis and everything in between.  From what I've heard, a number of them own several pairs of race skis and...

2012: Head iPeak 84, Blizzard Magnum 7.6, Blizzard Mag. GSr, Volkl Racetiger Sidewall SL Environment & Conditions: Wild Mountain, MN.  Not a bad day for skiing in Minnesota: cold & clear.  With a return to some...

SJ,   At 78mm under foot, how would you rate this as a front-side oriented all-mountian ski?  Also were you on  the C-Line version or have you tried it yet?  

Quote: Originally Posted by SquawBrat  There is a reason manufacturers have moved away from system skis; if you are sold on this ski buy it flat.  Thanks, but the question isn't about if I should buy the...

OK, quick background: looking at new skis - have two shops that carry the model I'd like.  One shop sells it flat, the other with the "system" binding.  The shop that only sells the ski flat does so for two reasons. ...

Anyone able to compare and contrast these two?  Wondering especially about Head's Flow Rise tip which doesn't seem to be an early rise tip, just a softened one.

I got these from a shop in Frisco.  Always a risk that the shop won't have a good tune on the skis; however, it wasn't a particularly busy day and there didn't seem to be much of a demand for these skis, so I would hope that they...

2012 Blizzard Magnum 8.1ti Length Tested: 172 Environment & Conditions: In a word: lousy!  Tested at Copper Mountain.  Snow has been very sparse this season.  2” of new had fallen three days prior. ...