This thing is a lot of freakin fun

A Review On: 2009 Volkl Tigershark 10 Foot Power Switch Ski w/ Motion iPT 12.0 TS Binding

2009 Volkl Tigershark 10 Foot Power Switch Ski w/ Motion iPT 12.0 TS Binding

Rated # 7 in Carving Skis
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Price paid: $550.00
kinjachris
By kinjachris
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Pros: GRIP GRIP GRIP

Cons: not that great in deep crud

Was looking for an all mountain ski that would let you carve on hardpack and this is it.  I ski SoCal a lot and when its hard and icy, this ski is my Ginsu Knife.  Tons of grip, slices up the ice and inspires confidence.  Works great on the whole hill but i've taken it through boot deep powder and its a real bear as you don't have a ton of surface area under foot.  however.... on the groomers, you can give the alpine carving snowboard guys a run for their money laying down trenches.  Two ski quiver, this one for the hardpack and dynastar mythic riders for mammoth, crud and deep.    eyeing a 100cm wide ski to round out the trifecta.  would buy these again if they were stolen.

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incognito 7/28/11 at 12:50am
Just curious - do you ever use the power switch? I demoed the PS model 3 years ago, fiddled with the PS and didn't see much difference. Two years ago I bought the non-PS model and I'm very happy with it. I also ski SoCal, so I wondered if there were situations that the PS proved to be useful.
kinjachris 8/24/11 at 9:31pm
no. I have the non power switch one. looked like a gimmick to me. many years ago i had the marker selective control bindings (same concept) and it was a total gimmick, made no difference. Frankly these skis are pretty freaking amazing on the ice. downside is they are heavy. they work up to about 5-6" of fresh snow, then they become a detriment. i've been oogling the new volkl RTM but frankly it looks like the tigershark with a different color topsheet for a lot more money. they have to keep changing the name so people like me think they are missing performance and will go out and get new skis!