194cm Devastator?? Y or N ?

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Should we build 40 pairs of 194cm Devastators? And drop them on our website next week? One-time run?
 
idk what its called but i’ve been digging the shorter radius on long skis by changing the shape so that the widest point of the ski is closer to where the rocker beings. almost like a 5-point ski but not really. so with the picture below the blue line is the current widest part of the ski. i think it would be dope to have the same width but start it a bit more inside to that red line. especially if its on a longer ski like a 194.

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14553344:partyandBS said:
idk what its called but i’ve been digging the shorter radius on long skis by changing the shape so that the widest point of the ski is closer to where the rocker beings. almost like a 5-point ski but not really. so with the picture below the blue line is the current widest part of the ski. i think it would be dope to have the same width but start it a bit more inside to that red line. especially if its on a longer ski like a 194.

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The tip shape to which you are referring is called taper. It helps tips and tails (to a lesser extent) not get hooky in deeper snow.
 
I think he’s talking about the 4FRNT reverse sidecut or whatever it’s called. The sidecut is cut to the shape of the profile as it rises. I think ON3p does something similar. Basically your radius changes depending on where you’ve laid the ski down. I know many skis do a dual and tri sidecut

or maybe it is taper he’s referring to. Who knows. I just assumed he wasn’t because 5 cut is very similar

14553414:Non_State_Actor said:
The tip shape to which you are referring is called taper. It helps tips and tails (to a lesser extent) not get hooky in deeper snow.
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**This post was edited on Sep 23rd 2023 at 1:23:04pm
 
[tag=254204]@Non_State_Actor[/tag] [tag=273152]@BradFiAusNzCoCa[/tag] i think were all talking about the same thing here lol. a bunch of skis are doing it. one of my favorite examples of this would be the sego big hit but i think they stopped making skis. ?

since it isnt very round i always thought of calling that part of the ski the ‘butter box’ because its where the rocker is so its easier to flex and its roughly the length of a stick of butter lol.
 
14553299:TWoods said:
Wait do people not buy skis over 189 anymore?
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I use 190+ skis almost exclusively. Unless I'm on my extremely fat pow skis, which are still like 185 and burly as hell, I'm always on something in the 190s.

Hell, my touring skis are 193. I have a set for peak-bagging that are 179 and I feel like I'm on sled dogs with those things sometimes.
 
14553143:Gnar_Shralp406 said:
Give the people what they want!

194 Dev hype video.mp4
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Perfect hunting grounds for the 194cm Devastator (that we may or may not be dropping this week)
 
14554423:.Brink. said:
Any updates on this happening or not? I have my credit card ready...
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We got enough feedback to build 40 pairs!!! Fired up because we wanted to build them. We're going to announce specifics next week Wednesday through our email+social and we'll drop something in here.
 
14554450:4FRNT said:
We got enough feedback to build 40 pairs!!! Fired up because we wanted to build them. We're going to announce specifics next week Wednesday through our email+social and we'll drop something in here.
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[tag=21244]@4FRNT[/tag] is for the people!!
 
14554450:4FRNT said:
We got enough feedback to build 40 pairs!!! Fired up because we wanted to build them. We're going to announce specifics next week Wednesday through our email+social and we'll drop something in here.
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That's awesome! I'll keep an eye out.
 
I have a pair of 194 Devs from the last run you made (2019?) and I gotta say holy frig they are so damn fun…. By far one of my favorite skis in the quiver.

I’m just a hair under 6 ft (legit 5’11” & 7/8ths in my medical records so you know I gotta round up for the tinder bio) so I definitely don’t NEED that much ski but goddamn they are so stable and fun in pow, groomers, and slush I find myself taking them out more often than not. So bomber…
 
14554664:4FRNT said:
You ask, we build. ?
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14553601:PacificRimJob said:
I use 190+ skis almost exclusively. Unless I'm on my extremely fat pow skis, which are still like 185 and burly as hell, I'm always on something in the 190s.

Hell, my touring skis are 193. I have a set for peak-bagging that are 179 and I feel like I'm on sled dogs with those things sometimes.
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How tall are you??
 
Cant wait for this. Only reason not to buy devs was the short lenght. Now there is literally no reason not to buy them :)
 
14555124:cadebucket said:
If they aren't 2600 grams and no taper we don't want it
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have you skied the new one? I can't imagine that making a one off core is in the books for them
 
14555125:ssk said:
have you skied the new one? I can't imagine that making a one off core is in the books for them
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No because it only comes in 186. But you're right the new ski is probably better for 95% of people.
 
14555128:cadebucket said:
No because it only comes in 186. But you're right the new ski is probably better for 95% of people.
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i wonder what the 194 will weigh in at if the 186cm is 2k
 
14554826:Arnie777 said:
Cant wait for this. Only reason not to buy devs was the short lenght. Now there is literally no reason not to buy them :)
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We're going to drop them this week Thursday 10/5 at 11AM MST - only putting 40 pairs up! Gonna announce officially on Wednesday to let the people know.
 
Stoked there’s gonna be something for us tall and heavy folk. 186 was great thisll be phenomenal
 
14555729:Arnie777 said:
Nooo :( no shipping to the Netherlands.....
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move.

but if there were a ski for the tall ass dutch, itd be this one lol. my mom is dutch and im the shortest guy on her side of the family. Im the 195cm runt and the rest are 2m+. fuckin freaks
 
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