Buying my first expensive pair of skis (and I don’t want to fuck it up)

[HombreKraken]

hoping to ski a lot this winter so I am finally buying a fresh pair of skis.

Pretty sure im going for the Candice CT 3.0 with armada shift bindings (found this set for 750$ ish). How would you mount them for a season of some touring, powder skiing, buttering, and “using the whole mountain as a terrain park” haha?

Any input on the setup itself and the mounting would be madly appreciated (skiing European alps and Nordic resorts)

Cheers bois n gals

 

[anders_a]

I mounted mine at CT line, they feel awesome there. Such a fun ski.

I'm assuming your used to a more forward mounted binding.

 

[WoFlowz]

Haven’t heard to many good things about shifts, but I’d like to know how they work for you?

 

[GayWolf420]

Dont fret on the price sometimes, though skiing is expensive. Nothing better than fresh skis arriving to your doorstep when you know you worked hard for em

 

[animator]

I have the exact same set up and I mounted on the CT line, don’t mount it anywhere else or you’ll fuck with the sidecut. It skis like a missile on the line and it can do literally everything

 

[BigPurpleSkiSuit]

Fair warning: I have heard nothing but absolute praise for how the Candide 3.0s ski

I have also heard many horror stories about them breaking very easily. That said, Faction's warranty is superb, so go for it!

 

[anders_a]

I have both the 18/19 model and the 19/20 model of the 3.0 and the build quality seems to be good on both.

 

[keagan.karstens]

Armada makes bindings?

 

[animator]

Armada makes bindings?

They have the Warden and the Shift because they’re under the same umbrella of America Sports as Salomon is, so they’re just rebranded

 

[methscratchface]

dont sleep on the dynafit rotation binding.