New big rockered pow ski: 09/10 Movement Fly Swatters

BobYohan

BobYohan

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Sooo... I was lucky enough to get to borrow a prototype of Movement's new Fly Swatters coming out next year and test em in the deep stuff. My description of this ski would be stable, predictable, forgiving, air-stomping machines. The super-rocker on em I think is only rivaled by the surface livelife2, and allowed me to land in pow in a stable aggressive stance with my weight forward without fear of tip dive. I found the aggressive rocker pushes more snow than other pow skis, and so it was a little difficult to maintain speed on mellower pitches. But on steep stuff, I could carry a lot of speed through the trees knowing how easily I could control it. The only other big ski i had the chance to try was the ARG, which i found a lot more nimble but less forgiving in comparison. Anyways, hope you enjoyed my amateur review, here's some pics:
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oh, and neon bases look cool on film
 
not sure about the dimensions, except that this is clearly not a reverse sidecut ski. the skis pictured are 185, not sure what other measurements there will be. they ski much shorter on any kind of hardpack, and had a significantly tighter turn radius than 189 Hellbents, and seemed stiffer as well. As for overall flex... i couldn't really say... not sure how to judge that in the powder, i'm more used to eastern ice.
 
Did you tour with them? That seems like it would be miserable. I bet those are fun deep day skis though. What other pow skis have you used? Just the ARGs?
 
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