.MASSHOLE.
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13847724:skidemon22 said:
Damn it I got so excited too.
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Damn it I got so excited too.
skidemon22
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13847727:.MASSHOLE. said:
I tried a pair of the 130 Ghosts, really did not love them... :/ but I have the '18 QST Pro 130 TR and those are dope haha. have you tried those?
.MASSHOLE.
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13848143:skidemon22 said:
No but I find there is a big difference in flex when comparing a boot with a walk mode to one without it.
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Here it is, the elusive Salomon competitor to the Kingpin.
gapersarefriends
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13852402:.MASSHOLE. said:
Why do those look so terrible?
FlyingIsTrying
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13852402:.MASSHOLE. said:
Those look like a Salomon version of the Trab TR2's. Toe piece looks identical except the Solly looks maybe plastic? If they get the heel right (step in) these could be killer. The TR2's require you to hold the heel open to step in.
.MASSHOLE.
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Maybe this is a new Ghost. Don't recall a black one, unless it's an older Ghost 110. But Jeremie Heitz doesn't strike me as someone who skis a 110.
Also, it looked like Sage is using the Atomic version of that Salomon binding here.He says it is a Proto.
schusson
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13852402:.MASSHOLE. said:
I talked to a buddy about these the other day, he went to the Salomon/Atomic HQ a few months back for a meeting about the new bindings. He's supposed to be getting a pair later this year and gonna let me test them and provide feedback. Supposedly going to blow Kingpins out of the water. They are a mix between a tech and alpine binding. They have pin capabilities for the uphill, but when its time to actually ski them, youre locked into the binding like an alpine toe. Elastic travel in both toe and heel so you dont have the same harsh ride as you would in a normal tech binding. Looks like a pretty solid system that they have been working on for quite some time.
schusson
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13860130:.lencon said:
I wouldnt go as far as to say that, CAST just re-engineered the existing components of the pivots and still requires you to carry the separate toes around. These salomons were built from the ground up and all you have to do is flip a lever on the toe and youre in hike mode.
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So when you're in ski mode, does it require pin use at all?
If not, it sounds like you could do a CAST boot-mod and use an alpine boot.
I imagine onenerdykid will explain more once he is allowed to.
Edit:
I'll be curious as to if it is more metal or plastic. Pictures look like plastic. I imagine if it's metal it'll be quite heavy. If it's plastic, per usual there will be durability question marks.
Nothing will replace the satisfying snap of an FKS/Pivot 18 or STH16.
**This post was edited on Nov 26th 2017 at 10:35:17pm
If not, it sounds like you could do a CAST boot-mod and use an alpine boot.
I imagine onenerdykid will explain more once he is allowed to.
Edit:
I'll be curious as to if it is more metal or plastic. Pictures look like plastic. I imagine if it's metal it'll be quite heavy. If it's plastic, per usual there will be durability question marks.
Nothing will replace the satisfying snap of an FKS/Pivot 18 or STH16.
**This post was edited on Nov 26th 2017 at 10:35:17pm
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13860027:.MASSHOLE. said:
I can’t recall a black ghost, but if this is a new ghost it’s def something to be excited about, they fit my diet quite well when I tried them on a few years back but ended up staying in spks due to my feet still growing and I figured I’d go with ghosts eventually. Definitely interesting stuff
Pataguccimane
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13860027:.MASSHOLE. said:
Saw these on Cody's ig story yesterday. Definitely not the same boots as Jeremie is riding and they don't look like anything in the current lineup, so maybe Salomon is doing a bit of a revamp idk
hmmmmmmm
**This post was edited on Dec 3rd 2017 at 5:10:21pm
.MASSHOLE.
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13863074:Pataguccimane said:
Those are the boots that were custom made by Cody when he and a few other Salomon athletes went to the HQ in France.
Think he has had em for a few seasons.
Pataguccimane
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13863078:.MASSHOLE. said:
Makes sense now
skidemon22
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13863074:Pataguccimane said:
i wonder if those are his skis... could be a new ski...
patagonialuke
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13863181:skidemon22 said:
Those are the old Rocker2 100’s
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13863265:patagonialuke said:
yep, good call
**This post was edited on Dec 5th 2017 at 11:19:45am
gapersarefriends
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13863567:jps2.0 said:
Tracer 88 on the right and JJ zero on the left...Still confused as to why tyw was ripping around on the tracers
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13863573:gapersarefriends said:
Same. I feel like it’s gotta just be the top sheet. No idea why he’d be on a ~1300 g ski, and with Pivots...
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13863586:patagonialuke said:
I thought the same thing, but why put that lame ass topsheet on anything else?
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13863797:.lencon said:
Oh I know, it looks like we'll have a press-release by Friday.
Broseph_Stalin
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13863573:gapersarefriends said:
return of the turn baby!
gapersarefriends
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13863586:patagonialuke said:
13863657:SofaKingSick said:
13863855:Broseph_Stalin said:
It has gotta be him not wanting to ride shitty early season park and drag some hips instead
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13863857:gapersarefriends said:
yeah but that is *not a hip-dragging carving ski. It has a stated weight of 1220 g for the 172. It's a full-on ultralight skimo ski. The only thing I can think of is that it's a proto park ski (88 mm waist would make sense) and that's just the top sheet they decided to put on it. But who knows.
gapersarefriends
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13863860:patagonialuke said:
Yeah i'm lost, i feel like you could still carve pretty good on a ar8 or whatever zero park ski he rides. Or an invictus. And fuck those are light
patagonialuke
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13863825:.MASSHOLE. said:
Yep. Expect a writeup from Blister Friday AM.
Broseph_Stalin
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13863863:gapersarefriends said:
If they were made with the same idea in mind that they made the other tracer skis I would be on that so fast. I see why it would be attractive, i appears to have a greater effective edge, less of that nose rocker and and more forgiving/ easier to release tail. Invictus is great and all, but if I wanted a full on groomer ski I would probably look to another company that has deep racing roots. That’s just the old man in me speaking.
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Spooooookkkkyyyyy
gapersarefriends
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13863915:Broseph_Stalin said:
Yeah if i wanted a groomer ski i'd just get a race ski
tomPietrowski
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13863719:jps2.0 said:
Not the cat but it is one ofnext seasons models. We were up skiing all the new gear in whistler this week for sales meetings. Wait until you guys see the new boots.
As for the solly binding me and Lee Lau are working on the review so look out for that hopefully after SIA
.MASSHOLE.
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13864190:tomPietrowski said:
Changing their boots eh?
Are they still going to weigh a ton?
-SnowSnoli-
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13864240:.MASSHOLE. said:
25% lighter apparently. And the new alpine boot claimed to be lighter than a hawx ulta
.MASSHOLE.
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13864262:-SnowSnoli- said:
If it's replacing the pro, that'd make it, what, 1500 grams for a boot+liner?
If it's the regular boot, that'd make it, what, 1730 grams?
That top puts it on par with the MTN Lab, Zero G Guide Pro, and Hawk Ultra XTD.
-SnowSnoli-
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13864269:.MASSHOLE. said:
The replacement for the spyne 130 will be lighter than the atomic hawx ultra 130 not the xtd .
Don’t know about the pinnacle Though. It’s a hell a lot of weight they need to shave off
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13864278:-SnowSnoli- said:
Yeah I meant the touring boot, not the Spyne.
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13863866:patagonialuke said:
Between those morons and wildsnow I can't wait to read a couple retyped press release with an extra 2000 words of shifty filler, lip service and double digit IQ speculation posing as a contribution to the ski community.
Since its not made by Dynafit, wildsnow might hold some of the lip service in favor of pinched nose discussion about how it weighs to much to be a real touring binding despite coming in lighter than another binding which he hailed as a game changer.
tomPietrowski
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13864269:.MASSHOLE. said:
Next season sees the replacement for the spyne boot. The weight is low like mid 1600g for a 26. They ski so well too. Better I would say then the current models.
The pinnacle stays the same but updates are on the way a couple of years from now.
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skidemon22
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freeskier jumped the gun a bit, but pretty cool stuff!