ON3P Caylors what you guys think +K

He's just trying to be funny, but honestly he rides Invaders. He probably thinks they "kill everything" too.

Can't speak for the Caylor, but my Billy Goats far exceeded my expectations in all categories and perfectly fit my needs for a pow ski.
 
pretty good skis, worth the 6 months i waited for them, you probably wont find another ski with this much rocker and this fat that's better than the caylor.
 
you know ON3P is good when people had such a long delay and everyone still loves their skis. i have j-mos so i can't speak for the caylor either, but i love them and want to try the caylors
 
ON3P 191 Caylor Review

Age: 24

Height: 5'10" on a good day

Weight: 175lbs dripping wet

Style: I like skiing bigger fast more tech lines, as well as jumping

off stuff when the opportunity presents itself. That type of thing

Current skis: 191 Caylor (mounted at recommended) w/ sth16, 186 Billy

Goat (mounted at recommended) w/ fks185, 174 Czar (mounted 2 up from

recommended) w/ sth14, 178 Line Anthems (mounted dead center) w/ px12

jib’s

Other skis I like: Atomic Bent Chetlers

Other skis I do not like: Ep pro, bacon, 4frnt msp, 4frnt eph

First Impression: This is the ski that I’ve been looking for and have

just not found until now. Build quality amazing. They are super light

for such a large ski. Scott and Rowen knew Hood was going to be getting

some snow finally and worked their asses off through the night so I

could get them mounted up to ride yesterday. A huge thanks to you guys

for making it happen, you made my weekend.

Conditions past two days: About 14in of pow, windblown, trees, ice, chunk and even a few groomers.

First day of riding I honestly didn’t have writing a review in mind and

just skied everything that was in front of me. There was no learning

curve with these skis at all just clicked in and it felt as if I’d been

skiing them for years.



Pow: They killed everything. It didn’t matter if it was at high speed or low speed these things were a blast.



Crud: With the crud that was up there these things blasted straight

through effortlessly to say the least. Even with how light these skis

feel they didn’t once feel like they were being knocked around.



Trees: I’ll be honest I was kind of worried to take them into tight

situations not knowing how they were going to perform, but after a few

runs it became very apparent that they did not feel like they were

handling like a 191 length ski. When you wanted to get the tails thrown

around to make the turn they did just that with ease.



Drops: Nothing to huge because the conditions were less than ideal for

anything of any substantial size. Couple 5+ foot drops felt very

comfortable. I can’t wait to really push these things if we get the

snow for it.

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Groomers: No tip flap or bouncing around of any sort. For a 120

underfoot ski these things after you set the edge you could rail turns.

I actually want to have a day of just lapping some nice corduroy.

2nd Day Little more snow overnight



Ended up riding pow all day long, which was nice for a change. Once

again blow away by how much fun these things are. They surpassed my

every expectation of them. Hand my best run of the year with a big

air/drop into the top of heather. Landing on these things was very

stable… At this point I was very concerned about the amount of speed I

was carrying…. Not a problem in the slightest they love speed, 3 turns

later I was standing at the bottom of the canyon almost in a daze of

how well these skis perform.
 
What are the negatives, i'm just hearing reviews with only positives. Every ski has some sort of downfall to them.
 
It's like asking Mahre what the downfall of hellbents is. He will say "nothing."

Sometimes you just get a ski you really dig. I'd love something wider, but they wouldn't ski groomers as well. As a WC all-mountain ski for somebody who spends the majority of the time hunting powder they are awesome.
 
Ive heard alot of people having to wait long for their skis. Although youll never find a ski on the market with as much rocker and width, they are pow slayers. Hellbent is the only ski i can compare to it
 
Production delays were really painful this year, not going to happen again. We have Caylors in stock, waiting to be shipped about 30 feet away from where I'm sitting now.
 
Im trying to decide between these and Wrenagades. I really like the idea of both, but the far back mounting of the wrenagades has me worried that they wouldnt be as good in trees. But I like to drop stuff, and found that my hellbents wheelied out a lot, and were way to soft for me. I flexed some 191 Caylors, and found that they felt pretty similar to hellbents, but i have heard different. I also like the tail rocker and ability to ski/land switch a lot better. What do you guys think?
 
Wrenegades are very different skis to the Caylors really. I haven't actually skied the Caylors personally, but they are similar to Hellbents which i own, only lighter and more responsive. One thing you should know about bamboo skis is that when you handflex them they feel significantly softer than they do when you're actually skiing on them.

My wrenegades like to go fast, they are the most stable skis i have ever been on. They are good on groomers too. The decimate anything in front of them and are great for cliffs and drops due to giving such good support on landing. The tip rocker is perfect, enough to allow them to sit on top in soft snow, but not reduce running length much, the rocker section is also stiff enough to be driven. They absolutely slay in cut up pow (something you probably know hellbents completely suck at). Basically i view Wrens as a perfect everyday ski since they perform so well in so many different conditions.They are not really a ski that likes to go switch. Sure it can be done, but the Caylor will outperform them here for sure. Wrens will be a lot stiffer than Caylors. Caylors are more of a BC jibby ski that can hold its own all over the mountain. They are much more symmetrical so If you jib around and like to spin and ski switch in pow, would be better.

I guess it comes down to what sort of terrain you ski. I have no problem on my Wrens in powder, but caylors have much greater rocker and surface area. If you liked the feel of your Hellbents but want something a bit stiffer and more versatile, Caylors would be great. If you want to get into more big mtn terrain, the Wren would be perfect.

 
Caylors are the liveliest rockered ski out there, and likely the best made. They are... bouncy. Other rockered skis I've ridden have felt kind of damp, which is some people's preference but I like the spring these have much better. Learning to ski switch on them was surprisingly easy, too. I don't ride anything but my Caylors now.
 
so im not even sure if i want a powder ski, mainly because i live in PA and have like two, 1+ foot "dumps" a year haha. but i know a bunch of guys that do have pow sticks and it looks like it makes the experience of a pow day so much better than riding around on a typical park ski.

so, if i do get one, i either will get the bentchetlers or the caylors. i just want something that i can can just cruise in 1-2 ft of fresh, chomped up, little drops, groomers, and park jumps. so pretty much which is the better pow jib ski that is also versatile?

thanks for the help
 
I'm interested in getting the cease and desist but haven't really heard anything about them. so if anyone has skied on these could you let me know how you liked them.
 
Got to ride them in deep steep pow and the resulting tracked out crud after we barnstormed the area the whole day.

They feel a lot like the 191 Caylor. Haha, I know. But really, pretty close, which really threw me. Caylor feels softer by a bit, and more bouncy in turns, more playful. I was riding the same terrain on both skis, and I felt more at home on the Caylor, but only just. Cease and Desists feel really, really... good. More turny than I though they would be, and that tip just goes over everything. Even though they can make it in tight trees, they're really at home in open areas and for ripping at high speed. Caylors want to hang around and play a little bit, C+D's want to take the gnarliest line at the highest possible speed. That being said, the versatility of both of these skis really impressed me, they both have great pop and life to em and can get me through crud and variable conditions better than any of my previous skis.

Yeah, so its a biased review, since I base ground and finished every pair we made this year... but still, PM me if you wanna know more.
 
The C&D is for those who know skiing switch is gay, and want a ski that can kill babies, kittens, and other small innocent animals, because it's fucking awesome.

PETA mambers look elsewhere, they don't fit in a prius.
 
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