ON3P Jeronimos

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Anybody skied the on3p jeronimos? i'm looking for a wider, playful park ski thats still manageable for spins, flips, etc. tell me what you think about ur J'mos
 
I have some of the original Jmos and I love them. They are a little bit heavier than I would like, but I think the newer ones are lighter. Definitely a great all mountain ski
 
is there anyone who is able to compare the stiffness of the Jeronimo to the Volkl Wall?

want something a bit more playful but still decently stiff.
 
Stiffer underfoot, but I think the J-mo will have a bit softer "rounder" overall flex. Its been a while since I've flexed a Wall though, so if they've changed in the last few years significantly this could all be wrong.
 
im liking the thought of this. i have the 2009 walls so if theyve changed recently, i wouldn't know anyway.
 
Yea,
Here's a review I wrote on the Jeronimo...https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/612782/
The J-mo is full of tradeoffs (as with any all mountain ski)I liked the ski, but found it had a little too much camber under foot. ON3P has made the ski pretty stiff throughout, which is great for skiing hard/ light charging, but, given the amount of camber it has, the ski really does not like to pivot or smear much. So, in trees, for example, or real hard bumps, it was much more work that I would have thought.....the review will likely help you out
Cheers
 

Hmmm..Do we feel differently about the JMos in pow? yes. Obviously you felt they were more pivot-y than I did, but theres something to keep in mind. The pair I skied were mounted -3cm from center. Yours were -1.5 from center, so that's going to make a difference in how agile the ski feels. We had different impressions of the Jmo in bumps too, so the different mounting location could effect that as well as some of the dampening characteristics on hardpack ?...things to consider
 
i have this years jmos. and they are by far the absolutely best ski ive ever owned. they can ski anything. you will not be dissapointed
 
last years wall vs last years jmo wall is stiffer throut the entire ski will the jmo has a more buttery and more heavily rocked tip and tail
 
I read the entirety of your review on Blister. And I think that reviewing a ski after only four days is a bit premature.
Many skis have, for lack of a better term, a break in period of a day or two. After that, their performance stays relatively the same until the core deadens, the flex becomes weaker or softer, and the ski just isn't fun to ride anymore. Hop on a pair of older Scratch BCs that have seen 200+ days and you'll know exactly what I just described.
I've skied every generation of ON3Ps: fat, park, charging, everything. The break in period on my pair of park skis this year took six days before the flex mellowed out. A pair of Viciks I began riding last summer took about the same time to hit their stride.
My guess is that it has something to do with the layup. ON3P is the only company on the market making full bamboo cores (Liberty, DPS, Salomon, etc are only using partial amounts), and thus it's fair to expect the skis to behave differently than I mentioned above. From what I've seen, they take longer to break in (around six days or so, sometimes faster), but this is returned in that their positive characteristics last longer. My 2008 Wrens, which were the fourth or fifth pair to come out of our original press, are still as lively as they were on the 10th, 20th, and 100th day that I skied them. They've been hauled up mountains, bent in a bare rock chute (slight reverse camber on both skis resulted; a wood core ski would have snapped), left on 8000 ft passes for two months, and still ski like they did after those first few days.
I give you kudos on not trying to determine the durability after a four day review. It's professionally written, intelligent, and worthwhile. However, I'd like to hear a report from day ten of using them, as well as day forty. ON3Ps age quite well, and I think you'd be impressed with the results. Let us know.
 
i love mine. they are a bit too heavy and clunky for just a park ski for me. But they absolutely murder the rest of the mountain.
 
Thanks for reading! You make an excellent point. As for my review, notice that this is one of BLISTER's "SECOND LOOK" reviews. The four days I put on this ski, were by no means its first 4 days on snow. Yes, I put 4 days on these JMos, but only after another one of our reviewers put 8 days on it, and formulated a review (read it here: http://blistergearreview.com/blister/?p=250) What's more, the pair I skied on were a demo pair that had been skied on a number of times before.

Of course, you've brought up an important point that needs to be considered when formulating a review. Has the ski been skied before? how much? and how might that have influenced its flex, etc. It is certainly something I will think about more closely in the future. Obviously, BLISTER wouldn't ski something that's been beat to death.

The point here is, these JMo's were not brand new, they were skied before we got our hands on them, and BLISTER put 12+ days on this pair.

Cheers,

(PS, this exact pair of JMos is for sale, PM me for details)
 
Yea, after comparing thoughts with Mr_pretzel, I really wanna ski teh JMo again at -1.5, seems like that would be the ideal mount. -3 felt a little far back for this ski, even if you're planning to ski the whole mountain
 
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