Powder skis?
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179CM k2 hellbents with marker jesters are what my current pow set up is, and its awesome, the skis are HUGE, yet there still very playful and buttery. they are pretty heavy though so for touring they might not be so great
if you really want a true pair of big mountain/touring boards, then maybe look on the tetongravity.com forums in the classified section. Tons of backcountry stuff for sale there
if you can find a good deal on them, i would HIGHLY recomend k2 coombas with dynafit or naxo touring bindings. I had these last year and they were awesome, incredibly light and strong. The skis are some of the best big mountain skis ive ever been on, very powerful and stiff in someways so you can blow through anything you want, yet there still incredibly versatile, and dont feel nearly as big as they are on the harder packed stuff. The dynafits are deffinetly the way to go for at bindings, but they are pretty pricey, and you need dynafit capable boots to use them. Naxos are probably the best option for a traditional touring binding. theyre still fairly light, but still very rugged with a din taht i think goes to about 14.
if you really want a true pair of big mountain/touring boards, then maybe look on the tetongravity.com forums in the classified section. Tons of backcountry stuff for sale there
if you can find a good deal on them, i would HIGHLY recomend k2 coombas with dynafit or naxo touring bindings. I had these last year and they were awesome, incredibly light and strong. The skis are some of the best big mountain skis ive ever been on, very powerful and stiff in someways so you can blow through anything you want, yet there still incredibly versatile, and dont feel nearly as big as they are on the harder packed stuff. The dynafits are deffinetly the way to go for at bindings, but they are pretty pricey, and you need dynafit capable boots to use them. Naxos are probably the best option for a traditional touring binding. theyre still fairly light, but still very rugged with a din taht i think goes to about 14.
fritschis are much better than naxos...I work at a shop and there are numerous broken naxos or naxo warranties that come in every year. Fritschis are solid unless you want to use your skis inbounds more than 50% of the time, then I would get marker barons because they ski much better, but are heavier. Of course, dynafits are the best binding for touring, but if you were looking at barons I doubt you have tech compatible boots.
only problem with the fritchis is how the heal doesnt have an actual lock like the naxos, i had one release on me in a couloir in la grave france...not really something i want to repeat again.
but your right about the markers, i guess they just slipped my mind. The dukes are very good, nice and light too for their size
but your right about the markers, i guess they just slipped my mind. The dukes are very good, nice and light too for their size
Diamir has addressed the heel release problem that so many of us have had. Last season the Freeride Plus got an upgrade and the locking mechanism is no longer static, it actually floats. SO... as the ski flexes the locking mechanism now moves with the ski rather than slipping out unlocking the heel. Basically the new Freeride Plus is much better than a couple years ago.