What is the best ski core?

[ChaseingSkiing]

I want to hear it. Which core do YOU like best?

 

[KungKalmar]

100% Finnish birch and aspen.

 

[Rock_Inhabitant]

Foam core ?

 

[ski_salmon69]

Sand core

 

[twizzy69]

 

[SurfinCow]

But which core is core?

 

[armchair_skier]

Either bamboo or marb red

marb lights also acceptable

 

[dshiland]

Where’s Dolan when we need him

 

[weatcoast]

Maple is best for park skis.

 

[skiP.E.I.]

Bamboo.

 

[KungKalmar]

Where’s Dolan when we need him

We don't need dolan for cores

 

[brownetown]

Poplar gang tap in

 

[dshiland]

We don't need dolan for cores

thought he said base that’s on me. I’ll take a lap

 

[Farmville420]

Maple ALL DAY ???

 

[J_Mendez2001]

I like tight pants, all black kits, as many taps/presses/butters as possible on mega kinked rails type of core

 

[oldmanski]

Lava

 

[lakebed]

As long as it skis well i dont care what it’s made of

 

[ChedCantCork]

? ?

 

[Evancantspin]

I like tight pants, all black kits, as many taps/presses/butters as possible on mega kinked rails type of core

Has to be satire

 

[dwt802]

Vermont Maple all day

 

[PartyBullshiit]

Poplar and European beech

 

[SofaKingSick]

wood. i'm very adamant that the core is made of wood

 

[ZenyattaKick]

hood shit is core

 

[ajbski]

paulownia is hands down the best riding core when the skis are brand new. although a couple of seasons in and they dont feel as great. light crisp poppy.

genuinely despise bamboo. i had a pair of liberty helixes and salomon shoguns and wrote off bamboo forever. the only way i could describe the feeling of bamboo is like riding a water logged skate board. idk my opinion. kind of a shame because i really want to try the on3p tour layup skis and its a pretty sustainable wood alternative. this should proably go into unpopular opinons thread

 

[weatcoast]

You’re 100% right about bamboo, it’s a terrible material for a ski core when you consider the other options available. Sure if bamboo was the only wood on earth available then it would be fine. It’s way too stiff for a park ski application and heavier than other types of wood

paulownia is hands down the best riding core when the skis are brand new. although a couple of seasons in and they dont feel as great. light crisp poppy.

genuinely despise bamboo. i had a pair of liberty helixes and salomon shoguns and wrote off bamboo forever. the only way i could describe the feeling of bamboo is like riding a water logged skate board. idk my opinion. kind of a shame because i really want to try the on3p tour layup skis and its a pretty sustainable wood alternative. this should proably go into unpopular opinons thread

 

[BallClapper]

Ti and poplar. Damp and springy.

 

[maaattt]

I like Aspen Maple

 

[LOOK_at_me]

fence post

 

[skiP.E.I.]

paulownia is hands down the best riding core when the skis are brand new. although a couple of seasons in and they dont feel as great. light crisp poppy.

genuinely despise bamboo. i had a pair of liberty helixes and salomon shoguns and wrote off bamboo forever. the only way i could describe the feeling of bamboo is like riding a water logged skate board. idk my opinion. kind of a shame because i really want to try the on3p tour layup skis and its a pretty sustainable wood alternative. this should proably go into unpopular opinons thread

I agree on Paulonia, have only used 1 pair of skis with it (Moment DW tours) and they are great, but I find it feels really similar to bamboo honestly- just more stiff and the pop in my DW's can likely be attributed in part to the Carbon stringers.

I have had the exact opposite experience with bamboo. My Helixes still have good pop (could also be partly due to carbon fibre in layup) even though the camber has flattened out. Any ski I've used with a bamboo core has been really springy with a nice even flex. It can be kind of weird for butters at first because it's so springy it wants to pop you straight up when you put weight on the skis' extremities.

I've found skis built with aspen have been great as well.

**This post was edited on Jun 21st 2024 at 3:45:16pm

 

[freeballer]

paulownia is hands down the best riding core when the skis are brand new. although a couple of seasons in and they dont feel as great. light crisp poppy.

genuinely despise bamboo. i had a pair of liberty helixes and salomon shoguns and wrote off bamboo forever. the only way i could describe the feeling of bamboo is like riding a water logged skate board. idk my opinion. kind of a shame because i really want to try the on3p tour layup skis and its a pretty sustainable wood alternative. this should proably go into unpopular opinons thread

That's the complete opposite of what most people feel with bamboo cores. Normally people feel a snappiness or pop to the ski with bamboo. I don't think the Shogun had bamboo in the core, but had a topsheet made of some percentage of bamboo but I don't think it contributed too much to the flex profile of the ski.

 

[weatcoast]

That's the complete opposite of what most people feel with bamboo cores. Normally people feel a snappiness or pop to the ski with bamboo. I don't think the Shogun had bamboo in the core, but had a topsheet made of some percentage of bamboo but I don't think it contributed too much to the flex profile of the ski.

Don’t worry just try any On3p ski and you’ll soon hate bamboo too.

 

[BallClapper]

Alpaca jizz and horse tongue is pretty good as well.

 

[skiP.E.I.]

I don't think the Shogun had bamboo in the core, but had a topsheet made of some percentage of bamboo but I don't think it contributed too much to the flex profile of the ski.[/quote]

The shoguns were made with bamboo but I think as a component of the core with other materials

 

[somburd]

Marlboro cig butts. Strongest material there is.