SnickBreck wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 16, 2021 4:20 pm

My husband is asking why I need so many skis!

Tell him that if you were snowmobiling, it would be much more expensive... Everything's relative.

I just purchased my first Asnes ski yesterday; the waxable Cecilie 175. For reference I'm 5ft3 and weigh 113 lbs. I ski with a light daypack most outings. Per the Asnes chart recommendations for my weight I'd be a 170 but with a hard floor camber test with the Neptune 175 works. I tried the 180 Nan...

I know you are somewhere in Norway (I assume you know the language); did you search on the norwegian side of the net? I tried «asnes rovdyr ski» (I allow you to laugh at me!); of course, I saw skiers and wolfs...

Some skis from the pre-internet era do not have much to tell.. But it is tempting!

Cecilie & Nansen = exact same ski... Cecilie is available in smaller size (+ a little marketing extra note).

Hum, good discussion you are starting here... I know for sure that you need to be more agressive when you unweight a ski that has higher camber; tips and tail tend to hook onto the snow. Then, why designing a ski with higher camber (with same camber, weight wise)? My take on this, is that it is prob...

greatgt wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 15, 2021 6:37 am

Will use bones for Spring skiing as Fish noted...TM

I guess you will also need a little muscle too to get you going...

Salut Laurence, On a practical level, Amundsen and Gamme seem similar (except for camber height and stiffness). Nice thing about Asnes skis, is that it is well figured out which design for which purpose... Amundsen has been designed exactly for what you are doing; hut trip with pack. The Gamme is mo...

I was being a bit playful... But you seem to know the implications (from the explanations you gave us); again, I would say, you can't go wrong. Me? I would buy the wax version; like Al and Fish are saying, its much better (it's *kind* of subjective)... Better glide and very good grip. It's magic. Bu...

@Smitty, you are invaluable... Hope I can give some helpful tips som@Smitty
One more question: where did you get your Nansen? In our Canuk Country?

The wax version will make you happy... the waxeless will make you merry.