Maybe nervous is a bad word. Yes, all these light skis with light boots bounce around on rutted up snow, but some just like to go straight. I should have said darty or squirelly, because anytime you catch an edge they want to GO! Oh right, that makes sense. No problems there. I may have tuned down ...

If you ever come to NH, look me up and you can try my 78's.

Every ski with no heel attachment feel nervous as hell to me, so maybe my review is quite tainted.

Spoken like a true Alpinist ;) Thanks for the review. Have you ever tried to ski them down hill on packed snow? PS Get a 98 - you will LOVE it! It sounds a lot like this ski but turns like a go kart. I have and they behave very nicely, with nice turns. I bootpacked up Cannon and Bretton Woods after...

How I got these skis: After falling out of alpine and AT skiing due to injury, I started getting heavy into the XC skiing on the 205cm Fischer Country Crown/Wax (60-52-57). After a few years of that, I decided I wanted a little beefier ski for deeper snow touring and maybe some downhills. I seriousl...

MikeK wrote:Yes - please start a new thread in this section.

You can say whatever you want. I'm no expert. But surely you can tell use something better than Fischer can

What? "A-B touring efficient camber" isn't enough for you? haha

Hi Woodserson, You seem to be inclining toward xcD rather than XCd like me. :-) How about picking S-bound 88? It's good enough for me to ski downhill in even in deep powder. I'm riding on it with SNS setup, and it would be further better if you care about your feet. Hi CIMA, I love your videos! I t...

lilcliffy, I don't want to go much bigger than the 98's because then what's really the point to have the no-wax gription base with anything bigger? I might as well break out some of my old fat skis, or get a Fischer TransAlp, and throw some pins on those, or an AT binding and get back into the alpin...

This is a great thread, thanks guys! I used to be a big alpine/AT skier, but subsequent back injuries forced a retreat for the past several years into 100% XC and now I'm foraying back into downhill skiing on my XC equipment for some of that XCD magic! That being said, I'm a huge paramarker, the tel...

AHOY! Long time lurker, first time poster from beautiful NH. I actually registered to comment in another thread, and then saw this one, most fortuitous! I have and ride two pairs of wood skis, a Madshus 210cm that are around 50yrs old with a 67mm shovel. This is now my go-to #1 ski in my quiver for ...