Looks like you can still get the Asnes USGIs in 200cm https://colemans.com/u-s-g-i-cross-country-downhill-skis, several people here including myself ski those and have positive reviews. I'd favor those over the Karhus from what people have said. The USGIs are a true double-camber nordic ski with a k...

This is an ill-posed question as it's highly dependent on gear and snowbase conditions, but here goes: NORDIC TRACK / RACE STYLE SKIING: You have to have excellent nordic xc technique to diagonal stride up > 10 deg incline (11% grade), and also fitness to keep it up for more than a hundred meters. T...

Although I would be interested in your comparison of the on-piste performance of the S-Bound 112 and the Falketind 62- at an equivalent length, I would not expect the FT62 to be "better" on piste than the S-112- the S-112 has a much longer effective edge than the FT62- the FT62 has a shape-geometry...

I have skied Falketind, red flexors, NNNBC, at resort downhill also. I’ve had what sounds to be the same shit eating grin having a great time as you are. What I find is they’re a lot of fun for warm sugary groomers or light powder. Two different difficult days I had is icy groomers (so much chatter ...

I am also a 75mm + cable tele skier or a NNN-BC skier, for downhill and exploratory nordic backcountry usage respectively. The main financial reason I haven't tried Xplore is because of the cost - whenever I'm outfitting a new pair of skis it's because I'm already spending money in an arguably frivo...

To the original poster I would say that temp fresh “snowball snow” is tough to wax for without sticking. The correct solution is to try a colder hard wax and as others have said make sure you’ve corked out any globs - but you may find you slip with the colder wax. Again, it’s a tough range. Helpful ...

Feeling these feelings too! Just skied 20k Nordic on an icy sugar manmade deck surrounded by brown forest and actually had one of my best skis of the year with some rocket fast klister. Yes, I badly miss good ski conditions but every year I’m more and more convinced why I love skiing it’s not as dep...

Interesting idea! You could look into PEEK also as a material, might have better screw holding than polyethylene. Or teak - oily dense wood that should resist moisture damage over time.

Lol, one of the MAIN reasons I took up leather boot telemark skiing (aside from my hate of plastic alpine boots) was as a handicap to downhill ski at resorts with my wife who is a novice/intermediate skier and happy on the blue runs. And I don't regret it! I have a great time tele-ing on leather on ...

I didn’t read this thread super closely, but it’s worth noting that I don’t think there’s a magic bullet for kick waxing in 30-33 deg F fresh (falling) snow - you will sometimes just clump snow and there’s nothing to be done but try your best to double pole for propulsion on flats, and walk up hills...