Praxis Powder 185
Model year: 2008
What do you think about Praxis Powder 185?
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Strengths:
Powder: The skies are ridiculously lightweight, you can drive all types of turns. In fact, it's so easy to drive short-circuiting that it took a while before I realized that you could swing just as much (or little) as it suits you. Forestry is a great boss. You can get rid of speed in the same way as snowboarding and sliding sideways without swinging. With some experience you can also slide sideways about as fast as you can drive ahead (fun!). In drops they are a little sensitive to unbalanced landings, seeming to get too far fringe and go to the hustle and bustle. This is a lot of reason I want to remount them a few inches further back and that I really could have them in 195. I experienced those who were slightly prone to digging with the tip at a low speed but an adjustment of the boots ( more angle ahead) helped well. Another possibility is that I have not been very good at growing properly. This in turn may have caused them to stop when the driver changed or dropped and jumped.
Ripped Powder: It is in these conditions that you notice the most of the inverse. The skis have no tendency to hang up, you can drive big or small turns as it suits you. In soft balls, the reverse tension makes the skiing plan from top to top.
Difficult conditions: They drove in 10-15cm powder lying on top of a team of crowds. Where others had to struggle to stay on top and had trouble when the skis hit the skate team, I could just hurry at great speed. The skis lay on top of the skate layer, and when I hit through, the reversed insulation made sure that the skies did not hang out.
Plus: Superior in soft conditions. Playful and easy running in the woods. Center-mounted binding and reverse tension / winding make them very easy to transverse. A special surfing experience in løssnø. Dead driving pleasure allows you to conceal something completely obscene.
Weaknesses:
Minus: It's impossible to drive cutting corners with these skis. It is by no means a problem when you're friends, but in the first few days it's a bit scary. This is not an all-around ski that you can use all days of the year, but as a powder-oriented ski number two it's brilliant. Mid-mounted binding makes it easy to fall in the future if you land a little deep in a drop. Possibly I would buy it in 195cm length instead, the ski is so easily maneuvered that it would hardly be a problem to handle. Dead driving noise is something unusual, you can not "recharge" the tip and use it to bounce into the next.
Summary:
Bought these before the season began ($ 400, pre-season super prize!), Mounted on a few Marker Duke bindings, and expected to use them only a couple of times a year, but it ended up being the skis I used most in year. I bought my 185cm long, but they are also available in 175 and 195. (In retrospect I could think of a pair in 195.) I mounted my 97cm from the tip, according to the recommendation of 97-99 from the tip of the manufacturer. Will reassign them before season two, this time 99cm from the tip. You can choose graphics from five different designs. See the website for more info and more models (new of the year) and offer prices if you book well in advance of the start of the season.
Vital goals: Ski - 131-136-124 Meg - 184, 83kg
The skis have reverse camber, ie continuous curves throughout the skis, as opposed to rocks, as is the case when only the tip (s) are bent. They have also reversed winding, which means that most of the area for skiing is under the binding. (imagine an Armada ARG without wound underneath the foot). The reversed swivel makes the skis very easy to swing in loose snow, making it not hang up or starts to track in difficult conditions. The skis are stiff / very stiff under the foot, with softer toes. The skis are light relative to the area, in a regular sandwich with glass fiber. The skis are very sturdy built, but the surface is easy to notice. This is just cosmetic and nothing to worry about. Thick, hard sole and solid steel edges contribute to a very good overall impression.
A prerequisite for these skies to work as they are meant is that they are soft conditions. They do not need bottomless powder to work, and I drove them together 18 days in winter (on Oppdal and Hemsedal) of a total of 39 ski days on the alpine. With such a season as this year, they have actually been the skis I've used most.
Have not had a lot of luck with these, but the little I've done has worked just fine. The equipment is of course heavy, but since I'm not used to light equipment, I think it was unproblematic. The traps are G3 Alpinist 130mm in length 185. They fit without any adaptation. The bindings have 110mm stoppers, they bent out to make them fit. Recipe here: http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1603006&postcount=486
Riding style: Pudder!
Length on the ski: 185 cm
Riders weight: 83 kg
Riders length: 184 cm
Powder: The skies are ridiculously lightweight, you can drive all types of turns. In fact, it's so easy to drive short-circuiting that it took a while before I realized that you could swing just as much (or little) as it suits you. Forestry is a great boss. You can get rid of speed in the same way as snowboarding and sliding sideways without swinging. With some experience you can also slide sideways about as fast as you can drive ahead (fun!). In drops they are a little sensitive to unbalanced landings, seeming to get too far fringe and go to the hustle and bustle. This is a lot of reason I want to remount them a few inches further back and that I really could have them in 195. I experienced those who were slightly prone to digging with the tip at a low speed but an adjustment of the boots ( more angle ahead) helped well. Another possibility is that I have not been very good at growing properly. This in turn may have caused them to stop when the driver changed or dropped and jumped.
Ripped Powder: It is in these conditions that you notice the most of the inverse. The skis have no tendency to hang up, you can drive big or small turns as it suits you. In soft balls, the reverse tension makes the skiing plan from top to top.
Difficult conditions: They drove in 10-15cm powder lying on top of a team of crowds. Where others had to struggle to stay on top and had trouble when the skis hit the skate team, I could just hurry at great speed. The skis lay on top of the skate layer, and when I hit through, the reversed insulation made sure that the skies did not hang out.
Plus: Superior in soft conditions. Playful and easy running in the woods. Center-mounted binding and reverse tension / winding make them very easy to transverse. A special surfing experience in løssnø. Dead driving pleasure allows you to conceal something completely obscene.
Weaknesses:
Minus: It's impossible to drive cutting corners with these skis. It is by no means a problem when you're friends, but in the first few days it's a bit scary. This is not an all-around ski that you can use all days of the year, but as a powder-oriented ski number two it's brilliant. Mid-mounted binding makes it easy to fall in the future if you land a little deep in a drop. Possibly I would buy it in 195cm length instead, the ski is so easily maneuvered that it would hardly be a problem to handle. Dead driving noise is something unusual, you can not "recharge" the tip and use it to bounce into the next.
Summary:
Bought these before the season began ($ 400, pre-season super prize!), Mounted on a few Marker Duke bindings, and expected to use them only a couple of times a year, but it ended up being the skis I used most in year. I bought my 185cm long, but they are also available in 175 and 195. (In retrospect I could think of a pair in 195.) I mounted my 97cm from the tip, according to the recommendation of 97-99 from the tip of the manufacturer. Will reassign them before season two, this time 99cm from the tip. You can choose graphics from five different designs. See the website for more info and more models (new of the year) and offer prices if you book well in advance of the start of the season.
Vital goals: Ski - 131-136-124 Meg - 184, 83kg
The skis have reverse camber, ie continuous curves throughout the skis, as opposed to rocks, as is the case when only the tip (s) are bent. They have also reversed winding, which means that most of the area for skiing is under the binding. (imagine an Armada ARG without wound underneath the foot). The reversed swivel makes the skis very easy to swing in loose snow, making it not hang up or starts to track in difficult conditions. The skis are stiff / very stiff under the foot, with softer toes. The skis are light relative to the area, in a regular sandwich with glass fiber. The skis are very sturdy built, but the surface is easy to notice. This is just cosmetic and nothing to worry about. Thick, hard sole and solid steel edges contribute to a very good overall impression.
A prerequisite for these skies to work as they are meant is that they are soft conditions. They do not need bottomless powder to work, and I drove them together 18 days in winter (on Oppdal and Hemsedal) of a total of 39 ski days on the alpine. With such a season as this year, they have actually been the skis I've used most.
Have not had a lot of luck with these, but the little I've done has worked just fine. The equipment is of course heavy, but since I'm not used to light equipment, I think it was unproblematic. The traps are G3 Alpinist 130mm in length 185. They fit without any adaptation. The bindings have 110mm stoppers, they bent out to make them fit. Recipe here: http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1603006&postcount=486
Riding style: Pudder!
Length on the ski: 185 cm
Riders weight: 83 kg
Riders length: 184 cm
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