Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post.
Register to become a member today!
Salomon Rocker **New fat ski
Posts: 1649
-
Karma: 917
On the msp web site Dav talks about the new Salomon rocker which I have read will be 200+cm long and 110+mm in the waist. Sound narley.
Anyone heard anything about these?
Posts: 2049
-
Karma: 1,110
200+ damn those things will be insane.
Posts: 11256
-
Karma: 424
Let's hope it strays from their normal design and has a good core without some super gnarly 18m sidecut.
Posts: 249
-
Karma: 15
Are they goin to be twins ? hopefully they will be cuz that would be schweaty.
Posts: 1864
-
Karma: 930
Is an 18m radius even possible on skis that big?
Posts: 11256
-
Karma: 424
I'm sure Salomon could pull it off.
Posts: 355
-
Karma: 10
Posts: 10182
-
Karma: 66
Posts: 18426
-
Karma: 4,888
Posts: 7768
-
Karma: 480
Salomons sad attempt at being cool. Face it salomon nobody likes you... well thats not true but I don't like you
Posts: 11349
-
Karma: 2,333
i dont really see the point of it. why?
Posts: 23796
-
Karma: 13,012
speaking of solomon i just got new flyers today..
Posts: 7845
-
Karma: 93
Saloman...dear lord...that ski will be insane. not for everyone though. Definatly not.
Posts: 11256
-
Karma: 424
they'll probably be really soft like all their other skis. I really doubt it will ski like its size would suggest.
Posts: 7436
-
Karma: 1,537
shit 200+ long? those are going too be true strait line skis
Posts: 32
-
Karma: 10
It will be like something you have never seen before.....
Posts: 2567
-
Karma: 1,347
Posts: 652
-
Karma: 268
Yep the Rocker will be a huge deal when it is released. Be ready for it people.....
Posts: 1918
-
Karma: 16
Posts: 13551
-
Karma: 31
The big mountain fatty is a go. The twin is on hold. Both still in proto stages.
The big mountain has rocker, is called "rocker". It has rocker in the
front, flat under foot, and a touch of camber in the tail. I gather a
sort of subtle "s" shape. The idea is that a fully rockered ski, like a
spat, etc, doesn't give any support in the backseat when hucking
monster cliffs. This ski does.
Posts: 13551
-
Karma: 31
Posts: 18426
-
Karma: 4,888
makes sense, its going to be weird though
Posts: 1649
-
Karma: 917
when is it to be released?????????????????????
Posts: 13551
-
Karma: 31
Both are in proto stages....working on a possible Midseason January-March release...I think it could be even a bit longer.
Posts: 5859
-
Karma: 44
they should make them a little smaller too so the short guys can ride em.
Posts: 6631
-
Karma: 41
or you could just man up.
Posts: 3233
-
Karma: 18
sounds like the perfect NY ski
Posts: 3552
-
Karma: 24
lolzzzzz. fat skis are so silly
i better start saving up so i can buy them and shred the roundtop/whitetail/liberty pow pow
Posts: 10471
-
Karma: 2,184
oh ya cuz AK rockets and gun labs r just straight up noodles right?
Posts: 54
-
Karma: 29
the Rockers and the 202cm skis are two totally different skis that are both in proto-stages.
Posts: 11256
-
Karma: 424
In comparison to nearly every other ski in their categories, yes.
Posts: 501
-
Karma: 11
that is way to long of a ski
Posts: 235
-
Karma: 10
Hatting on Salomon for being innovative...
Way to go.
Posts: 44
-
Karma: 260
they look like litlle rockets though with sharp nose and spread tail
coming in green and white pretty dope skiing with them but i prefer guns...for pure freeriding are superb but for jumping no go
Posts: 5337
-
Karma: 98
ak rockets are pretty stout compared to anything.
Posts: 10730
-
Karma: 7,744
you could argue that lizzies are way too short.
Posts: 1569
-
Karma: 13
i would personally make love to a 110mm, 200cm+, stiff rockered ski with little sidecut.
but only if its wood core & wont go all concave like the foam core sallys
Posts: 1
-
Karma: 10
Uh, NO the Salomon Rocker is NOT a noodle & why would 200cm length be dumb on a powder/big mountain specific type of ski?? Probably because you can’t handle it. Salomon and the other companies who are making specific powder/big mountain skis are not just following another trend or fad. Look at what the pro's are riding on. Armada, Line, K2, and a few others are all coming out with a ski similar to the Rocker. These skis are a direct result from sponsored athlete skier/jibber (YEP, JIBBER) input and a TON of R&D. Don't go bad mouthing something when you have absolutely no knowledge or experience to back it up. Gee, I guess you could if you skied the Rocker in a park. Damn, that would suck. Or if you took a park specific ski to go heli skiing in Alaska, DAMN that would REALLY suck. But come on, man, get real! Go ski’em where they’re meant to be skied and guess what, THEY WONT SUCK! Amature weekend posers who make these kind of lame comments need to sack up and get WAY out of your comfort zones.
Posts: 1677
-
Karma: 26
Posts: 12973
-
Karma: 500
they have a big removable tail piece. you can make it shorter. its weird.
Posts: 4572
-
Karma: 936
Salomon is dope but 200cm seems too long
Posts: 247
-
Karma: 10
I've seen the fat and long salomon fatty. The sidecut is a bit weird, with a big shovel width (I wanna say 150+) and then I believe a swallow tail. Definitely atleast 110 underfoot. This was at a tradeshow demo day, and I didn't try skiing it as both I couldn't muscle a ski like that (5'7 140lbs) and conditions were nowhere near what that ski would excel at (hardpack).
Posts: 4418
-
Karma: 1,941
shut up, im sure that thios ski will be stiif as its need. and not all the other skis are that soft, bitch
Posts: 10166
-
Karma: 55
200+ its about fucking time!
Posts: 1938
-
Karma: 42
another ski that must people will never have a chance to ride
Posts: 1938
-
Karma: 42
another ski that must people will never have a chance to ride
Posts: 13673
-
Karma: 3,086
Hardly. The idea of rocker is being used by many companies right now.
Posts: 2594
-
Karma: 20
Posts: 155
-
Karma: 13
Posts: 7
-
Karma: 14
rocker: 147-127-137 length 192
lab: xxx-107-xxx length 198
they will kick ass!
Posts: 1602
-
Karma: -3
All times are Eastern (-4)
