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Mr Pollards Opus

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montanadood.
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Anyone know if the Line changed the length for this ski or will it be 185cm like the EPs?

Feb 22 2011 7:38PM
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MarkieR
Posts: 5337 - Karma: 98
still 185. and it rips, by the way. such a fun ski. way more versatile than the ep. would make a great one ski quiver for someone in the west who isn't a park rat.
Feb 22 2011 7:50PM
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montanadood.
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Are the really much stiffer? I ride last years EPs and they are so soft its super easy to wash out if youre dropping cliffs. Stiffer would be good
Feb 22 2011 7:55PM
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stephengillboy
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yea quite a bit stiffer, ive got last years as well and i flexed them at sia...little softer than this years bacons
Feb 23 2011 4:57PM
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montanadood.
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Still zero camber under foot too?
Feb 26 2011 3:55PM
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Dwarftosser1
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Anybody try out next years Sir Francis Bacons'?
Feb 26 2011 4:23PM
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No_Dub
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yes very legit ski, potential one ski quiver for someone who isnt hitting rails often. to them to a 35 ft kicker and they were super solid there, skied some leftover pow, droped a cliff. solid ski... kinda narrow for a pow only ski tho. besides, the graphics are doppppppppppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Feb 26 2011 4:39PM
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I_Am_Mod
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the EP pro doesn't have zero camber underfoot if i'm not mistaking... (its not much but im quite sure it's there...)

and i don't think it matters that much, the EP still has enough camber to carve hardpack, the opus is only gonna have more of that... they arent gonna evolve towards a more versatile ski and remove the camber they had in the EPs....
Feb 26 2011 7:36PM
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NWPA
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Yeah, the EP pro does have some camber underfoot
Feb 26 2011 8:11PM
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Dyar
Posts: 622 - Karma: 35
The '10 EPPs definitely have no camber underfoot. I don't know about any of the other years though.
Feb 26 2011 8:47PM
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ya_frizz
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do they chatter on hard pac at all? this is the only worry for me, otherwise i'm sold!
Feb 26 2011 8:57PM
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No_Dub
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it wasnt noticeable for me, like i didnt take note of it. i only took 2 runs on them but they were super sick
Feb 26 2011 9:28PM
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montanadood.
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correct
Feb 27 2011 4:58AM
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I_Am_Mod
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Correct me if i'm wrong but these are the 2010 EPPs
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i own a pair of these and i can assure you they arent flat underfoot, its not much cambered, but it's definately there...

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i know the picture isnt very sharp, but it shows that it's there, i strapped the ski just behind the binding on the touching point and squeezed em together in front, also on the touching point
(i didnt cheat by pressing together the rockered parts)


estimated camber is maybe 1mm underfoot ?

anyway, not that it matters that much.... the EPP still carves great for being "almost" flat underfoot
Feb 27 2011 6:03AM
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Whatsonboss
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^^^^ think he means 10/11 rather than your 09/10's
Feb 27 2011 6:55AM
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I_Am_Mod
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then refer correctly, 2010EP => 2009-2010 2011 EP=> 2010-2011

google never lies ....


Feb 27 2011 7:56AM
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Dyar
Posts: 622 - Karma: 35
You're definitely right I just looked at mine and there is about 1mm of camber between the both skis, which I have never noticed before... But no big deal, sorry for the incorrect correction.
Feb 27 2011 12:06PM
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jahhhvis
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yes they were amazing on everything. they could carve the harpack, float the pow, but werent so rockered that they would flap down everything
Feb 27 2011 1:24PM
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Mt_Baker_Man
Posts: 2012 - Karma: 105
No, that is not camber. You tied the skis together past the rocker point, so it did the whole bend thing, and forced a little camber in between. I had this same ski, the 09-10 EP, they had NO camber... I have the 2011 sitting in my room right now, and they have camber.
Mar 9 2011 3:32PM
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Dyar
Posts: 622 - Karma: 35
There actually is camber on the '10 I didn't believe it either till I really looked.  Never the less it's pretty much nothing, it's a credit card thickness between the two skis but it really does not matter. I don't know about the '11s though. 
Mar 9 2011 5:02PM
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MrLarsen
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I tried them out last week and compared to the 09-10 EPs (that I also ride btw) they are super stiff, but then again, a piece of cooked spaghetti is stiff compared to my EPs :P
Mar 9 2011 6:38PM
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Mt_Baker_Man
Posts: 2012 - Karma: 105
(according to LINE)

Pollards Opus is stiffer than the 2011 EP, which is stiffer than the 2010 EP, which was apparently 15% stiffer than the 09.

There really was not much of a difference between the 09 and 10, but the 2011 did get noticeably stiffer, mostly due to less rocker, and added camber. The Opus is definitely stiffer.
Mar 9 2011 10:54PM
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natty.
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how is the flex in comparison to THIS years bacon?
and i assume that the opus is still a good amount softer than a CRJ or JJ?
Mar 9 2011 11:00PM
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Mt_Baker_Man
Posts: 2012 - Karma: 105
They are a tad softer than this years Bacons. Correct me if I am wrong.
Mar 10 2011 12:19AM
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JRyder
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this ski looks dope
Mar 10 2011 2:36AM
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MrLarsen
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I'd say they're about the same. I don't know much about the CRJ or JJ though.
Mar 10 2011 4:32AM
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