I don't own any Surface skis, nor have I ever skied them, but I have a question about the 3-stage rocker on the new lifes/one lifes/other skis of yours. I was thinking about rocker shape and how the gradual, circular or elliptical rocker found on most companies' skis essentially matches a turn shape so that when you roll them over in power or on a groomer they're preflexed to the shape of a turn, not to mention pushing a ski to the top of the snow collumn in soft 3d snow. The 3-stage rocker seems like it would work well in causing flotation in deep snow by, again, pushing the ski to the top of the snow collumn, but I don't really understand what the rationale behind/the advantage of the 3 stage rocker in any other conditions. It seems to me that a ski with such extreme 3-stage rocker would ski like a snowblade on hard snow because the rockered sections would NEVER come into contact with the snow, unlike gradual rocker designs where the tips and tails engage more as you roll the ski over more. Also, it seems to me that in crud they would get slammed around more easily/not cut through choppy snow as well, although I'm sure the stiff one life flex helps with this. So my question to you is: What's the rationale behind the 3-stage rocker design and what makes it more effective/better than other rocker designs?
Thanks,
Isak
