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Hmm... alright well I at least can see the comparison difference now haha.
I'm not gonna lie though, I'm still a bit sketchy on this idea of rocker anyway, and this new "jib-rocker" isn't helping my grasping the concept lol.
I've rode my wee little Rossi Axiums for 2.5 years and they're a pretty beginner ski and not unique really heh.
My impression of rocker on a ski: it reduces the amount of edge present on the snow marginally when landing to lessen chance of catching, right? Same concept in buttering?
I'm not sure about the jib-rocker though because I'd always thought of camber as a nice thing in the park for the additional pop and for locking onto rails? Why remove it exactly?
Also, i guess i need to step back if I'm gonna take it this direction of asking which would suit me better, I"m pretty newbie to the park and am working on getting a 360 down perfect and working on the rails and boxes. SO my point is I'm not looking for something the pros would be on if I don't need it haha. I'm gonna be using this as a 1-ski-quiver type of thing. Would I be better off staying with something a little more traditional like the Extreme so I can still get my 60mph runs and everything else on the mt? Or is the loss of camber not a big deal for all mountain?
(Sorry, I'm really good at rambling on crap like that ehheh ^^'...)
Thanks though for your help! That vid was pretty funny AND informative. Especially the part where he goes all reminiscent from his horrible childhood memories lol XP
I've been keeping an eye out because I want to see what they've done with the graphic I won the TJ competition with, and all I've found so far have been a few shots in the middle of this video with various 10/11 CoreUPT skis in the background: http://www.zapiks.fr/europe-x-games-tignes-by-cor-1.html It's in the section where they're filming inside the CoreUPT shipping container setup. I'm surprised we haven't seen decent pictures by now, it's not like they're hiding the skis in a closet.
Just got a chance to take out the 2011 Sir Francis Bacon all day yesterday, here is my review.
About me: I am 6'2" and 170 and like to ski pretty hard, but not really into doing tricks and park stuff.
Conditions: Stevens Pass, WA. Sunny, but fairly cold, so softer snow conditions throughout the day. Got about 14 or so inches the previous two days so there were areas of untracked still, but mainly skied out somewhat cruddy conditions with perfect groomers all day until they got a bit chewed up and moguly later in the day.
Overall, I think this is the most fun set of skis I have been on all year. I demoed 10 skis for next year and have been on EP pros, Prophet 130's, Chopsticks, Live Lifes, and Karmas all year for the most part and this was the most fun and versatile. This ski is unlike anything else I have ever been on. It was the first ski that I have been on that didn't really dictate where you had to ski it to have fun. And by that I mean that most skis have some type of condition that they just don't excel at and are not very fun. EP's are great for fresh, but suck in crud, Chopsticks are great for fresh and crud, but boring on groomers due to the long turn radius.... you get the idea. This ski felt like a dream everywhere. Skiing a few untracked lines they had good float and the medium flex allowed them to flex out and bust through crud and stay on top of the snow. In my opinion this ski has the perfect flex. It is stiff enough to haul ass through crud and chop, but soft enough to be fun to dink around on a bit. Skiing through crud it would just float and effortlessly bust through anything in your way. I had a ton of fun straightlining small mogul fields and ollie-ing over gaps and never felt like I was going to go over the bars or like the ski was going to dive and hook a tip or anything. When you get the ski on groomers it can absolutely rail turns. It carves like a gs ski and you don't really even notice the width since it feels pretty quick edge to edge as well.... that could just be because I am used to skiing fatties now though. Also, with the new thin tip definitely lowers the swing weight so it felt really easy to throw around. I could see this being an epic touring ski because of the waist width and its lightness.
Bottom line is that this ski is an absolute blast in any condition you will get it into. It floats like a pow ski, crushes crud, and turns like a gs ski and never feels hooky or chattery. I will definitely be picking up a pair next year.
Yeah, rockered tip and tail. I would guess about 25cm x 20mm tip and maybe 15-20cm x 15mm tail rocker. So it is fairly minimal, but it definitely gets the job done. Honestly if I could only have one set of skis for all of next season it would undoubtedly be that ski. It absolutely destroyed everything I skied. Never been on a ski I felt comfortable charging really hard on that was fairly soft and playful like that. Basically Pollard is a ski design genius.
has anyone got early looks on the ON3P line up? im so stoked on the new graphics and any new changes made (if any) i know they are dropping in early may, but i cant wait that long!!!
^BTW your name is sweet, that video from college humor is fuckin hilarious!!!
soooooooo stoked about all these but are there any better pictures of the bluish looking crowbars behing the jp signature models or any pics of the crowbars in the back two rows of the crowbar pic? cause these all have weird lighting so it's hard to see those
last year they had a ski called the UFO or big balls or something other. he rode them a ton, and they were prolly a 230 cm, so they combined the two skis
i demo'd a pair of the rossi s3's. i personaly thought they were amazing. the ppl who demoed them seem to not like them but they like the s7's wich is the same basic ski just wider. they may have tryed the wrong length for them becasue you need them long! they feel alot better if they are longer. i just wanted to know what you guys think of them . and also have they changed from 2010 to 2011?