An all-time favorite...
Written: Sep 10 '03
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Pros: Still a top pick for eastern and groomer conditions...
Cons: Not up to date with sidecut and width under foot
The Bottom Line: The autodrive started a ski flex revolution. This ski teaches you how to use the whole ski better than any other design out there.
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| RONinPC's Full Review: Dynastar Speed Autodrive Carve Downhill Skis |
Summary: This years best hard and flat carver.
Pros: It's all in the Autodrive baby!
Cons: This is not an all mountain ski.
Compare to:
-Volkl F1
-Atomic 9:20
-Head Cyber Worldcup
Well, This was my first choice for a ski this year. Yup, got 'em in a 186.
So you are saying "who're you, and gives a darn what your skiing". You are right, who cares what I got?. But I chose them for a reason, and you may be interested in giving them a shot.
Dynastar and I have had a love/hate relationship. Not on their part of course, as a company they do not have a clue who I am, nor do they care. But I have had a problem with them ever sice they came out with the Course that had the little voo-doo chicken heart on the tip. I loved that ski, and then hated the next generation, the Coupe du Monde. Then I loved the G-9. Then I hated the SF. What is funny is that I thought that the G-9 and S-9 were some of the best flexing skis in the business, and then the SF came along and it was so stiff in the tail that you could not work it, it just took over. I am mentioning all of this because it leads up to why I fell in love with the Carve 63.
Somehow, somewhere in the dark tunnels of Dynastar R&D, they figured out that a tail that accellerates is cool, but a tail that carves through the last inch is cooler. I agree with them (I am sure they are pleased to hear it). So they made a ski that allows you to rock all the way back through the end of the arc and get the last bit of carve out of the turn, and then launch from that last bit of the tail into then next turn. It is like the rebound we used to get from our skis in the 80's, but forward instead of sideways.
Last year, whenever I was going to race, I'd park my Powertracs and grab a pair of 63's. If I was chattering on the hard snow, I'd get the 63's. A day of Go-Fast at PCMR? the 63's.
In the bumps they still performed, although the firm mid section made for some jaring impacts, and I am sure that too much of that action and I'd bend a pair. Powder? Might as well ski on a pair of downhills. The forebody made for miserable powder runs. They did Ok in the crud, again, not my favorite choice for chunks.
This is my pick for eastern skiers who're gonna stay out of the bumps, and western skiers looking for a fast groomer ski. It's not for you if you need a do everything, go everywhere ski.
Recommended:
Yes
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