skyth's Full Review: Salomon X Wing Fury Skis / Z12 Bindings
Haaayt! I am a ninja!
I have only been skiing for about 3 years, with this one being the only season when I seriously skiied. For a short period of time, I actually considered snowboarding as it seemed quite popular among my friends. For a very short period of time. About 30 minutes. A very important fact became apparent to me after trying to struggle with the bindings on a rental board -- James bond skis. Ta da!
Tee-hee. No I am just kidding. I think both sports are kewl, I just like skiing a lot more due to the speed factor. Looking at my sports car reviews, you didn't need to be a brain surgent to guess that I am sure. Nevertheless, I have been demoing skis relentlessly this year. I have tried Rossignols, Volant, Dynastars (excuse the spelling). Having skied close to 30 days this year, I have become an advanced intermediate skiier with suicidal tendencies (nicknamed Mad-turk on skis). I did the Devil's Fiddle in Killington. Phew! We are talking about a 45 degree drop with moguls as big as Volkswagen Beetles! Add some bushes and ice to that and you get your skis pop off every 3 carves and a madturk having a yard sale. It was fun though!
And I did it 177cm X-Screams! This is supposed to be a super-duper, go anywhere pro-skiers choice of skis. I even went to a couple of ski shops (I have been shopping) and the salespeople there told me not to buy it unless I was an expert. I tell you what, I may be daring but I am not an expert. These skis made me feel like floating on a cloud anywhere on the mountain. The demo shop only had 177's, which is 10 cm's below my perfect ski-height for shaped skis. So the turns were a little bit easier, but I was sure I could handle the 187cm Salomons.
For your info, the X-Scream Series are a bit wider than old style skis or carving skis. This I believe is to enchance floating on powder, but its not as wide as an average floater. It has a generous cut (with around 21cm diameter) making the turns neither too easy nor too hard to handle. The tail is thinner than the front, which I was told would make me 'oversteer' while trying to slow down on a steep double diamond. It didn't happen, but I did feel tendencies. They weren't lying, the X-Screams do require skill to use, but any intermediate can grow onto them. Besides, why buy skis that you are going to throw away once you get better? Go for Salomons now!
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