I'll throw in my thoughts. Even as a relative beginner, the KTP was my first real skiboard that I owned and loved ... right off the bat... no adjustment needed by me. I am dead on your size ... 5'8" and 185 lbs ... give or take a cheeseburger or 2.
I never did find them hard to get on edge. I'd say "hard" is the wrong choice of word (at least for me). They just take a bit "more" to get them there. When I say "more", I simply mean more motion... dipping your knees a little deeper to the inside of the turn. When you do get them there, they carve trenches like no other board I've ridden. The short length and short turning radius make them soooo easy to pilot and turn. When I compare the turning of the KTP to other boards I've owned and ridden, I'd say they hook into tighter carves when you want them to but the transitions from one side to the other are stretched a bit whereas narrower boards are faster in edge to edge transitions. When you don't want to carve so tightly and cleanly, it is easy to "soft edge" them a bit and just cruise.
I've found chatter coming from trying to force a board into a tighter turning radius than the arc of the sidecut supports. Put the boards on edge, dig those edges in, let the boards carve themselves - no chatter.
Wide brakes on narrower boards = no problem
At Shredfest 2 in Sqaw Valley I rode KTPs all day from the rear inserts in all kinds of conditions from untouched fresh pow to chop, to smooth groom. They were great.
I'm not riding KTPs now becuase I got hooked on the Condors and now have Sherpas, but I highly recommend. KTPs are what addicted me to skiboarding and will always be my first love.
I never did find them hard to get on edge. I'd say "hard" is the wrong choice of word (at least for me). They just take a bit "more" to get them there. When I say "more", I simply mean more motion... dipping your knees a little deeper to the inside of the turn. When you do get them there, they carve trenches like no other board I've ridden. The short length and short turning radius make them soooo easy to pilot and turn. When I compare the turning of the KTP to other boards I've owned and ridden, I'd say they hook into tighter carves when you want them to but the transitions from one side to the other are stretched a bit whereas narrower boards are faster in edge to edge transitions. When you don't want to carve so tightly and cleanly, it is easy to "soft edge" them a bit and just cruise.
I've found chatter coming from trying to force a board into a tighter turning radius than the arc of the sidecut supports. Put the boards on edge, dig those edges in, let the boards carve themselves - no chatter.
Wide brakes on narrower boards = no problem
At Shredfest 2 in Sqaw Valley I rode KTPs all day from the rear inserts in all kinds of conditions from untouched fresh pow to chop, to smooth groom. They were great.
I'm not riding KTPs now becuase I got hooked on the Condors and now have Sherpas, but I highly recommend. KTPs are what addicted me to skiboarding and will always be my first love.
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