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i think i want the big powder bopper with the fattest under foot width - -Eric Pollard, who designs Line Skis and says he wants the width of a snowboard under foot when he lands his back country cliff flips, did design the Line Sakana, the 2019 Powder Mag Ski of the Year - - very light and flexible for the soft powder
Line Sakana 105mm not too wide, its good for womens or light riders, next Line Pescado 125mm, I have pair, for my 105kg its normal in 0.5-1m soft powder
but I like more Spruce Sherpa/Osprey especially in trees, my weight too heavy for it, but for 70-90kg rider it will be very good in soft powder
Here are some skiboards mounted in the ski carrier. First the front view and you see how mouthy both the Crossbows and Slingshots are. The more traditional cambered ( and shorter ) Elailas are much smaller.
But it is in the rear where things get interesting. Just note how much less there is in the Slingshots as even compared to the smaller Elailas. I suspect it is this flatness, plus narrower tail that allows for a very unique way of slarved turn.
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It looks like the slingshots have some lift in the tail, how much lift do they have? The specs don't mention it.. ?
A couple of weeks ago I attended the Euro Shredfest in Andorra and brought the Slingshots as my only board. I usually prefer RVL8 Condors or Playmakers as my go to all condition boards but as I was expecting mostly firm conditions in Andorra I chose the narrower Slingshots to bring along. While I did ride the Slingshots in firm icy conditions one day the other four days were in softer conditions and on the final two days in powder that got deeper and deeper. I usually ride the Slingshot center mount and on the first day of the snowstorm with moderate pow on the runs I was still doing great with the center mount position but as the snow continued to pile up I found on the last day of the snowstorm I had to weight the tails of the board to prevent getting bogged down especially in the lower angled slopes. I set the Spruce riser back to the rear position for the first time and noticed an immediate improvement with the ability to ride in deep pow from a centered to even slightly leaning forward position in the powder. The last run of the day was in a full on snow storm on a very steep black diamond run with huge drifts of bottomless powder that had been built up by other skiers and snowboarders riding the slope . My set back Slingshots were fabulous and ran through the deep powder at speed keeping up with another one of our riders who was on Sherpas also in the set back position. I was very surprised at how well the Slingshots did compared to Sherpas (Sherpas or Stingers would have been my choice if I had them available that day). The other rider in our group was our guide Schalk who was also running Slingshots albeit in the center position and riding the big pow slope with ease and speed as well. This trip really confirmed for me that the Slingshots are a magnificent all condition skiboard!
Boards :
Blunt Xl, DLP, Spliff, Condor, Rockered Condor , Slingshot, Sherpa, Icelantic Shaman
Boots
K2 BFC 100 Grip walk sole , Dynafit CR Radical AT boot, Ride Insano Snowboard boots
Bindings:
Zero Pro Non release Binding
Modified Receptor Backcountry Bindings (Bill Version and Slow Version)
Spruce Riser with Attack 14 GW /AT binding
Custom Risers with Fritschi Backcountry Bindings (Jeff Singer version 1, Bill version)
Rocker and Sbol Soft Boot Bindings.
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