Yes - this ski is just made for deep Powder - so i wanted to be shure that's it got enough surface. Last winter there were some days i was almost drowning with my 168cm Voelkl Gotama.
Here's a comparision to my Gotama and a 163cm Sugar Daddy:
The Tip is made from 3mm Airex C70.75. Seems to be a great stuff for this and harmonizes well with the wood. Bending the ski shows a constant elastic curve. The shovel is a cap construction. I was inspired by the Sugar Daddy for this design....
After the inital test at Fieberunn (see Trip reports) i had the chance to ride them for another 2 days. The last test was last weekend with almoust all conditions you can expect while freeriding. I skied a 1400m descent several times that started with hard windblown surface and dune like structures and suncrust, went on with deep snow treeskiing (including some small 2m cliffdrops) and finally ended on the slopes.
The ski performed very well on the hard surface with good edge grip (despite the super soft shovel). There is no tendency to catch an edge while breaking through the crust. Between the trees the floatation was awesome and it was agile enough to catch the quick turns. Skiing on the slopes is still a difficult thing and i experienced to sudden falls when not taking enough attention :-(
The structure is still solid - no delamination or other damages yet. The testing was quite hard with speeding on hard surface and dropping small cliffs. The foam shovel still is in very good condition - no fatigue and good damping.
