I AM SO STOKED ON ALL OF MY SKIS!!!!!
Seriously, there's nothing more gratifying than riding on them and partially expecting them to spontaneously combust then having them actually perform.
First shot of the first 3 mounted pairs (L to R, Torcs 190 @ 148-118-140, Culo Flat 180 @ 118-91-118, Culo Reg 180 @ 118-91-118):
First trip out on the Torcs was a short skin mission, so there wasn't really a ton I could tell about the performance, but I did get some airtime on some alaskan gold powder.
My first resort day on the Culo Flats - bamboo flat camber park skis (center on the mounting shot above) was very interesting. They are a completely symmetrical ski, giving the illusion of short noses, but given the tight turning radius I put on them (≈14m) they perform like a slalom ski, which was especially weird with the flat camber. BUT the turn is strange because there's so much tail. I think that if I make the sidecut centered at -2 to -3cm with a 16-17m turning radius they will be the ski I have been looking for. PLUS, ripping groomers with my old man is funner than hell:
Enter another touring day with the dogs on the Torcs (yes, this is how I ski with my Corgi on a regular basis, and yes we drop small cliffs like this):
After that I had to go back to work for 3 weeks, but upon return I moved from the armpit that is Hillsboro, OR up to the Seattle area. First time at Steven's pass and first time on the Culo Regs:
And we also filmed an edit which can be seen here: http://vimeo.com/83720421
I am in LOVE with the Culo Regs for shredding park. Nice tight turning radius gives a skate feel to the experience and I had an absolutely awesome time on them.
With the storm that came in, it was time to really text pow shredding on the Torcs, and lets just say I was effing stoked. The early rise tip and tail in conjunction with the tight turning radius gives a surf feel to the ski in deep snow, but the massive surface area brings a level of stability when dropping cliffs and skiing fast. The only change I might make is bring the tail dimension in on this particular ski, to maybe 138 or so, to extend the turning radius a touch and make them not quite as symmetrical.
And some video shots:
http://diyskis.tumblr.com/post/74494170 ... ks-a-bunch
http://diyskis.tumblr.com/post/74494154 ... ple-off-on
http://diyskis.tumblr.com/post/74494131 ... kis-level1
Now I'm back up at work for the next few weeks, but the next time I'll be on my skis hopefully it'll be filming with Level 1 in Europe, beating to shit and breaking my skis on the streets of Oslo!
Thank you so much to everyone in this community for the information and help along the way, so many of you have been so influential and don't even know it. This community is fcuking amazing.
