![]() And maybe that's true of the 190cm version. They come with a reputation as being an arse kicking ski - 'experts only need apply' and all that palava. Essentially I had them in pretty much every condition you will encounter in an Oz winter, on every type of run. I also skied them in the early morning firm and slush of October long weekend. I had these skis on early season man made, and I n the snow event 1.0 and 2.0. Second best skis I have owned after the Blizzard Brahma. Salomon off piste oriented skis are really so flexible off piste - they've got something special going with these shapes.Įdit to add: I love these skis. Provided the snow is forgiving enough to get an edge in it carves a nice turn.Įssentially this is just a more beefy version of the super fun and more forgiving QST 99, which in turn is a more beefy version of the super forgiving Q98. It is capable of making a pretty small turn at 176cm but can make big turns as well. It does tend to scribe an arc once you put it on edge (as opposed to a more drifty style ski) but contrary to some reports I did find I could drift the tail as well in softer snow as well as hard. It's a stable ski with some oomph on groomed/packed snow, but is forgiving in soft snow. I even took them through a racecourse (maybe not the best choice for that!!).Īll the above impressions are validated. While not deep powder, I have had them through boot top to shin deep powder, cut up crud, a nice buffed kind of surface, and groomed runs. I've now had 2 days on these skis in the conditions for which they were designed. This ski may well replace the Salomon QST 99 as my travel ski, just because it is that touch more substantial but (hard to tell completely as yet) as forgiving off piste ![]() I suspect I could have gone to a 183cm in this ski, But I'm satisfied with what I have. The profile of this ski makes it really forgiving and manoeverable. That's pretty much all I can say right now. It's even a little hard to judge their carving prowess given the conditions but they initiated well and held the turn. ![]() I was worried with all the "kick butt" reputation I'd find them hard to manage, but far from it. I can say though that it slithered through small bumps fine. It's really too early to say too much as the conditions were so far off those that are optimal for this ski. I quite like the Salomon free ride shape, so how goes with a stiffer core? They're reputed to have Salomon's race core on a free ride shape. I know they have a 20.5m turn radius and are 103mm underfoot but I couldn't say much else. And in between patches of snow which had a top layer of slushy groomed. I just did a few runs down High Noon at Thredbo as it's pretty much all that's open. I skied my Brahmas this morning (best skis ever) and my Salomon QLabs this afternoon. So I've taken the opportunity today to swap over skis during the day. I'm down for my first weekend skiing and brought all my (new) skis to stick in my locker.
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