Mark_151
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Outtabounds
I need to partially take back my earlier comments on the Outtabounds. I had a chance to use them again at Windblown yesterday during the storm. There was about 4 inches of fresh unbroken powder on the Open Slope, so I tried tele turns again. This time I had no problem making turns. Although, I did have to exagerate the motion to get them to turn as easy as my heavy gear. I really had to drop the knee much lower than the heavy gear to weigh the rear ski and get it to hook up.
On getting home, however, I discovered that on one ski, the base is beginning to de-laminate from the rest of the ski! This is only the 4th time I've used these skis, so I believe now I have a defective pair. Some investigation of the turning problems on Google brought up only one other person with a similar problem. Turns out Fischer determined this pair had more camber than the factory spec, so he got a replacement. My experience on hard, old snow versus powder kind of confirms something's up.
I'm going to send these back to Fischer, and while I'm at it, I'm going to see if I can get them replaced with the waxable version.
Mark
I need to partially take back my earlier comments on the Outtabounds. I had a chance to use them again at Windblown yesterday during the storm. There was about 4 inches of fresh unbroken powder on the Open Slope, so I tried tele turns again. This time I had no problem making turns. Although, I did have to exagerate the motion to get them to turn as easy as my heavy gear. I really had to drop the knee much lower than the heavy gear to weigh the rear ski and get it to hook up.
On getting home, however, I discovered that on one ski, the base is beginning to de-laminate from the rest of the ski! This is only the 4th time I've used these skis, so I believe now I have a defective pair. Some investigation of the turning problems on Google brought up only one other person with a similar problem. Turns out Fischer determined this pair had more camber than the factory spec, so he got a replacement. My experience on hard, old snow versus powder kind of confirms something's up.
I'm going to send these back to Fischer, and while I'm at it, I'm going to see if I can get them replaced with the waxable version.
Mark