Please Post Snow Ski Reviews

[BobSmall]

In the History page on Goode Snow Skis (http://www.goode.com/skihistory.htm), Dave wonders why Carbon Fiber construction has not caught on for snow skis like in ski poles, golf and water skis.


The reason carbon fiber was quickly adopted in other uses is because the average user can easily determine the benefit of switching. In ski poles, carbon fiber gives low drag while eliminating permanent bends and most breakage. In water skiing, any person who does buoys can easily measure any improvement. In golf, the pros switched to carbon fiber to get the dramatic performance advantages.


In snow skis, the average person doesn’t have any way to figure out the benefits. The pros may or may not be on pure carbon fiber skis but the skis look like the ones sold at retail. The average skier can feel the difference in a light weight pure carbon skis but does not have any way to measure benefits. Goode Ski Technologies’ sponsorship of Nastar gives the opportunity to measure improvements but there are too few shops that offer Goode ski demos for many skiers to be able to take advantage of this.


Never the less, carbon fiber is taking over due to changes in skis design. Shaped skis need to incorporate carbon fiber to get the torsional rigidity necessary for great performance. This is especially evident in the latest mid-fat skis. I demo’d a lot of the latest mid-fats and they are light years ahead of even the skis of 2 years ago. Today, Volkl is held by many to be the best in ski performance which can be attributed to their incorporation of carbon fiber.


Goode Skis have a technological advantage of being designed from the ground up to take advantage of all the benefits of carbon fiber but I don’t have a slope nearby that demo’s Goode Skis so I’ve haven’t had a chance to try the latest designs. The best way for skiers like me to find out about which Goode snow skis to buy is by reading about the experiences of current owners and demo’ers.


So, if you’ve had experience with Goode Skis on the slopes write please write a review. I’m personally interested in replacements for my 180 Fischer RC-4’s. While I’m tempted to get another set of racing skis, I should probably get a versatile mid-fat as I've found shaped racing skis to be bottom feeders in deep snow. Perhaps the Carbon 82 or the Elite 8200? Anybody who can give me advice?


Even if you have tried different Goode skis, write a review. Someone will be able to use it to pick out a “goode” ski for them.

[Jennifer]

I want to tell you how much I LOVE the GOODE Carbon 74 skis I received for Christmas!! They practically ski themselves, all I have to do is go along for the ride. I got in 5 great days at Mt Baker... we had at least 6 new inches every day and tons of powder everywhere!

[BobSmall]

Jennifer,

Thanks, the Carbon 74 does look like a good option for my mix of mostly east coast hard pack and occasional western powder when I'm lucky.

What length do you have and (if you don't mind) what weight are you?

I'm 165lb and ski a fairly long 180 cm ski but the waist is only 66 cm so it's hard work to keep them from sinking in deep powder. I thought they'd do better with that length but they are stones.

Bob Small

[Jennifer]

I think my skis are somewhere in the mid-150ish length. Not exactly sure. I am 5'6" tall (girls never tell their weight!)