Itching to buy it. Tell me not to!

[eaf]

http://www.powder7.com/Elan-Amphibio-88-XTi-Skis-176cm-New-Flat-2017/for-sale

and why!

$350 until tomorrow. Flat.

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[Shadows]

They got Jeff's skis for 499 too. Been lookin at them 

[eaf]

1 minute ago, Shadows said:

They got Jeff's skis for 499 too. Been lookin at them 

You mean MX98?  Yeah, I've seen it. It will be too stiff and straight for me. Need something curvier.

[Shadows]

Been asking this a lot lately...

Does it make more sense to pay full price for something when you need it, or buy it now at a huge discount and hope youll end up needing it later on?

[eaf]

Actually, 84 will probably make more sense for me: http://www.powder7.com/Elan-Amphibio-84-XTi-Skis-176cm-New-Flat-2017/for-sale

[eaf]

Just now, Shadows said:

Been asking this a lot lately...

Does it make more sense to pay full price for something when you need it, or buy it now at a huge discount and hope youll end up needing it later on?

Then look straight at Stockli AX. Or Z90. Never discounted price. No need to time it.

[Shadows]

Since this site was broght up... whats the deal with black crow skis? They got some good looking dimensions on their skis

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

32 minutes ago, eaf said:

You mean MX98?  Yeah, I've seen it. It will be too stiff and straight for me. Need something curvier.

Those are the best skis I've been on so far this season. Second best are my 184 length old school mantras which used to belong to Atomic Jeff

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[eaf]

5 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Those are the best skis I've been on so far this season. Second best are my 184 length old school mantras which used to belong to Atomic Jeff

How did you ski them? Or rather, what style of skiing are they lending themselves to?

[toast21602]

Really? This shit again?


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[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

1 minute ago, eaf said:

How did you ski them? Or rather, what style of skiing are they lending themselves to?

The way I usually ski...as straight and fast as possible. They're GSS skis

[eaf]

2 minutes ago, toast21602 said:

Really? This shit again?
 

We can talk about lunch choices if that's more suitable. But not until the sale ends.

[toast21602]

We can talk about lunch choices if that's more suitable. But not until the sale ends.

Do they come in 170 length?


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[eaf]

12 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

The way I usually ski...as straight and fast as possible. They're GSS skis

Yeah, well, I like my descent a little bit less linear, and speed under control, for those boarders are moving so unpredictably. Hate it when I suddenly run into a sitting party in the middle of the slope. So MX98 is out.

I skied a women's version of Elan with the same technology. Shorter, softer, narrower. It did well on edges, was smoother than my SLs. Didn't really get a feeling of that Amphibio technology at all. And it's interesting how they've changed the story about the convex tails since the last time I've read about it. Then they said it's good so that the tails wouldn't catch. Now they're advertising it as a way to stabilize the vibrations by 30%. The woman's version also had only one layer of titanal. XTIs have two.

Anyhow, anybody skied them at all?

[eaf]

7 minutes ago, toast21602 said:

Do they come in 170 length?

 

Is that a tricky question? If you're genuinely interested, they do. I knew you were secretly envying salty all this time.

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[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

2 minutes ago, eaf said:

Is that a tricky question? If you're genuinely interested, they do.

Boom!!!! And I actually had Elan S12s years ago and they were east coast carvers.  

[eaf]

Just now, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Boom!!!! And I actually had Elan S12s years ago and they were east coast carvers.  

That's cool. Don't need a narrow ski either. Already have one.

[toast21602]

That's cool. Don't need a narrow ski either. Already have one.

Then why would you get these?


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[eaf]

Just now, toast21602 said:

Then why would you get these?

 

Oh shoot. I forgot how I was only recently telling someone about it.

What, 84-88 is narrow in your understanding? Really??

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

3 minutes ago, toast21602 said:

 

Then why would you get these?


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Was thinking the same thing. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

 

Anyway they look like good Blue mountain skis for hardpack. In slush and big sugar piles they'll feel narrow. 

[eaf]

Oh fine. Somebody just delete this thread. And the whole Gears section too. Shadows was right.

[toast21602]

Oh shoot. I forgot how I was only recently telling someone about it.
What, 84-88 is narrow in your understanding? Really??

Yeah I’d consider it mid-narrow. These can’t be much wider than what you already have.



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[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

17 minutes ago, toast21602 said:

 

Yeah I’d consider it mid-narrow. These can’t be much wider than what you already have.



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Slalom skis are probably high 60s underfoot. 

[SallyCat]

4 hours ago, eaf said:

$350 until tomorrow. Flat.

I demoed those at Blue last year.I swear they must de-tune their demos or something because I couldn't buy edge grip on anything I tried, and I was not demo-ing wimpy skis, either. Head Monster 88, Head Rally, and the Amphibio. 

Went to CBK and got on a Volkl RTM 84 and a couple other skis and they were sharp as surgical scalpels.