Message #17272

[bushwacka]

JBotti:
Glad you liked them. I was most curious whether the longer ski would be as versatile as the 178 that I have.
Precision Ski in Frisco was recommended to Lynn by someone at Harb Ski Systems and also does all the Ski Logik prep for the skis they take to the SIA shows. (and one of the guys there has a pair of "demo" Ullr's Chariots that is his favorite ski. Anyway, their recommendation is a .7 base bevel and a 2 degree edge.  They feel that it's ok to go less than 1 degree base bevel because of the width if the ski, so you wind up with an edge that is very close to the normal 1 and 3 but just a bit quicker.
I doubt I can feel the difference, so just sharing the information, but like the idea of getting the same net edge while taking off less material.

.7 on an off piste ski would be scary hooky.

I literally run as high as 2 on the base and my skis still carve fine you just have to tip further and harder.