I was pretty psyched when I got the call that a couple boxes from Black Diamond arrived for me at the shop yesterday. I was anticipating a big square box, full of packs and crampons and such, and I bounced off the wall when I saw a ski box tucked in the corner. I wasn’t expecting to receive any sticks until late September or early October, and I hugged my girlfriend and jumped up and down with excitement like it was Christmas morning after seeing it. Let me tell you…there is nothing that will get you more amped to ski in August than fondling a new pair of skis…besides actually skiing of course.
Some of you may know that I am a total gearhead and I thought long and hard about what planks I would pick out from BD’s well thought out line-up and so far I think I made the right choices. I might pick up one more setup down the road, maybe a shorter ride in the 170’s, specifically for kung-fu turns down the steepest and tightest couloirs. For now though, these two pair of skis will more than cover most of the skiing I will be doing.
I’m expecting a bit more gear to arrive soon and I will no doubt talk about what and why I chose what I did, but for now…anyone have any guesses on what model skis these are?
I’m guessing they are a pair of 205cm White Planets and a pair of 157cm Nunyo’s… 🙂
Yostmark Mountain Noodles with Superloop bindings! haha!
175 Voodoos and 182 Zealots…. you just hope it snows this winter….
he..he..he!!!
Nothing right so far!
192 Zealot
174 Stigma
157cm Joule and some 161cm Velvet’s?
You forget I’m a big manly man skier Andrew, and skiing on women’s skis just wouldn’t fly here in JH…maybe in the Park City though. 😆
You may want to double check your lengths at http://www.skibd.com too!
Keep guessing!!!
Kilowatts
Well, I bought a pair of 185cm Kilowatts last year…and mounted them with Fritschi Freerides…they were my booting up Glory and skiing the Village setup…and will continue to fill that niche this year. No Kilowawtts in this shipment, but I’m thinking of getting a 175cm pair as a skimo specific ski…but I’m not totally suree yet.
Okay, one of the models guessed is right, but the length is wrong.
190 Verdicts
182 Stigmas
Why not the Zealots? To much ski for such a “big manly man skier”.
OH SNAP!!! 😆
I thought long and hard about getting the Zealots, but the niche I was trying to fill here was for powder turns in the park (GTNP)…where it takes 2-4 hours of skinning to get to the top of the run. So I opted for the Verdicts for better touring performance. Plus, I loved my 190cm Verdicts from last year so much, that the new and improved model was a must have.
Yes…one of the pairs is the 190cm Verdict…and they look SO sweet!! 😀
Hey Steve,
What boots and binders are you running on your Verdicts?
I’m leaning towards Fritchi’s for a more lift-durable setup for when I’m running with my Alpine bros.
Schubwa
On last years Verdicts I have Dynafit Comforts (sans brakes) and I used Scarpa Spirit 3+4’s.
It’s looking like the 2008 Verdicts will have Dynafit Vertical FT’s (because they are so sexy) and I’ll be wearing Dynafit Z-zero CF’s on my feet… maybe some BD prototypes. I trust the Dynafit bindings 100% for that locked and loaded feeling. I’m trying to get over the habit of locking out the toe pieces to maybe avoid a bad knee injury though. Should be a ripping set-up for the park! 😈
OK…one pair left to guess! 😯
167 cm Cults for fast laps…?
ZZero CFs eh? Have you actually tried them on, skied, them, at least fondled them? I’ve read a bunch about them (including Lee Lau’s review), whats your take on them compared to Mega Rides and Spirit 4s?
Sup Justin!
I tried them on in Tim Kelly’s office last year, when Dynafit was with Life-Link. The sample size was a bit too big, but I got the idea of how they would feel. The liners are really nice. The best thing though is that they are light AND stiff.
Looks like a Cult to me. 177’s? Could be 167’s too…
Nope…not Cults!
The model it is was already mentioned…but the size was wrong.
Is that Zzero liner better than the previous liners the’ve had? How would you compare it to the g-fit or Intuition liners?
I’ve been told the new liners are top of the line…with more expansion when baked. Because of this…Dynafit only has whole sizes in boots with thermo fit liners.
voodoo 185…
Hallelujah!!! 💡