New Skis Lust ...ISPO 2009

I would like a pair of the Kessler or Palmer carving skis. Kessler has worked with palmer and both use geometry Kessler has been using on snowboards to clean up in the world cup. Full titenal sheets make make the Kessler snowboards carve like they are stuck to the snow and I would guess the skis are the same.

Trencher

We've done a bunch of laps with the Palmer skis...Good stuff. The P02 carver is a Kessler licensed to Head for production under the Palmer brand name. Excellent carving tool.
See a review over at:

http://www.exoticskis.com/forum/default.aspx?g=posts&t=79

exoticskis wrote:We've done a bunch of laps with the Palmer skis...Good stuff. The P02 carver is a Kessler licensed to Head for production under the Palmer brand name. Excellent carving tool.
See a review over at:

http://www.exoticskis.com/forum/default.aspx?g=posts&t=79

So how would you describe the difference in carving that the reverse camber tip makes. On snowboards this seems to have the effect allowing the board to slice through the snow much more smoothly. That is, when on edge, the tip turn up blends with the reverse camber nose section, which blends with the decambered sidecut effectively extending the contact length. I can't wait to try a pair :P


I missed the Virus skis on the first look through. Just like their boards, very sexy. Board manufacturers are moving away from exposed titenal top sheets because it tends to chip at the edges


Trencher

In my humble and limited opnion, the Palmer/Kessler carver's sidecut geometry is the primary influence on its behaviour. The tip doesn't seem to have a discernible "rocker" or "early rise" like the latest generation of powder skis do, but when on-edge, the Palmer/Kessler tip does come over into the turn and seems to feed the turn pressure smoothly toward the zone underfoot with its Klothoid sidecut curvature design. Not a revolutionary feel, but more of a refinement of carving skis I think. Very smooth and effective. I can see why snowboarders love the Kessler boards with the similar design.

Very interesting ski and very nicely built. Expensive, but then again, so are Audis, BMWs, Aston-Martins, Jaguars and the like...

The ski is a too narrow for any snow with depth to it, but for the first-thing-in-the-morning groomed runs when no one is on the hill yet....great ride. Seriously silly edge angles and hip-dragging turns are easy to do! Fun fun fun...but then again, I am biased toward carving skis as really fun toys.

Cheers.

But Jaguars are just Fords :wink: