Anyone skied the Volkl Tigershark?

Hi all,

I'm thinking that this may be the ski for me this season but would very much appreciate any feedback you may have.

I'm thinking the 10ft 175 Power Switch ...

Coincidentally, can anyone shed any light on the meaning behind the 10ft and 12ft denominations? I know that the 12ft has a wider waist but do the numbers mean anything or are they just marketing mumbo-jumbo?

Happy quantitative and qualitative evaluations,

Jan

Hi.

Is it ft or metres?

Could be something to do with turn radius?

Yes, I'm guessing!!

The Volkl company has come up with a very interesting system to render their skis more "versatile"!

Inside the core of the ski they have two very thin wires which go from tail to tips. At tips there are two very small "springs" which are anchored to tip area.

At tail you have a dial mechanism which allows you to "tune" your Volkl ski .
This at 0, I presume it is the larger value thus giving you a larger turn radius performance.

As you dial up ( place "springs" under tension) the tip becomes more stable!

First generation system, Jan careful!

My GTI Volks ski car has a very similiar system for my sun roof. Guess what happened to wire! It took me 3 hours to take off roof, another 2 hours to insert new wire!

Make sure if you buy this model that you get in writing some form of "protection".

Mind you Volkl are great skis and have great service record!

Not skiied them, looked at them at the end of last season, however, they are very expensive compared to most other skis outthere, I just can't justify spending the money for what is effectivley a "gimmick"! Who knows they may have come down in price, and besides anything else they look fantastic!

Rossfra8,

You are very correct in your "perception" about having all sorts of options on skis. Many are sales gimmicks.

I tend to avoid any first generation ski which has such "gimmicks"!

Here is an excellent example.Rossignold Mutix ski has a series of "arms" to dampen vibration and also to change ski radius. After two testing sessions, I discovered that these arms had some problems. I sent report to head office and now they changed the design and composition . I happen to have two pairs of the first generation skis! Try to get the new designed arms! A real problem!!

Volkl tend to be more expensive then any ski!However if you know where to look you can get great deals in April!