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OFF PISTE
These skis are designed with quickness and floatation in mind but work well in a variety of snow conditions. This is a fairly broad category and with varying waist widths and camber profiles. The construction can optimize a ski for higher altitude bowl skiing that you find out west or a ski that is more focused on the tighter trees and bumps that make up the majority of ungroomed terrain in New England.
Every ski we build is designed for the client. During the fitting we will help you decide which style of ski is correct for you, and then build your specs based on a conversation about your skiing style, physique, and terrain choice.
Here is a description of the specification range for off piste skis.
While these skis favor shorter more technical turns on the groomed terrain, like all Parlors, they are always happy to make a few carves on the way down.
SPECS
Waist Width: 95mm–112mm
Length: 148cm–196cm
Radius: 16m–24m
CONSTRUCTION
Cores: Maple/Poplar, Maple/Paulownia, Maple
Laminates: Tri-axle fiberglass, Titanal, Carbon fiber
CAMBER PROFILE
This category of ski favors a decent amount of tip and tail splay for most builds. We use both traditional camber underfoot, flat and fully reverse camber depending on style and preference.
FLEX
Soft to medium
Building a ski for these conditions often leads us to use a softer flex pattern to help make the turns easier to start and keep things smooth on the uneven snow services.
SKIER TYPES
This category favors strong intermediate to advanced skiers who are looking to spend a lot of their time off trail. They are perfect for woods skier, and anyone who likes the bumps, and of course, the crud buster!
IDEAL CONDITIONS
These skis can handle all snow types, but off piste skiing tends to be most enjoyable when the snow is more accessible.
COMPARISON
Off Piste vs. Freeride: While much of the terrain tackled by skis in these categories is similar, the off piste skis tend to favor a more directional (tips downhill) and technical (more finished turns) style of skiing. The freeride skis tend to favor a looser, more playful style that includes more jumps and less traditional paths down the fall line.
More technical details:
skis built for
CARVING
skis built for
ALL MOUNTAIN
skis built for
FREERIDE
skis built for
TOURING
skis built for
POWDER