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By The Hammer from East Bay, CA on 10/07/2009 Pros: Durable, Good Grip, Great Flotation, Smooth Ride Best Uses: Downhill, Powder Describe Yourself: Competitive Skier Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Comments: This is an odd ski in the Stormrider series because it isn't a GS ski with a wider sidecut. It is a soft (for Stockli) powder ski that you can ski slowly through the trees or let rip in a bowl. It has the classic Stockli edge grip and great construction. You can ski it on the front side w/o a problem. Regardless, it is not a one ski wonder (they really don't exist), but a solid powder ski that can be used in the park with any binding that moves the boot 3 cm or so off of neutral. I tuned mine with a 1 degree base bevel since I only use the ski in soft snow, and put 2 degrees on the side bevel. That tune seems about right for this kind of ski.
By EB from Denver, CO on 06/03/2009 Pros: Great Construction, Solid, Stable Describe Yourself: Advanced Sizing: Feels true to size Width: Feels true to width Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Comments: These skis make me want a new pair of skis every year. They power through clumped snow, powder and hard packed. I ski mostly steeps and trees, these skis handle the conditions excellently.
Powerful Ski - Blasts through the Crud By The Original SnowRanger from Zentralschweiz on 05/20/2009 Pros: Fast, Great Construction, Powerful Best Uses: Downhill, Heavy junked up snow, On Off Piste Describe Yourself: Competitive Athlete Sizing: Feels true to size Width: Feels true to width Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Comments: I have this ski in the prior version (blue & white with the flames on the tip) in a 194cm. It's a beast, especially so long. It's basically a GS race ski fattened up. And, when I say a GS race ski, I mean a Stoeckli race ski - read: a real race ski. It is fast as lightning and powers through anything. Once you get used to it, it is surprisingly agile, but it will throw you if you let it get away from you and sit back. I also have a 177 cm Laser Cross Pro, which is probably the best ski I've ever used and this one is somewhat similar but more biased towards off-piste. I would demo the lengths, if you can, as I didn't like this one too short (maybe because I'm now used to it in the monster length).
Great All-around Ski for the Piste By The Original SnowRanger from Zentralschweiz on 05/20/2009 Pros: Great Construction, Smooth, Solid, Versatile Best Uses: Cruising, Downhill, On-piste Describe Yourself: Competitive Athlete Sizing: Feels true to size Width: Feels true to width Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Comments: I live in Switzerland and Stoeckli is THE ski here. For the past two years, I've demo'd their entire line. I tried this model last year and was very pleasantly surprised. My favorite ski in their line is the Laser GS and I thought this would be a noodle, but it was smooth and solid making nice turns of variable sizes on the groomed piste. It wasn't nervous like the slalom ski or a ski that demanded maximum attention to avoid being thrown like the Laser Cross Pro or Stormrider XXL. You can't go wrong with any Stoeckli, but this one is a great choice if you are a good skier looking for one pair of excellent skis for resort skiing on the marked trails.
Stormrider Scott Schmidt: I Dare You! By "Suicide" Stoddard from Mammoth Lakes on 05/12/2009 Pros: Great Construction, Precise like Swiss Watch Best Uses: Extreme All Mountain Describe Yourself: Collegiate/Pro Sizing: Feels half size too big Width: Feels true to width Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Comments: I heard that the Schmidt was a an intense ski, but I heard that before about skis I considered tame.
At 195 pounds and former Extreme, Bump and Aerialist Rider, the ski is an introduction to a humbling experience when you take it out of the gate, especially if you are not in the "envelope."
I ski in the "front seat" always pressing shins and hands forward. Even with 25 + years of intense skiing, you can be humbly thrown in the back seat and feel the torque of this demon ski. Even with a full helmet and googles, tears started to trickle down my cheeks from the speed.
However, once I got the exact balance point, it was like skiing a Ferrari. Basically, this ski is almost like a downhill ski, just wider. It edges tight and crisp on both inside and outside edges and goes all mountain and cuts on ice. Yep, not a weekend ski, too fast and unforgiving and you could take out some pedestrians. Once it goes fast (which it likes to do), you almost need a parachute to stop it(not kidding).
When I took it for a test run, it made my race skis look a little tame. I took it down the face on a wind packed, Sierra cement, crud packed day with chicken heads and cake icing and in cut it like butter.
But, don't expect to arrive in a bump field at 40 mph. The ski is brutally unforgiving and will eject you like you were in a F-18 at Mach 2. Super stiff and precise construction will allow you to bank on grooms like a water skier putting your shoulder on the surface.
After a week on these "Beast," I almost need new threads to accommodate the pumped calves, thighs and gluts. The most intense ski I ever rode.
By iski from maine on 02/08/2009 Describe Yourself: Advanced Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Comments: I have skied this on hard snow on the east coast and was surprised by its grip on hard snow. It makes you work on groomers and ice, but likes to run and excels in slop and loose snow. Really, really fun in loose snow.
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