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New G3 XCD skis
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 7:58 am
by hot.dog
These look fun, very little info out there.
http://ca-store.genuineguidegear.com/pr ... tinger-xcd
Thoughts?
Re: New G3 XCD skis
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 9:18 am
by Johnny
Wow! This is great!
This looks like my kind of ski... At last, another possibility for short radius XCD lovers like myself... Only a few Alpina skis have radius under 17m... But 14m must be for the shortest version... Still...
The camber looks perfect for downhill... Tip at 112 is a bit fat but the overall sidecut looks really nice even for leathers... Weight is puuurfect at 2500g a pair... But I guess of course this must be the weight for the 157cm version... And bonus, they make a 185cm version!!! Want!
Thanks for sharing hotdog!
Re: New G3 XCD skis
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 9:53 am
by MikeK
Looks a little like a mini Vector.
Someone must have been listening to your prayers Johnny.
At the risk of sounding a bit like Ron, I don't see where the XC is in that ski other than scales... looks like a lightweight dh ski through and through.
Also the description makes me think it is marketed to the AT crowd:
Tour right past your friends while they stop to skin up!
Friends? Skins? Hmm... sounds like AT to me...
Re: New G3 XCD skis
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 10:04 am
by Johnny
Friends? Skins? Hmm... sounds like AT to me...
Man! The funniest quote in 2015?!?
XCD is in the way you use it.
If you're XCD enough to drive them with leathers and make nice arcs, then it's XCD...
Re: New G3 XCD skis
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 10:11 am
by MikeK
I'm not that easily fooled... but I'm sure it would be a great backyard yo-yo ski. A 10+ mile tour through rolling terrain... not for me.
Re: New G3 XCD skis
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 10:30 am
by Johnny
Only ATers would do long tours with a ski like that...
Re: New G3 XCD skis
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 10:41 am
by connyro
+1 on funniest quote contest.
Those are similar to the Vector's weight, but considerably smaller in size. One of the things I like about the Vectors is the longer turning radius: more like the straight skis I learned to ski on when I was a kid. Those G3 skis have a ton of sidecut, similar to the Alpina X-Terrains. I agree with MikeK when he says they are light alpine skis with scales.
Re: New G3 XCD skis
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 10:41 am
by MikeK
LoveJohnny wrote:Only ATers would do long tours with a ski like that...
Good point!
Re: New G3 XCD skis
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 10:47 am
by MikeK
Next Question: Who has $600 CAD to try a pair?
Re: New G3 XCD skis
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 11:41 am
by Johnny
Next Question: Who has $600 CAD to try a pair?
Socal ATers? Engineers?