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I am trying to find skis. I just ordered the xplore bindings and they say they need a 65 mm waist. I think you said the alpina pioneer 80 ski has a smaller waist so I am wondering how it is compatible to those bindings? I really would like to find a ski with good kick and glide that I can also teleturn with. My ancient track skis I can tele turn in but I am way overdue for something nice. I am about 115 lbs and am having a heck of a time finding anything right now. Only thing I see available is the madshus panorama 67, kind of thing they are wider than I need. I can't find Fischer excursions 88 available right now. Wondering if I should just wait and ski the ancient skis I am on now. Any suggestions? Also wondering what size I should get? 162 -169 ?
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Probably the saddest news of the season. Using the words of Alpina,
"Pioneer skis did not come to fruition unfortunately."
Timing? Marketing? Supply chain? I don't have any other info. I say sad, because after 3 seasons skiing the Pioneer 80's, it's still THE pair of skis that I use the most. No matter the conditions, everytime I walk through the door, I still always end up grabbing the P80's more than 50% of the time.
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Probably the saddest news of the season. Using the words of Alpina,
"Pioneer skis did not come to fruition unfortunately."
Timing? Marketing? Supply chain? I don't have any other info. I say sad, because after 3 seasons skiing the Pioneer 80's, it's still THE pair of skis that I use the most. No matter the conditions, everytime I walk through the door, I still always end up grabbing the P80's more than 50% of the time.
I did hear, I think on this forum, about a manufacturing shortage. Something about a factory in Ukraine getting destroyed or otherwise becoming non-function. Fischer buying up more of the Czech manufacturing capacity. Extraterrestrials using the lamination equipment to repair the heat shields on their damaged vessel. Not sure about any of it...
I was really looking forward to that ski but the aliens had to get home. And there's always next year.
