Åsnes Borge Ousland BC Ski Review

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lilcliffy
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Location: Stanley, New Brunswick, Canada
Ski style: backcountry Nordic ski touring
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Re: Åsnes Borge Ousland BC Ski Review

Post by lilcliffy » Sat Jun 03, 2023 7:11 pm

CwmRaider wrote: ↑
Tue May 23, 2023 2:14 am
 @lilcliffy could you squeeze your Gammes and measure the distance between uncompressed and compressed contact points? I'm asking you because I know you have a fetish for ski squeezing ;)
Current model 210 Gamme 54 BC→ 19.8cm of Nordic rocker in the shovel.
(My first-gen 210 Gammes are at my friends house- I will measure them when I get a chance. Though from memory the two were identical in terms of geometry.)
Last edited by lilcliffy on Sat Jun 03, 2023 7:19 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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lilcliffy
Posts: 3806
Joined: Thu Jan 01, 2015 7:20 pm
Location: Stanley, New Brunswick, Canada
Ski style: backcountry Nordic ski touring
Favorite Skis: Asnes Ingstad, Combat Nato, Amundsen, Rabb 68; Altai Kom
Favorite boots: Alpina Alaska BC; Lundhags Guide BC; Lundhags Abisku XP; Scarpa T4
Occupation: Forestry Professional
Instructor at Maritime College of Forest Technology
Husband, father, farmer and logger

Re: Åsnes Borge Ousland BC Ski Review

Post by lilcliffy » Sat Jun 03, 2023 7:13 pm

CwmRaider wrote: ↑
Fri May 19, 2023 2:47 pm
 I just received these skis in 210cm length. The rocker is about half as high as the Åsnes Otto Sverdrup,and much shorter. With bases compressed together at the ball -of- foot, a standard sheet of paper only goes down 30 cm from the ski tips. For comparison a non rockered Madshus Glittertind has a paper test of 20cm from the tips, and a 2014 E99 has nearly 50cm.
Yes- my 210 E99 Xtralite Tour had an incredibly deep Nordic rocker in the shovel- even more than my 205 Ingstad BC.
Cross-country AND down-hill skiing in the backcountry.
Unashamed to be a "cross-country type" and love skiing down-hill.
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