rosen@ucbvax.ARPA (Rob Rosen) (10/10/85)
This year (and I believe last year as well), Dynastar is putting these little rubbery dampers on the tips of their slalom and gs skis (I don't know what the names are now for these models but they used to be called the Omeglass II and the Acryglass). Does anyone have a pair and can you tell me if they're any good at absorbing shovel vibration? It's time for me to blow some bucks on a new pair of Omeglass, and I'm pondering shelling out the $300 for this model. thanks, -- --Rob Rosen ...ucbvax!rosen rosen@ucb-vax.berkeley.edu
kaepplein@amber.DEC (10/11/85)
I have last year's Dynastar Dynasty with the rubber tips. I suppose they work as vibration dampers, but another thing they do is catch on each other when the tips cross. Its easy enough to lift one ski to uncross them, but annoying. The Course GS, SL, SG, and DH racing skis have red "heart" dampers at the ends. They are a lead weight samwiched in foam placed in a hole in the ski. These dampers have fallen off some skiis, but easily replaced. This year's Dynastars have air foil rubber tips that supposedly use the wind to keep the tips down! They are bigger and should definately make uncrossing more of a conscious effort. Some of this year's Dynastars use kevlar in the base for better damping and now not just the racing skiis have faster sintered bases. The flex characteristics of the new kevlar Dynastars has changed. I think they might be stiffer, allowed by kevlar's better damping. There is a new Rossignol limited distribution performance cruser that has a rubber tip (instead of the protector nature of Dynastars) so it should not interfere with tips. I think this ski costs $20 more than a 3G and also has VAS. I like my Dynastars alot, especially for crusing and bumps on softer snow. I just got some 3G's for New England "hard pack" conditions, having wanted a heavier, more solid ski for ice. Mark Kaepplein