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Surface New Life Ski
Great pow ski, however,...
By Todd Kehoe October 15, 2011
As an everyday they don't have the durability to hold up to everyday use. They great as a quiver ski for someone with 3-5 pairs of skis depending on the type of powder day. If you are looking 1-2 skis in your quiver I would do something else. Surface is fairly solid about their warranties, I'll admit I'm tough on skis & expect them too take a lot of abuse. I don't want a good day ruined by faulty equipment.
I'm not saying these ski suck, they are really fun, they don't hold as well as others that I've used. I had some FKS bindings (luckily I found the binding heel) tear out of the mounting holes. I could have had a badly made ski, I really am not sure. The nice thing about backcountry they have 100% guaranty on all the products they sell on this site, so really you don't lose if you are not happy with what you got.
I'll admit, I'm pretty aggressive on the mtn. & will charge stuff super fast, expecting a lot out of a ski.
View Details: Surface New Life Ski
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Tech Specs:
- Length:
- 174 cm, 184 cm, 194 cm
- Dimensions:
- (all sizes) 151 x 122 x 151 mm
- Turn Radius:
- (174cm) 15.5 m, (184cm) 16.5 m, (194cm) 17.9 m
- Profile:
- early rise tip and tail, flat underfoot
- Construction:
- sandwich
- Core:
- wood
- Base:
- extruded
- Tail:
- twintip
- Binding Included:
- no
- Weight:
- (pair, 174cm) 9 lbs 1 oz, (pair, 184cm) 9 lbs 12.8 oz, (pair, 194cm) 10 lbs 4.8 oz
- Recommended Use:
- big mountain freeride, backcountry freestyle, powder
- Manufacturer Warranty:
- 1 year
Change me.
4 Comments Last Reply: January 10, 2012 By: GypsyAlex
I don't think they changed the design from older models.
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^^^^ this year they have added a lot more to this ski... but last years ski has about same feel! i loved last years model
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The '10-'11 version I used. Contact bc.com for that info, if you gotta get anything I would suggest the Salomon Rocker2 or the Atomic Bent Chentler.
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What year were yours? I have a choice of getting either last years or this years, and I'm wondering if they are built any differently this year.
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