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Skis performed great!
Trail performance showed no difference at all, they still tracked true with no darting whatsoever.
Off trail is where the Simmons Gen III's shine and with the cut out....even better.
- Sled pulls over on its side a lot easier, especially on downhill turns.
- I didn't notice any lack of flotation with the cut out...in 2 ft of powder they floated the front end effortlessly
- Carving thru meadows of 2 ft powder was great.
- Carving across a side hill is where the cut out really made itself noticeable.
- It holds onto the hill a lot better...the cut out allows the outside edge to bite into the hill better. This was a very BIG noticeable difference with and then without the cut out. Before the cut out, it seemed to want to kick me out of the line I was on too easily whenever I crossed a trench or encountered bumps/humps in terrain. Change in direction while pulling a cross side hill was noticeably easier as well, a little more or less counter steer and the sled went right where I wanted it to go without any "washout" feeling.
Above testing was done in 2 ft of dry powder, over the course of the morning/afternoon, it warmed up and the snow got heavy. Other than snow conditions being different, the skis performed flawlessly in all conditions.
I think Val needs to sell them like this. With the cut, it's a perfect all around, any condition ski.
If anyone has any questions, feel free to PM me.
I am 100% glad I cut these skis. Performance has definitely been enhanced.
I used a jigsaw with a 18TPI blade, being careful to not dig into the edge of the outside skag rib (see pics in first post), then used a combo wood rasp to clean the edges (rounded rough/fine on on side of rasp, flat rough/fine on the other).
After I got straight, smooth, clean edges I used my torch along the edges to give it a smooth, finished look.
I also rode them in some extremely heavy "Cascade Concrete" snow (1.5 - 2 ft deep) ........same performance as above.
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