To be fair, the rider at silver star, on the timber sled blew off the first big jump with the throttle pinned and got about 20 feet of air, more than any sled or more than any normal guy would dare to do unless you have an extensive moto background,
And I agree with the top post when he said "will the Yeti hold up to consistent 60 foot drops"?, probably not, but no sled or Timberlsed will sustain that type of constant abuse nor would my body, and there is not allot of guys willing to drop off 60 foot cliffs on there timebrlseds, maybe one that I know of and he does that kind of stuff for a living.
I rode a LT timberlsed all last year with the upgraded 2.5 track on it and it does make a significant difference compared to the stock TS track, which is now a stock option for TS, I would say the majority of riding is adventurous, new places in the trees, new smaller bowls and places that you don't see allot of sleds.
I really don't think the majority of guys are heading to boulder or eagles and heading to monster bowl to make high marks, I could be wrong but from what I have experienced its more like riding endurocross through the trees and looking for a cool lines through the trees and meadows full of powder and some small 15 foot jumps with a powder landing.
The big thing I see with the competition coming out is just that competition which tends to make everything better for everyone and it will take next year to determine who may have the better product and hopefully by that time maybe we see another manufacturer step into the game and push the bar even higher.
What I do like is the severe weight savings of the new tracks coming out as the bikes do work like mad to push that tracks through deep snow as thats not what they were designed to do and its allot to ask of any bike to work that hard for that long, thats why were seeing over heating issues and then guys going big bore and turbo which gets risky running in the back country when your only real option in some places is a helicopter or taking it apart to get them out because lets face it these things don't tow well out of the back country. So weight equals HP savings and because we lack the ability in bikes to create allot of HP we need weight reduction
I know what were all waiting for is a one of the big companies to come out with a stock bike track package with a snow checked 3 year warranty that just flat out works and weighs 260lbs all in.
And with the amount of interest in the sport I hope its not to far away.
Anyway, great sport, good to see competition out there, its going to make for a better sport all around for every rider out there.