I like your point about the hypocritical attitudes about equipment (for example: Enduro/All Mountain bikes can do everything well, but XC bikes suck for everything but Green XC race courses) or is the point that skill matters more than equipment (old straighter narrow long skis work great in powder, you just have to go faster*)
\* With an old narrow long GS ski, you could start a run in powder, transition to cut up crud, hit the moguls then carve narrow ruts on ice at the bottom, with easy transitions between conditions. Although, for competition, modern skis would be faster in their respective niches, but an old GS ski would still be faster in a GS race than a modern fat ski (just like a turn of the century DH bike would be faster in a DH race than a modern XC/DC bike).
July 22, 2022, 11:31 a.m. - taprider
I like your point about the hypocritical attitudes about equipment (for example: Enduro/All Mountain bikes can do everything well, but XC bikes suck for everything but Green XC race courses) or is the point that skill matters more than equipment (old straighter narrow long skis work great in powder, you just have to go faster*) \* With an old narrow long GS ski, you could start a run in powder, transition to cut up crud, hit the moguls then carve narrow ruts on ice at the bottom, with easy transitions between conditions. Although, for competition, modern skis would be faster in their respective niches, but an old GS ski would still be faster in a GS race than a modern fat ski (just like a turn of the century DH bike would be faster in a DH race than a modern XC/DC bike).