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Elan Ripstick Tour 104 Review

By

Gavin Hess

Make sure your Ripsticks are on the right foot! Note that the brakes pushing the rear of the ski up downplays the tip rocker a bit here.

Make sure your Ripsticks are on the right foot! Note that the brakes pushing the rear of the ski up downplays the tip rocker a bit here.

  Elan has been relatively quiet in the ski touring world over the past few years. There was the lightweight Ibex line, highly regarded by some, but maybe not particularly interesting to this reviewer. On the other end of the spectrum, the Ripstick line of freeride/on-piste skis were light enough to consider for touring but…

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  1. Travis

    Thanks for the insightful review. Do you have any thoughts on how the lighter boots faired on them vs. the beefier ones?

    1. Gavin Hess

      Hey Travis, Generally speaking, I find skis with a more progressive mount, such as the RST 104, to get along well with lighter boots. I wouldn’t say there are many skis >90mm underfoot that ski better with a light/high ROM boot, relative to a beefy touring boot. The RST seemed in line with that generalization, and fared pretty well with the Zero G Peak.

      1. Travis

        Thanks, Gavin! Is that due to the need to use a more upright stance with lighter boots?

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