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Review: Majesty Supernova Carbon

By

Spencer Dillon

Cambered powder skis don’t really seem to be the vogue right now. Changes in how rockered skis are made have allowed flat, rockered skis to shine in more conditions and terrain, encroaching on the provenance of “traditionally” shaped skis. Plus, rockered skis are fun in a sandbox sort of way and absolutely forgiving in poor…

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  1. Slim

    Can you compare them to the Backand 109 (does THr still have a pair of those?).

    Those are a “common” doesn’t as far as extended ti[ and tail rocker and taper goes, but they have way more camber height than most skis of that design.
    They are also mounted pretty far forward.
    So all in all, very differnt but interning to compare the effects of camber vs other aspects.

  2. Whit

    It must be too early in the season for no one to have taken the bait on cambered pow skis…

    I’m just dipping my toe into full rocker skis but with true pow skis in the 120 range. A 104 is not what I consider a pow ski anymore, even though it’d be great in snowpacks like Colorado or if you only can pull off a one-ski backcountry quiver.

    I haven’t tried the Supernovas but just the mount point and rocker profile of the Backlands makes me think they are on different planets in how they ski. Spencer – I’d be happy to loan you my 184 Backlands if you want to try them for the sake of science?

    1. Spencer Dillon

      Interesting thoughts guys. I have come to appreciate in CA the value of a real 120 powder ski in the dense snow on the deepest days, but that’s perhaps an indulgence even I can’t really justify to myself.

      I’d of course love to swap skis Whit. Let’s coordinate.

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