Of course, we flex tested, mounted up, demoed and sold a few pairs. Testing: We received a dozen pairs of 3D skis near the beginning of February last winter. Also, classic skiing in a track results in bumping into the side of the track at times so the benefit for classic skiing seems to be quite high. But ironing the 3D gliding sidewall will likely void your warranty.īenefits: The benefits of a gliding sidewall seem to be most pronounced in soft/wet snow when the sidewall is coming in contact with snow/suction. My guess is the material is pretty thin to keep weight low but I have not cut into a pair to check yet.

The base material on the sidewalls is only to be waxed with liquid waxes. It makes sense that the price on Speedmax went up with 3 surfaces now covered in gliding base material.

I have been told the base material is one of the most expensive components in the raw materials that comprise a ski. They are only doing this treatment to the Speedmax. Fischer has added gliding base material to the sidewall of the skis. Below I will touch on some of the new changes. I would say Fischer has the most consistent release of new skis… every two years they come out with fresh stuff. Sign up here to be added to our pick list: įischer has a new graphic design year for 2019/2020. Next trip is a little over a week from now and we are going to Norway and Austria to visit Madshus, Atomic, Salomon, and Fischer. We have another few picking trips scheduled later this summer and early fall. Don’t worry if you are a Fischer skier and stressing you didn’t get on our pick list in-time. Fischer had good early production so we got an early start to our picking. But traveling for ski picking requires going to look at the most skis possible whenever they become available. It was a little early for us, as Adam is still in mountain bike mode and I am enjoying some roller skiing.

This June we had our first ski picking trip of the summer.

Caprine speedmax