Comments on: Stop Grinnin’, Drop Linen: The Bent Chetler Lands Stateside. http://thegoat.backcountry.com/2008/12/23/stop-grinnin-drop-linen-the-bent-chetler-lands-stateside/ A Daily Bleatdown Mon, 21 May 2012 14:29:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: joybox jeff http://thegoat.backcountry.com/2008/12/23/stop-grinnin-drop-linen-the-bent-chetler-lands-stateside/#comment-222172 joybox jeff Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:44:37 +0000 http://thegoat.backcountry.com/?p=8147#comment-222172 Bought one of the few pairs that made it up to Canada & the more I ride them, the better they get! For such a wide & rockered, ski, I fully endorse the use of "sick" to describe hardpack performance. Powder's freakin' insane. On chop & crud they do feel like they've got suspension. And the pop-rocker's awesome! Hit the smallest feature & I'm flying. Coming off a stiff, traditionally cambered Teledaddy, I quickly learned what happens if you get on the tails in steep turns - Chetler Roll, AKA back summersault... gotta keep your weight over your feet. Tech question: With so much tip rocker, should 130mm skins be okay? They won't be wall to wall, but I don't reckon all 142mm will be making edge contact on hardpack traverses. Jeff Bought one of the few pairs that made it up to Canada & the more I ride them, the better they get! For such a wide & rockered, ski, I fully endorse the use of “sick” to describe hardpack performance. Powder’s freakin’ insane. On chop & crud they do feel like they’ve got suspension. And the pop-rocker’s awesome! Hit the smallest feature & I’m flying.

Coming off a stiff, traditionally cambered Teledaddy, I quickly learned what happens if you get on the tails in steep turns - Chetler Roll, AKA back summersault… gotta keep your weight over your feet.

Tech question: With so much tip rocker, should 130mm skins be okay? They won’t be wall to wall, but I don’t reckon all 142mm will be making edge contact on hardpack traverses.

Jeff

]]> By: Atomic Bent Chetler 183 cm 09/10 Ski Review | Homeboy s Skiing Blog http://thegoat.backcountry.com/2008/12/23/stop-grinnin-drop-linen-the-bent-chetler-lands-stateside/#comment-220112 Atomic Bent Chetler 183 cm 09/10 Ski Review | Homeboy s Skiing Blog Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:27:00 +0000 http://thegoat.backcountry.com/?p=8147#comment-220112 [...] According to www.backcountry.com Atomic’s Jordan Judd says the following about the ski: [...] [...] According to http://www.backcountry.com Atomic’s Jordan Judd says the following about the ski: [...]

]]> By: skimaxpower http://thegoat.backcountry.com/2008/12/23/stop-grinnin-drop-linen-the-bent-chetler-lands-stateside/#comment-220110 skimaxpower Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:16:00 +0000 http://thegoat.backcountry.com/?p=8147#comment-220110 But props to Atomic for not throwing a bunch of die-cut BS into the base of a backcountry jibber. Keep it real, and keep it easy to tune. Fresh graphics too. But props to Atomic for not throwing a bunch of die-cut BS into the base of a backcountry jibber. Keep it real, and keep it easy to tune. Fresh graphics too.

]]> By: skimaxpower http://thegoat.backcountry.com/2008/12/23/stop-grinnin-drop-linen-the-bent-chetler-lands-stateside/#comment-220111 skimaxpower Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:12:00 +0000 http://thegoat.backcountry.com/?p=8147#comment-220111 Sounds like Line s Francis Bacon geometry, but with a bit less sidecut and a fatter waist. Would be a blast on powder, but with that kind of sluggish radius, I m darn skeptical of the "sick" hardpack performance. Sounds like Line s Francis Bacon geometry, but with a bit less sidecut and a fatter waist. Would be a blast on powder, but with that kind of sluggish radius, I m darn skeptical of the “sick” hardpack performance.

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