Sly Dog Power Hounds or Camoplast All Terrains?

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Hey guys I decided that will be buying a set of powder skis for my sled. I know for a mint pair of used Powder Hounds, or I can get the Camoplast All Terrain skis brand new for the same price as the Powder Hounds. Both are 7" wide and should handles better and have better flotation than the stock skis. I'm thinking the Powder Hounds is the way I should go, better looking to, the grey/black/white camouflage with the skulls on the ends. Whats your opinion on this? :letitsnow
 
My brother has a set of Sly Dogs, they are great quality and a stand up company. My vote is for the sly dogs. Trick looking too.

Meat
 
meat12 said:
My brother has a set of Sly Dogs, they are great quality and a stand up company. My vote is for the sly dogs. Trick looking too.

Meat
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I second Meat here. very good reputation.

Mike
 
bump guys would like some more input but I think it'll be the Powder Hounds unless they sell before I buy them
 
What do you guys think about C&A Outlaws? I know for a set of those for a good price to with only 1 season on them...
 
bravo-guy said:
What do you guys think about C&A Outlaws? I know for a set of those for a good price to with only 1 season on them...
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I've heard Outlaws are excellent. They float well too. Lots of good choices out there.

Mike
 
mntvipermn how do you like the sly dog powder hounds compared to the stock narrow skis? I see you have them in your sig. Do they handle better than the stock skis? I know they float better becasue of the added width :letitsnow
 
bravo-guy said:
mntvipermn how do you like the sly dog powder hounds compared to the stock narrow skis? I see you have them in your sig. Do they handle better than the stock skis? I know they float better becasue of the added width :letitsnow
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I just installed them this summer on Viper Dave's stead fast recommendation. But they look awesome and they had so many endorsements from other members I figured I couldn't go wrong. I Can get you a riding report as soon as we get some snow that lasts!

The other skis I was considering were Simmons Flexi/Gen 1, C&A Outlaws, Standard Yammi Mnt Skis, and SLP Powder Pros. They all seemed good and had great reports. But everybody seems to love Powder Hounds. They are apparently good both on the trail and float excellent. I am very happy so far, but like I said, never hit the snow with them yet. My second choices were Outlaws or Simmons. I think they are all excellent.


Mike
 
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No problem, but I'm holding off now on the skis as far as I know, unless I find a real good deal on a half decent ski.
 
Yamaha has a new ski coming out, MT9. you can find pics and such here: http://www.ty4stroke.com/viewtopic.php?p=661336#661336

Yamablogs states 9" at the front and 7 or 7.5" in the middle. They are in the US catalog but so far are unavailable. Would need to buy a new carbide designed for this ski and likely the Yamaha mountain ski bolt and spacers (unless you have these). You would also lose about 1" of front static ground clearance if the mount holes are the same height as the current saddless skis.

My pics for you:









 
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Crewchief those skis look like they would work good but they look kinda different. Not bad looking but if you want unique skis I think these would be the ones. What is the varying width supposed to do? Are they blow-molded like the Camoplast skis?
 
The varying width is supposed to help carving in powder. Arctic Cat had this design (and may still) on some mountain models.
 
Ding said:
The varying width is supposed to help carving in powder. Arctic Cat had this design (and may still) on some mountain models.
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I think the term is Parabolic design -- kind of shaped like an hour glass structure.

Downhill snow skis started using this design about 10 years ago, and it revolutionized the whole snow ski industry. The parabolic design snow skis allowed a person to use much shorter skis but get the same flotation and edging capabilities of much longer skis. Some of those skis have become really wide! And the skis could be shorter overall, but the actual edging surface on the snow remained the same length or increased. More control and better performance. That was for snow skis.

I don't know if there is any correlation. It seems like the wide tips of the new MT9's would provide great flotation (9.5 or so inches according to Chief) while the more narrow mid section (still 7.5 or so inches wide) would carve better on the trail.

The look cool and seem like they will work. But dang they are HUGE!!!!!!

Mike
 
bravo-guy said:
What is the varying width supposed to do?
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I imagine Yamaha is trying to make a ski that gets the best of both worlds....

They want it to float well, so they made it WIDE. I believe this ski will float.

But they want a ski this will carve well also on the trail and in powder. Because of the parabolic design, I believe this ski will flex, allowing the ski to work for you and carve better also.

Seems like a very intelligent design. But I'm still glad I bought my Slydogs...

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