h.harb wrote:I only sell skis that help you develop your skiing in the "right " way, if you like the Titan, there is something in your skiing that is incorrect, like extension or tail pushing. I've tested this ski for two years, hated it. I'd never recommend it, sell it or ski it. It's dead, heavy and slow. I even gave it a second look last year because the Head reps were pushing it. It hurts my knees, it bounces, it bucks, nasty thing. The former ski called the
"Jam" by Movement, is so much better, no comparison, similar dimensions. The Rock and Roll is a better ski by far and it's a 95mm width. There are so many Head skis that are a better choice for any snow condition. Example, The Rev 80 is a much better ski.
Harald, thanks for your comment. I’m familiar with your system of selecting skis specifically for PMTS -- there’s great value in having someone that has deep expertise, and that knows what your goals are, try out skis with that in mind and figure out what works and what doesn’t.
I should add I wouldn’t buy the Titan myself – a few months ago I bought a demo pair of 170 cm 2012 Stockli Laser SC’s. As I mentioned, and it’s nice to hear you also found, the Titan bounced me around. Beyond that, in some sense, the ski seems pointless – because of its stiffness it’s no good in soft snow, so the extra width gains you nothing, and at the same time compromises mogul and groomer performance. As to what I really liked about the ski, and thinking about what you, Jbotti, and Max said, it may have been colored as follows: I’d been away from skiing for a while, and thus didn’t look into updating my equipment until last year. Consequently, the Titan (and a few others) were the first new skis I’d tried since 2000. Given this, I was probably taken by how much more easily it initiated, and how much more control over turn shape it offered, than my c. 2000 Atomic GS and SL skis (by comparison, high-C turns became a breeze – I was entranced
). [I'll add that, with my old Atomics, I had to time the move into the high-C turn correctly right from the start; if I messed up, I couldn't readily correct; but with the Titans, I could correct on the fly -- it felt like the difference between hitting a target with a gun, where once the bullet leaves the barrel that's it, vs. with a guided missile, where you can correct in flight; this is not an argument for the Titans -- I'm guessing this is a product of general advances in understanding of shape ski design, such that today most hard-snow skis offer that capability.] So I suspect why I liked the Titan had less to do with my technique and more to do with my basis for comparison. The only way to know for sure is video of me on the Titan, which I don’t have. But I will check for any tail-pushing next time I'm on snow. I’m looking forward to getting onto the Stocklis – they should be awesome!
