Salomon Twenty Twelve
The Twenty Twelve from Salomon really caught me off guard. When they first revealed it, I was a total skeptic. Rockered park ski…what a joke! Well, after skiing it several times over the past couple of years I am beginning to think that I should buy myself a pair.
The Twenty Twelve comes with generous amounts of tip and tail rocker, but also a generous amount of camber underfoot. At 123-91-116 the Twenty Twelve is an all mountain jibbers dream ski. Salomon has branded it with their big mountain freeskis, but I would personally put it in with their park and pipe line-up.
Once you get these sticks on the snow they perform. The generous amount of camber underfoot really lets you lay over your turns and dig trenches on the hard pack. However, you are still gonna have to get used to the floppy tip and tail. It doesn’t affect the way it skis, but definitely takes some getting used to. The rocker in the tip and tail make for effortless buttering off of rollers or onto rails. It also comes in handy when you find yourself hunting out stashes in the trees on the backside of the mountain. At 91mm underfoot this ski is not going to be your best friend on the deep days, but anything less than 6 inches and you are stoked to have the Twenty Twelve out.
The Twenty Twelve is a ski that just about anyone can have fun on. It is easy to handle and won’t punish you for getting lazy on it, but you can also drive it hard and chances are you will not be able to overpower it if you are skiing it in the proper length. The Twenty Twelve is going to best suit the new school skier who spends time in the park, but also likes to venture around and treat the entire mountain as a playground.
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