Sixam SS

[jbsixam]

Hey All, Has anyone got any pointers or numbers for the sixam ss? Everytime I change the fin it gets better just worried that I am getting to far away from factory settings (what ever there suppose to be) that and binding pointer would be great as I have a hardshell plate that’s not comparable to any hole setting on a standard binding. Slightly worried in that my rear toe plate is all the way back on the maximum hole (due to the front plate) Am I the only person riding one or something? did see the post about the sixam but they all seem like early stage protos with settings compared to the red/blue version. Thanks JB with the whacked out settings!

[Horton]

 

2.5025

6.9200 tips

.800 head

30"

 

See http://ballofspray.com/vanillaforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=27&page=1

 

[Paul 0.5p]

I am thinkning of trying the SS, are there any others out there that have tried this ski and can give some imput and thought?

I am currently on last years 1 point and like it, although its a bit slow compared to my previous Phantoms.  if they've matched the stability and turning of the old sixam with a bit more speed then it should be truly amazing.

I know of Mr Hortons comments, but some thought from others aswell would be appreicated.

thanks

[jbsixam]

Ive been on it now for about a month now used to ride a monza, so im best to try and compare it to that. Remarkably I find it quicker than my monza it carry’s the speed better and most deffo accelerates faster. But this could be due to it being a 67.5 and they reshaped it to be slightly wider than the standard red/blue. The 67.5 is one I reckon they have done the most work on. as they have suggested each size is reshaped being that Glen rides a 67.5 it’s the one they focused on the most. I find it is best with a particular technique that my monza style didn’t automatically work with. When dialled in you feel the ski turn underneath you and twist your hips if you’re new school, getting you early and wide for the next ball with minimal effort. Its like once initiated it takes over like on auto pilot? Although patience is needed if you close up to early you will end up narrow, this took me sometime to figure out.

Quit forgiving and doesn’t mind too much if you’re over the back.

 

 

  

  I don’t find much of an improvement on the turn but of side feels solid although I reckon this could be that I changed the settings that were taken of glens ski. The monza is quicker edge to edge but was unforgiving in chop and I was trying to set the sixam up so it felt like a monzas edge to edge.. Bad move on my part and went back to stock settings.

 

 

  

 Im a little concerned about the finish of the ski maybe being a new ski I notice anything quickly. I ski on a fresh water lake and already I feel the surface of the ski roughened up?? Maybe me being paranoid. The ski maybe just suits me as im a large frame with a ragged style, its got me running consistent sets that my monza never gave me. The ski is a lot more solid than my monza and a lot less squirrelly. I compared it to the blue and red and the bevels are very different running longer and sharper although my untrained eye probably missed a lot.

 

 

   Can’t really find fault with it…. YetAnyone elses feedback would be great.  

[Paul 0.5p]

thanks for that JB.

 

i went to the sixam 1point because it felt relatively fast but very stable and predictable compared to my previous Phantoms (when they were good they were good but when they were bad they were awful!)  however its just never been as quick accelerating and cross course.

 it sounds like theyve got the right mix of the two now then?

 i shall give it a try i think.

 

[JCH]

Horton,

 How did you get your Wiley's to mount at 30". My Wiley's are either at 29 7/8" or all the way up to 30 3/16" as the back binding holes are about 5/16" apart? Did you drill out between the two binding holes, making it a slot? The ski seems to hold angle better and be a bit faster at the 29 7/8" setting but was a little more unstable in the turn.

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