Kyle J
Gender
Male
Height
5' 8"
Weight
150 lbs
Shoe Size
US 9.00
Skier Type
Type III - Aggressive
Ski Frequency:
100+ days / year
My Skiing
Tight feet, upright stance, sometimes dad turns, sometimes big ol corn carved. Skied 200 miles across the Sierra and live for big traverses. Washington Cascades most of the season.
My Gear
Scarpa F1s, MTN Explore 95, Zed. (All broken)
TLT6P, Wayback 88, ATK Trofeo
BLack Crows Navis Freebird, ATK Haute Route 2.0
Zero G Pro Tour 2018, 4FRNT Hoji 179, ATK Haute Route 2.0
Cochise, STH2, QST 106 (2020)
Recent Posts
9/9/2024
This is one of the least impressive skis in the Freebird lineup. It skis like a dead plank and lacks the liviness of other skis with similar shapes and camber. My MTN Explore 95s, and Waybacks were way more fun than this ski.
The Navis is my winter daily and has a ton more life, and is a much better ski. I think the Camox Freebird suffered when they pulled the weight out of it.
The appeal of the Freebird line up comes from their downhill capability and fun, and this one doesn't have "it". I rarely ski s...
2/7/2024
Second screen shot for posterity.
2/7/2024
Not sure I can add more than one photo at a time, here are the screenshots from Hoji
2/6/2024
For what it's worth,
Hoji does say that "the TLT 5 and 6 were the examples for the last on the ridge" and that "the last volumes are based on the TLT series"
12/23/2023
I concur with Hayden.
When doing a shell fit, I find that the gap behind my heel more closely corresponds with BSL and not mondo. Thus, in the case of these two boots, the BSL is a better indicator of internal length than Mondo.
