Anthony O

I've skied factions before and like progressive which is what I used.

I think they are expanding the size range? They are on some of them at least next year. Fwiw I found them to ski slightly longer compared to full rocker. Ie I mostly ski 186-191, I bet the 183 feels like the volkl 186. And like I said I saw some products getting a 190 for next year.

Does the c raider 12 actually have higher force requirement to open over the trofeo?

I really wanted to hate this ski because of the added camber (the original design was entirely flat base/subtle reverse camber). Volkl has shown for years that reverse camber is viable in all conditions-with the legendary BMT series and the Katana v werks. Subtle reverse camber+ straight shaped ski (high turn radius) is just a winning combination all around. You still get edge contact, but the ski that can still charge massive turns down the fall line also becomes easily maneuverable and predictable in tig...

Do you have any more of the plates that go under the 2.0 or vario adjustment? I seem to have misplaced one