Rick from United States, ME Public Profile

These are my most often go to skis for variable, crust or soft snow and especially powder conditions where only my Charger's or Drifter's may exceed Vector's in the deepest softest POW. These skis are fantastically responsive and float and energize my interaction with variable terrain. They are light and snappy flexed for a great feel. The BC version is fantastic for getting into the back or side country where there may be ups and downs mixed in or a longer low angle approach where skins may not be needed but are brought along for the steeper ascents. The waxless pattern hardly detracts from glide in powder conditions, yet gives reasonable if not better than average traction for various snow conditions. The rugged construction holds up well and take abuse and these skis will handle difficult snow/ ice. I am skiing telemark with Switchback bindings mounted "boot center" to 3/4" ahead of that...

I own the 154CM waxable and love the responsiveness of these skis for powder type /soft snow conditions. I went with the shortest length for my preferred manuverability factor and am not dissappointed with float or efficiency in deep, soft powder that we got an unusual dose of this winter here in Maine. These skis are just so responsive to turn initiation I am wowed! Also light and easy to rise and float and climb too. I have the telemark Switchback bindings mounted somewhat forward (1/2" ahead of "boot center" line) and they ski beautifully as do the similar, but slightly narrower Vector 160cm and VectorBC 160cm that I also regularly ski...

These work...Stronger stick than some and seem reliable so far...just don't have them stick glue to glue in the cold or you will have a time of it! Tail hooks are a little fussy but you can get a tight fit with a little practice and care to details (like making sure that extra tacky glue side has no slack before tightening down the tail and pushing the strap toward ski when trying to release the tail hook)