Delicious Demo's and Cowgirl Coffee

Over the last couple weeks we have been drinking a lot of Cowgirl Coffee and testing our sweet new ski designs -- The Canyon, Skook, and Soldier.  We're running some promotional lid stickers through Cowgirl Coffee (see picture) to get the word out about our new business so stop by one of their locations in the Flathead and get your caffeine fix.... oh, and ask them about Montana Ski Company too. 

The Soldier is our new all-mountain and park ripper that's light and initiates turns easily.  At 126-87-116 the Soldier has enough float and sidecut to arc groomers but not get bogged down off piste -- so far our testers love the performance but feel that the abuse put on park skis will warrant a heavier more durable ski.  So we've decided to beef up the Soldier underfoot and add an even thicker topsheet to defend against the abuses that jibbing boxes and rails delivers. 

The new Canyons have a more sublte twin tip design producing a longer effective running surface as well as a softer wood core to let it bend more easily in the pow.  Despite a longer running surface and a 106mm waist underfoot the Canyons have enough sidecut to slip through tight trees (23m radius at 184).  The Canyon has been my go to ski this season and with the new improvements will no doubt be my mainstay in 2011 too.  

Rocker seems to be the buzz word in the ski industry these days.  Shovel rocker, early rise,  full rocker.... it's all good, but in order to reap the most benefits you need to consider the conditions you're going to ride.  Considering that most powder days are a combination of untouched lines and skied out exits we created the shape for the Skook ski.  The Skook shape incorporates shovel and tail rocker with subtle camber underfoot to create a fat ski that can arc longer turns through the crud but has the float neccessary to handle an epic day.