Foam core skis for touring?

[J***@hotmail.com]

I'm looking at the Atomic TX7 60mm wide touring ski. It has a foam
core. I do some pretty rough'n'ready ski touring. I sometimes like to
do some teleturns, use my skis as bridges, step up onto logs, do
impromptu jumping (with good downhill landings...I'm not crazy). My
Fischers---wood *air* core---held up for 17 years!

Will foam core survive?

What about the new-era Fischer BC tour ski---I hear they're kind of
single camber, kind of heavy. Overkill? Too old-fashioned? (Like old
Epokes maybe.)

Man, my Aircore Touring Light Fischers were great all rounders. At
57mm maybe a tough thin for ungroomed skiing. So some 60mm skis made
the same way seem like a great thing. But the Light Tours had a great
double camber.

[Edgar]

Post by J***@hotmail.com
I'm looking at the Atomic TX7 60mm wide touring ski. It has a foam
core. I do some pretty rough'n'ready ski touring. I sometimes like to
do some teleturns, use my skis as bridges, step up onto logs, do
impromptu jumping (with good downhill landings...I'm not crazy). My
Fischers---wood *air* core---held up for 17 years!
Will foam core survive?
What about the new-era Fischer BC tour ski---I hear they're kind of
single camber, kind of heavy. Overkill? Too old-fashioned? (Like old
Epokes maybe.)
Man, my Aircore Touring Light Fischers were great all rounders. At
57mm maybe a tough thin for ungroomed skiing. So some 60mm skis made
the same way seem like a great thing. But the Light Tours had a great
double camber.

Jeff,
Are you sure that the TX7's have a 60mm width. They seem similar to
the Atomic Lightcap 52 and the Atomic NX6 that I and my wife use for
light touring. (Light touring for me is skiing skier tracked trails
or new snow less than 15cm over firm.), The Lightcap 52 (which
predates the NX6) and the NX6 both have 52mm shovels with 47 mm
waists.

While the Lightcap and NX6 skis are in good shape (except for air
travel baggage dings), I ski with care and try not to abuse the
equipment.

I believe that the primary strength of the Atomics is in the shell
because Atomic's NX (and TX) skis use a cap construction. This means
that the side wall provide most of the shear strenght and stiffness,
and the top sheets and base sheets provide the flexural (bending)
strenght and stiffness. The foam core holds the cap and side wall
sheets in place and provides resistance against crushing.

Edgar

[J***@hotmail.com]

Yeah, Atomic makes this wider 60mm tour-ski, the TX7.

Maybe I'm mostly wondering if this new cap foam tech is suitable for
rough'n'ready tour action.

It is lightweight---and I do like that a lot!

I don't mean metal-edge tele but all-round rugged on and off rough-
trail use. Can you jump em? Use em as bridges? I don't mean anything
extreme, but just typical fun stuff on casual trails and downhills.
Like a bridge of about 3 feet max or doing 20mph jumps off a one foot
kicked-together jump.

Edgar wrote:
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Post by Edgar
Jeff,
Are you sure that the TX7's have a 60mm width. They seem similar to
the Atomic Lightcap 52 and the Atomic NX6 that I and my wife use for
light touring. (Light touring for me is skiing skier tracked trails
or new snow less than 15cm over firm.), The Lightcap 52 (which
predates the NX6) and the NX6 both have 52mm shovels with 47 mm
waists.
While the Lightcap and NX6 skis are in good shape (except for air
travel baggage dings), I ski with care and try not to abuse the
equipment.
I believe that the primary strength of the Atomics is in the shell
because Atomic's NX (and TX) skis use a cap construction. This means
that the side wall provide most of the shear strenght and stiffness,
and the top sheets and base sheets provide the flexural (bending)
strenght and stiffness. The foam core holds the cap and side wall
sheets in place and provides resistance against crushing.
Edgar