I got to try out my new Volkl Karmas on Friday at Killington. They came as advertised. Stable at high speeds, they lay out on edge well and hold completely through turns. I felt like I could edge so hard that my knees were about to hit the ground. I felt like a downhill racer. They can also skid-turn, although it was a bit tricky at first. Eventually I was successful taking them through bumps, and even skiing backwards a little, although it’s scary.
Category Archives: Skiing
This past week I bought a pair of 2005 Volkl Karmas. They are a popular model of all-mountain skis that were very hard to find. Surprisingly the Midwest turned out to be a good place to look for skis. The volume of skis sold is not huge so models tend to stick around, and most people want carving skis to ski blues at, say, Breckenridge. I got a good deal too – under $500 for the skis. Now I need to search out some bindings on eBay.
Why are we so blessed? We’ll get to that later, but in the meantime ski season has officially started for me with a trip to Killington yesterday. Besides being totally stoked and shredding really hard, I go to use the GPS receiver that I bought over the summer. I got the coordinates of several lifts which I plan to store in a searchable database. I will then use the database to analyze my track logs of ski days. I also enjoyed the top speed stat – I was unfortunately only able to hit 42.5mph because there weren’t many runs open and slopes were really croweded. Plus the snow conditions were really variable. My goal is to hit 60mph at some point this season. I think my best chance will be a Sunday River were the runs are long, straight, and ALWAYS groomed to the max.