TESTING: X-Wings Salomon Tornado Ti

on Thursday 10 March 2011
by Federico Casnati
photo by casnas

Salomon

This does not seem to see it so soon, not a race carver ski allround but an excellent high-end that likes to go fast on all terrains: the wide center provides excellent management of all the snow and the structure of nerve good stability.
Here is the proof.

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is adopting a very wide sidecut, has an impressive center that immediately makes you think of a ski for soft snow, ice pacioso and dancer.
We were wrong. The frame is tough, laminated wood (and in some parts you can see through the graphics all black), is the feeling of those of the best skis on the market. And rightly is at the top of the range of the Alps house offering skiers with good technique and are looking for a cross performance. How's

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After that framed the cross is, and should not be afraid to ski the X-Tornado Wings with conviction.
smooth terrain and frozen ground are his election, but thanks very wide at the center is doing very well even in the snows and spring let go by mid-day onwards.
The curves are the best medium to large for this ski, it offers a balanced cornering very fast (in spite of the generous spatula) and a smooth run of the arc of the curve, without yielding, mid-on. Inversion is fast enough, you could do better, maybe with a preparation of the tuning more thrust. The inversion is strongly affected
cruise: no problems at high rates, lower rates bland (like when the slopes are very crowded) we notice a certain impasse in managing the change of edge.
This situation is also found in cortoraggio: as long as you ski fast on steep or there are problems, when the pace slackens, the arc of a curve is affected inevitably. In skiing every day can give some wonderful carvate, is suitable for wide slopes which make beautiful folds, with the support of generous sidecut. For those

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Tested in an amount equal to its height becomes almost comparable to a racecarver, and needs a good dose of power. Does not tolerate well even inversions carefree, otherwise sound interned: also the technique must be at least to a level silver avanzato.Testato to an extent at the level chin instead will become much more manageable in all situations, however, losing that which is the Its main feature: with difficulty to reach the limit.
Confronted narrow skis is one that highlights the good quality of construction that Salomon has reached: almost never reaches the limit, you can take it with conviction and rhythms high and follows its own driver. It is not as precise as a racecarver but it is definitely a product suitable for a slice of skiers larger than that of RC, ranking in the top of the range and gaining a lot of preferences.

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