joshua_segal I have a policy that if I get a comp from a ski area, I will publish a review only if it was good. Many of you know that I won a pair of skis from Peak Ski Co. for being able to document that I skied more than 3-million vertical feet last season. Peak gave me a choice of any pair they made. I selected the 104s. They arrived in September. Here is my report. (No one at Peak Skis asked me for an endorsement when they gave them to me. But here is one!) I used them on December 14, 2023 at Okemo for the first time. They might be the best skis I ever skied on. Wonderful grip on hardpack, smooth carve and very stable ride. A couple of runs had a lot of death cookies and the skis cut right through them, albeit with some "rattling of my fillings." Moguls were hard to come by, but on the few I did find, they responded well. Perhaps the most used skill for a Patrolman is sideslipping and they behaved perfectly with little effort on my part. I did 37K of vertical, so I really put them through their paces. If you have a chance to demo a pair, you'll probably like them.
Brklynskier Congratulations on earning them! As my mother would say, "Use them in the best of health" Some of the smaller manufacturers are really driving innovation with ski design, engineering, materials, and graphics. (The biased opinion of a J Skis owner)
ski_it Frers33;c-62914 wroteMade in Slovenia except maybe for prototypes. You're right, I see now a lot of reviews say they are made at the Elan plant in Slovenia. I didn't find any mention of it on their site. Could be buried somewhere I guess or not....
ski_it joshua_segal;d-4134 wrote Peak gave me a choice of any pair they made. I selected the 104s. May I ask what made you go with the 104s?
joshua_segal ski_it;c-64257 wrotejoshua_segal;d-4134 wrote Peak gave me a choice of any pair they made. I selected the 104s. May I ask what made you go with the 104s? I liked my Volkl Mantras that were 102 underfoot and I liked them, so the Peak 104s were closest to that.
pagamony Thanks for that useful review. @Brklynskier is right about the smaller companies. I have the 4frnt msp 99 and feel the same way.
