J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Tom from Austria

RaxSki is showing new designs and new ideas at ISPO Munich Feb 6 - 9, 2011
hall A4, booth 102B

Hi, we were one week in London
at Metro Ski&Snowboard Show.

Many thanks to all who have visited us
and have discussed RaxSkis.
You were magnificent !

This Austrian ski invention



is coming to United Kingdom now,

There is an opportunity to meet RaxSki
at Metro Ski&Snowboard Show in London, Olympia Grand Hall, Kensington Oct 21 to 25.
We got stand No. 262 on the ground floor next to Trespass, between the Main Slope and the"Dare To Be Snow Zone".
We hope to get a permission to test RaxSkis on Main Slope.

I am racing Derby de la Meije April 4.
From Mar 30 on we are in Les 2 Alpes and La Grave,
staying in residence Village near the base station
of Valentine chair lift in Les 2 Alpes.

You can test Rax skis !!
My mobile is * 43 650 5252550

Trencher wrote:The magic of the edit button ? :lol:


Trencher

Yes, the former wording was more clumsy than provoking -
I apologize as a not-native speaker.

Colin L wrote:

Tom from Austria wrote:

- the erection has got less steep (4 degrees instead of 8 to 16 degrees before)

Well, what can one say? :oops: Perhaps it's just an age thing. But never mind, there are plenty of internet sources for helpful pills. :wink:

Try to think of it as if it were a ski, Colin

Hello,
we have learned from your criticism and incorporated it in new 2008 models.



- no back seat, no leaning back required to make fins carve and control
- front pair of fins was shifted forward to the heel, now bearing the skier's weight directly
- muscles and ligaments of foot, shin and calf are no longer strained on hard pack snow,
the centered stance on short ski is the best remedy for shin bang
- one single model covers freeride and piste, soft snow and ice as well as a wide range of skills and speeds
- the binding has been mounted on the diagonal carrier, such improving the adjustability and accessibility
- the diagonal carrier is less steep (4 degrees instead of 8 to 16 degrees before)
- the Rax concept can now be applied to All Mountain and shaped skis

All these improvements base upon one single idea:
shifting the diagonal carrier forward by 25 to 40 cm and mounting the binding on it.
This idea emerged last October as an ultimate skiing gear for icy couloirs
and was quickly recognized as "the solution" for normal skiing.

The Rax Generation 2008 will expand into the realm of fat powder and shaped carver skis,
just adding the fin control and possibly a hydrofoil for surfing on powder snow.
We shall see their performance in powder or slalom competition.

Older Rax models remain excellent freeride skis for all soft snow arts, in trees and corned snow (Firn)
as well as in heavy snow and soft moguls.

Rossfra8 wrote:Most people head to Austria as slopes near Bratislava are limited...

Right,Rossfra8.
The nearest Austrian resorts are Semmering/Stuhleck
(boring pistes up to 1,300m) and Reichenau/Rax (my home, up to 2,000m), both situated about 90 km from Vienna or 120 km from Bratislava (if you know the short cut).

In fact, Rax and her neighbour Schneeberg are visible
from the hills over Bratislava as the beginning of Alps.