Baller swaterkd Posted April 27, 2015 Baller Share Posted April 27, 2015 Look at the fin box!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member Than_Bogan Posted April 27, 2015 Supporting Member Share Posted April 27, 2015 Indeed that finbox is very intriguing! If this photo was intentionally leaked, that is pretty sweet marketing because now I am super curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted April 27, 2015 Administrators Share Posted April 27, 2015 Funny. I was just about to email the Goode marketing guy and ask about when they going to start talking about the new.... super secret thingy Goode ★ HO Syndicate ★ KD Skis ★ MasterCraft ★ PerfSki Radar ★ Reflex ★ S Lines ★ Stokes ★ Baller Video Coaching System Drop a dime in the can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klindy Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Could be perspective but Chads front binding appears to be 1/2" or more forward than Daves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller GOODESkier Posted April 27, 2015 Baller Share Posted April 27, 2015 Miller has tiny feet........... WIsh I could share more........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Texas6 Posted April 27, 2015 Baller Share Posted April 27, 2015 Waiting until nationals to release ='s A Bad Idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller DanE Posted April 27, 2015 Baller Share Posted April 27, 2015 @Horton You mean the split tail flex thingy? B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Chef23 Posted April 27, 2015 Baller Share Posted April 27, 2015 They always officially release a new ski at nationals but frequently with Goode you see them in the wild before Nationals and can sometimes buy them also. As @Horton frequently says the ski manufacturers are always working on the next ski. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller bkreis Posted April 27, 2015 Baller Share Posted April 27, 2015 @klindy , miller has powershell set pieces in, scott does not, plates appear different due to set pieces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller RAWSki Posted April 27, 2015 Baller Share Posted April 27, 2015 It kind of looks like the the fin box is mounted to the ski farther forward and not on the sides---- the fin is 'floating' over the split tail, didn't Hexcel do some of this to Snow Skis 30 years ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Jordan Posted April 27, 2015 Baller Share Posted April 27, 2015 check out Chadd's boot setup....looks like both boots are rotated the same way, and the back boot appears to be off-centre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jdarwin Posted April 27, 2015 Baller Share Posted April 27, 2015 @klindy - we'll get a chance to poke around end of next month. Both we'll be here.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klindy Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 @bkreis I realize the puzzle pieces are on Daves ski. I was looking at the position of the toe of the front boot. They appear to be the same size (or close) and the toe of chads boot is clearly farther forward. Again It could just be the camera angle too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller GOODESkier Posted April 27, 2015 Baller Share Posted April 27, 2015 @klindy look how much bigger Chad's boots are! Measure from the rear of the front boot. Bet they are within 1/16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Razorskier1 Posted April 27, 2015 Baller Share Posted April 27, 2015 Unless it comes in black and orange none of the Goode die hards like @OB will be able to ski on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted April 29, 2015 Administrators Share Posted April 29, 2015 The new secret stuff just might work. I just got word that CP ran 1.5 @ 43 today on the new thingie. I saw a prototype of the secret “whatever it is” a few months ago and have to confess I thought it was the wackiest thing I had ever seen. Now I am starting to think maybe there is something to it. Goode ★ HO Syndicate ★ KD Skis ★ MasterCraft ★ PerfSki Radar ★ Reflex ★ S Lines ★ Stokes ★ Baller Video Coaching System Drop a dime in the can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted April 29, 2015 Baller Share Posted April 29, 2015 MARKETING and PR B.S.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member Than_Bogan Posted April 29, 2015 Supporting Member Share Posted April 29, 2015 At this point, only "the wackiest thing you've ever seen" has any chance of being a real breakthrough. Of course, appearing wacky is only a necessary condition for a breakthrough -- very far from a sufficient one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted April 29, 2015 Baller_ Share Posted April 29, 2015 Lots of twisty bendy ideas out there for the ski tips and tails. I see designs being pushed way past rocker, bevels, flex and shape. Nice leak by Goode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted April 29, 2015 Baller Share Posted April 29, 2015 I know, let's combine a power stick with an adjustable fin! Aluminum is cheap. Let's save .55 ounces on carbon fiber. It's expensive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ForrestGump Posted April 29, 2015 Baller Share Posted April 29, 2015 I hear that setting the fin on it is a royal bitch. I didn't make that up, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Skihack Posted April 29, 2015 Baller Share Posted April 29, 2015 Looks to me to be a longer version of the rocker block. Now we can adjust rocker along with fin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Skihack Posted April 29, 2015 Baller Share Posted April 29, 2015 But, it says flex tail. Can we now adjust tail flex? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted April 29, 2015 Administrators Share Posted April 29, 2015 ;) Goode ★ HO Syndicate ★ KD Skis ★ MasterCraft ★ PerfSki Radar ★ Reflex ★ S Lines ★ Stokes ★ Baller Video Coaching System Drop a dime in the can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MrJones Posted April 29, 2015 Baller Share Posted April 29, 2015 ... and the limiting factor will still be skill and physical capability. It is much easier to buy a new ski than improve either one of those things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller alex38 Posted April 29, 2015 Baller Share Posted April 29, 2015 Is it not a floating fin that allows the tail to flex? Or is that not possible, or is it the greatest idea ever!! If that's not what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Skihack Posted April 30, 2015 Baller Share Posted April 30, 2015 What about a carbon fin mount? Is that doable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller addkerr Posted May 2, 2015 Baller Share Posted May 2, 2015 Extended Rocker Block? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller drewski32 Posted May 4, 2015 Baller Share Posted May 4, 2015 If the fin is mounted further forward, wouldn't that just change the place where the ski can't flex because of the block? So the tail can flex, but what about the place further forward where it's mounted? I don't know much about ski flex, so is the ski supposed to be stiffer there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted May 6, 2015 Baller_ Share Posted May 6, 2015 Another awesome marketing trick from Goode. Put the feelers out there and keep people from buying other skis until the product is ready to deploy. Cant wait to try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller GOODESkier Posted May 7, 2015 Baller Share Posted May 7, 2015 @MS ..... you'll like it....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted May 24, 2015 Administrators Share Posted May 24, 2015 The plot thickens Goode ★ HO Syndicate ★ KD Skis ★ MasterCraft ★ PerfSki Radar ★ Reflex ★ S Lines ★ Stokes ★ Baller Video Coaching System Drop a dime in the can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Ed_Johnson Posted May 24, 2015 Baller Share Posted May 24, 2015 The fact they printed FlexTail right by the fin block should tell you something...Should be finding out right before Nationals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller aupatking Posted May 24, 2015 Baller Share Posted May 24, 2015 Say it ain't so Greg! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller swaterkd Posted May 24, 2015 Author Baller Share Posted May 24, 2015 Also not the fin block has changed. Look at the first picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ForrestGump Posted May 24, 2015 Baller Share Posted May 24, 2015 You guys apparently missed the Goode Blog after the Big Dawg last month.............. "Chad scored 5 at 39-1/2 off to Dave’s 3.5 at the same rope length to earn the win. Fellow GOODE skiers Bruce Dodd finished third, Marc Shaw fourth, Greg Badal sixth, and Todd Ristorcelli seventh." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Chef23 Posted May 25, 2015 Baller Share Posted May 25, 2015 @rico I don't ski on Goode but the 9800 broke regularly but I don't think the skis from the 9900 forward had that problem and they have a much better warranty (I believe 5 years) now. I don't think ski durability is an issue right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted May 25, 2015 Baller_ Share Posted May 25, 2015 @rico then you will not like this one if you ever got a really close look at the tail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller aupatking Posted May 25, 2015 Baller Share Posted May 25, 2015 @ShaneH I saw the "fellow Goode skiers", just thought it was an oversight. Good luck to him (Greg, if anyone missed) with Goode. He was a great ambassador for HO and a really nice guy. Probably still is a nice guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ForrestGump Posted May 25, 2015 Baller Share Posted May 25, 2015 @rico You're mistakenly equating breakage with defect or poor manufacturing process. Dave himself will now tell you that he and his customers value the lower resin content and lighter weight for performance reasons, as opposed to heavier construction for longevity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller aupatking Posted May 25, 2015 Baller Share Posted May 25, 2015 I'd say breakage is a defect. I'm with @rico , if I personally know of 5 that have broken, and it hasn't even reached market, I'd say I'll wait too. May very well be one of the things they are working on rectifying before release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Chef23 Posted May 26, 2015 Baller Share Posted May 26, 2015 @rico I hadn't heard that about the XT but I don't know that many people that have them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Ed_Johnson Posted May 27, 2015 Baller Share Posted May 27, 2015 Got an Goode E-Mail today saying the Flextail will be available in July for MSRP $1890. Better bring my checkbook to Nationals !!! Sizes: 63.75” – Up to 110 lbs. 65.25” – 110 lbs. to 150 lbs. 66.5” – 150 lbs. to 190 lbs. 67.75” – 190 lbs. and up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member Than_Bogan Posted May 28, 2015 Supporting Member Share Posted May 28, 2015 Well dammit. That actually seems like a great idea. But it also looks incompatible with most pin release bindings, no? No room for the rear spring housing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller TWB Posted May 28, 2015 Baller Share Posted May 28, 2015 The article said the ski will produce less spray, so, I'm out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersonicus Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller gjohnson Posted May 28, 2015 Baller Share Posted May 28, 2015 The article should've said "Dave has a new ski, send checks immediately....you know you want one. Don't fight it, send in your cash now" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller GOODESkier Posted May 28, 2015 Baller Share Posted May 28, 2015 It works and skis very well. I only got to try the 65.25 over the winter, but it is all that was described in the WSM article. I look forward to getting a 66.75 for myself............ My XT is for sale if anyone is interested, PM me....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller GOODESkier Posted May 28, 2015 Baller Share Posted May 28, 2015 Oh yeah, they changed how they measure...... right the 67.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller GOODESkier Posted May 28, 2015 Baller Share Posted May 28, 2015 Although, I think I skied equally as well on the 65.25 at 200 lbs....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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