Baller_ lpskier Posted June 15, 2020 Baller_ Share Posted June 15, 2020 I picked my guy based on a skier referral. I hate to be less than helpful but that’s all I’ve got. Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Bill22 Posted June 23, 2020 Baller Share Posted June 23, 2020 @lpskier is there any talk of a 65" ski for us slim guys? I guess you're the official spokesperson for this ski on BOS. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Orlando76 Posted June 23, 2020 Baller Share Posted June 23, 2020 @Bill22 as of now there won’t be a 65” nor was there ever an intention of one. Im speculating 68” won’t be ready for 6 weeks or so. Molds not ready yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Bill22 Posted June 24, 2020 Baller Share Posted June 24, 2020 Ask KLP what is the 66” weight range at 32mph. Skier skill level 22off to 28off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ lpskier Posted June 24, 2020 Baller_ Share Posted June 24, 2020 @Bill22 i asked Kris your question last night. While @Orlando76 is correct that a 65 will not be in the product line due to lack of demand, KLP will custom make a 65 for you. Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Bill22 Posted June 24, 2020 Baller Share Posted June 24, 2020 That would be awesome! Since he is the master craftsmen I knew he could make it happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Bill22 Posted July 27, 2020 Baller Share Posted July 27, 2020 The legend. photo stolen from FB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted July 27, 2020 Baller_ Share Posted July 27, 2020 Would love to know their scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Orlando76 Posted July 27, 2020 Baller Share Posted July 27, 2020 Does a picture exist of a Lapoint without the turbo active masking tape with super secret numbers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller kc Posted July 27, 2020 Baller Share Posted July 27, 2020 @Wish Jeff 2@41; Adam 1 1/2@41; Seth 2@39, according to USAWS live scoring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Bruce_Butterfield Posted July 27, 2020 Baller_ Share Posted July 27, 2020 Damn Lefties! If it was easy, they would call it Wakeboarding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BS74 Posted July 27, 2020 Baller Share Posted July 27, 2020 Jeff still using rubber bindings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted July 27, 2020 Baller_ Share Posted July 27, 2020 Sounds like @kLP will be here this weekend on his way through to Nats. Hope to ride one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Zman Posted July 27, 2020 Baller Share Posted July 27, 2020 @The_MS Very cool. Hope you get to ride one of his skis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RGilmore Posted July 28, 2020 Members Share Posted July 28, 2020 As has been pointed out by others, this is not the first foray into ski manufacturing for Kris LaPoint. In fact, he was building skis as far back as the 1970s, when he acquired the old Hexcel molds and laid up slalom skis in his garage. They were white, with a Psychadelic "LaPoint" silk-screened on the top - called the "Ajax". They had a honeycomb aluminum core and could hardly hold a screw, so the bindings were adjusted with shoelaces running through eyelets in the rubber wraps. I haven't been able to find an image of that early LaPoint ski, but here's a photo of the old Hexcel slalom, complete with lace-up bindings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Mortyski Posted July 28, 2020 Baller Share Posted July 28, 2020 @RGilmore thanks for the photo....it reminds me of the Hexcel snow skis I once had. Hexcel advertised their snow skis by bending them in a loop without breaking them. I skied on the 210 cm slalom snow skis for a couple of years and ended up breaking them when they fell off the car in the ski rack onto the road at 60 mph. Memo to self after that...check your friend's ski rack to make sure it's securely fastened! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ALPJr Posted July 28, 2020 Author Baller Share Posted July 28, 2020 @lpskier do you have any updates, anyone on a 68” yet? Any oldsters skiing a 32 or 30 mph on one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jimbrake Posted July 28, 2020 Baller Share Posted July 28, 2020 I used to work in the service department at a ski shop in Cupertino, CA in the '70s and '80s and had to mount Hexcels. By far the biggest PITA of any ski to mount with special epoxy and procedures. Hexcels skied "OK", but not better than the other American, Austrian, French, German, and Italian brands. Super light, but that doesn't mean better (sorry Goode). I did buy a Hexcel slalom at a ski swap (oddly enough at the Marine World pro tournament in Redwood City) because Kris skied on one and it looked cool. Could not get that ski to work. At all. But then I had none clue as to how to "tune" a ski, so it might've been great if had just moved my bindings around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ lpskier Posted July 29, 2020 Baller_ Share Posted July 29, 2020 @ALPJr Nope. I’ve been out of Florida for 45 days so I’m a little out of the loop. I’ll see KLP at Nationals next week and get an update. Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Orlando76 Posted July 29, 2020 Baller Share Posted July 29, 2020 @ALPJr no 68’s yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller rico Posted July 30, 2020 Baller Share Posted July 30, 2020 @Dirt when you jump on the LP will you discount your Mapple? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ballsohard Posted July 30, 2020 Baller Share Posted July 30, 2020 @rico I've heard that KLP makes skis that are designed to turn all 6 buoys, due to this you shouldn't pay much attention to this ski. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Booze Posted August 1, 2020 Baller Share Posted August 1, 2020 Bookends: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Bruce_Butterfield Posted August 2, 2020 Baller_ Share Posted August 2, 2020 Those guys look friggin’ OLD. If it was easy, they would call it Wakeboarding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Orlando76 Posted August 2, 2020 Baller Share Posted August 2, 2020 @Bruce_Butterfield of course they’re old, they’re slalom skiers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller liquid d Posted August 2, 2020 Baller Share Posted August 2, 2020 @Bruce_Butterfield i disliked your comment! I agree, but i still disliked it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted August 2, 2020 Baller_ Share Posted August 2, 2020 They look old because they are old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted August 2, 2020 Baller_ Share Posted August 2, 2020 We are not old...We are like a fine wine that...ah...er...aaahh..?...? ?..?..?. DAMMIT WE ARE NOT OLD!! NOW GET OFF MY FRONT LAWN!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Andre Posted August 2, 2020 Baller Share Posted August 2, 2020 Since we don't know everyone's face,any ballers on that podium? (i think there is) And what tournament\scores ? M5 ? That's young ! My ski finish in 16.95 but my ass is out of tolerance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Rednucleus Posted August 2, 2020 Baller_ Share Posted August 2, 2020 OLD GUYS RULE!! (At least that's what several of my shirts claim) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ lpskier Posted August 2, 2020 Baller_ Share Posted August 2, 2020 1. Mike Robinson SC 2. Tim Huston FL 3. Liquid d (Mike Dehlinger) FL 4. Brad Brascho AL 5. Shawn Boozer AL Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller teammalibu Posted August 3, 2020 Baller Share Posted August 3, 2020 Watched KLP ride his today at Bennetts he looked really good! I want to ride one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted August 3, 2020 Baller_ Share Posted August 3, 2020 Looks like he skipped Ski watch to get to the site so I am out on the Lapoint test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller teammalibu Posted August 3, 2020 Baller Share Posted August 3, 2020 KLP said they will be traveling later in August and September doing some promos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ballsohard Posted September 1, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 1, 2020 Any update on what people have been experiencing with this ski? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ lpskier Posted September 2, 2020 Baller_ Share Posted September 2, 2020 Kris and Jen are headed west this week. Coming to a lake near you with a bunch of fresh skis to sell. Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ALPJr Posted September 2, 2020 Author Baller Share Posted September 2, 2020 68”? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller bikesrus Posted September 2, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 2, 2020 How far west? Hope California! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted September 2, 2020 Baller_ Share Posted September 2, 2020 I’m west of Orlando so it would be great to see them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Orlando76 Posted September 2, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 2, 2020 @ALPJr nope, still no 68”. Molds were made 1 at a time, the 68” mold still being manufactured. Not sure why such a hold up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ALPJr Posted September 2, 2020 Author Baller Share Posted September 2, 2020 Prolly lower demand. Seems like the bigger skis are often the last ones made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Orlando76 Posted September 2, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 2, 2020 No Kris says there’s a lot of big skiers out there. He says more demand for 68 than 65. I would’ve thought opposite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ lpskier Posted September 3, 2020 Baller_ Share Posted September 3, 2020 Actually, KLP now has the 68 mold but won’t make any skis until he’s back from out west. @The_MS Further west than you. @bikesrus yes. Right about that far west. Where are you and I’ll see if they will be in your neighborhood. Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted October 15, 2020 Administrators Share Posted October 15, 2020 I am rewatching some of the Malibu and Swiss Pro. Cole McCormick makes that ski look really good. I saw one for the first time a few weeks ago. Very interesting. Very wide under the bindings. 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_ MISkier Posted October 15, 2020 Baller_ Share Posted October 15, 2020 @Horton, I think the Mapple skis had that same characteristic. One of my ski buddies has a Mapple now and has been trying skis this fall. He has been planning to try the Lapoint and has, all along, said it is likely the ski he will get. He favors the wider ski and was assessing the skis he tried against the width of his Mapple. The worst slalom equipment I own is between my ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted October 15, 2020 Baller_ Share Posted October 15, 2020 Cole McCormick is going to be really good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller D3dude Posted October 15, 2020 Baller Share Posted October 15, 2020 He's already really good....you mean great? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ALPJr Posted November 21, 2020 Author Baller Share Posted November 21, 2020 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted November 21, 2020 Baller_ Share Posted November 21, 2020 I think I get a chance to ride one on sat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted November 21, 2020 Administrators Share Posted November 21, 2020 hey somebody needs to get the word to klp to not let @The_MS near one of those skis 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...
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