For those who don’t, I’ll keep it brief.
So really, sustainable is our keyword here.
What it does not offer, however, was as much similarity to the SFB as we thought.
Shape/Flex/Construction:
The Nexusis Season’s mid-fat offering, being sold at $699.
Food for thought I guess.
The ski has a full sidewall construction, which was again surprising to me.
The shape, though, is what makes this ski immediately catch the eye.
More on that later.
The profile of the Nexus was probably the most interesting to me.
Despite it being in the mid-fat, all-mountain category, I found a really extensive camber.
While not super high, it was very long.
I found 26cm of rocker in both the tip and tail, again less than the Kin.
This means that the ski was more than 80% camber (51cm of 181.4cm).
Again when thinking of other stalwarts in this category, it was surprising to see.
The flex pattern here is very smooth and what I would call, “consistent.”
No funny hinge points or obvious ramp-ups.
I would say from tip to tail, the ski flexes 7-10-8.
Again, a strong ski and not at all what we’re used to seeing from Eric.
Regarding the mount points.
I initially mounted mine on the centerline, after doing some digging on Season’s website.
I also ended up remounting the ski to the line to test the ski where Season recommends.
This test took me a long time to make it truly, “get,” the ski.
On Snow:
My first day on these was very confusing.
Strong skis, directional twin shapes, designed to be versatile and capable in a multitude of conditions.
Groomers from day one were an absolute treat.
The ski is extremely intuitive when carving.
The wider nose shape pulls you into a turn with the slightest input.
The further I leaned over, the deeper I could get into the sidecut.
This is a ski that will push and bounce you out of one turn into the next.
The ski downright terrified me when I was bases flat.
Twig mentioned a detune at the tails helped him a lot, which is something I neglected to do.
I think with a detune at the tails, the skis track better and feel much less hooky.
The ski does really well here and was super fun.
Every slushy bump is boostable and the ski does an excellent job at knifing through.
you could ski it on edge as though you were skiing groomers and it will do excellent.
If you like to slide and play around, it does that great too.
Excellent all-around ski for springtime conditions, one of my favorites that I’ve been on for sure.
To summarize here, this is not the end-all be-all of mid-fat twins.
It does extremely well on-edge, much better than it has any business being as wide as it is.
[I would agree with pretty much everything above.
The Nexus absolutely rail for a ski this wide.
They are ridiculously good on edge, the best ski of this width I’ve tried too.
But they did have a slightly psychopathic streak when running bases flat with the factory tune.
I had a big ol' crash just popping from flat.
On landing, one of the tails engaged super hard and bucked me.
You really do need to be ‘on it’ to ski them, they rarely felt ‘easy’.
If you want a loose surfy ski, then I’d look elsewhere.
Knowing who was behind the ski, I thought they would do very well.
First run through the park, it became immediately apparent that the skis were far too cambered.
Any sort of transition would result in catching an edge and me going over the handlebars.
They did, however, provide an almost unfair amount of pop for normal jumps.
This comes back to the energy the ski has carving.
The bases are super fast and they have the aforementioned insane pop, so overshooting is definitely a risk.
They are great for setting spins, they stomp landings.
I wouldn’t choose these if low-speed playfulness was my priority, but they work for some messing around.
I also think the Nexus is a better turning ski, but that’s by the by.
I haven’t had any funky experiences with skis coming from there, and the Nexus is no exception.
The overall build quality, look, and feel is much better than other skis in its price category.
Very impressed by the quality here.
Like I said before, this has been one of my favorite skis to ski on groomers.
At -2.5, the ski performed pretty similarly on groomers to me.
I could lean over the noses a bit more and push the ski a bit harder.
An interesting characteristic of the ski became much more apparent here.
When at -2.5, I felt that the ski grabbed and initiated a turn much better.
[Twig: I skied these at recommended (-2.5cm) but didn’t try true center.
The same goes for deeper snow (-2.5 felt far enough forwards).
As with any ski, the mounting point is a compromise.
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Conclusion:
The Nexus is a great offering from Season.
It is not your Wildcat 108, your Jeffrey 110, or your Big Horn 108.
For $699, we get Austrian quality bases and construction and an “evergreen,” ski.
Graphics won’t change, so you won’t have to buy the same ski next season.
I think you’d be pleasantly surprised.
A huge thank you to Newschoolers, Twig, and Season Eqpt.
for allowing me to conduct this review.
I had a thoroughly fun time picking this ski apart and writing this review.
Looking forward to hopefully contributing more of these in the future!
[I would agree totally with this conclusion.
The Kins don’t ski like anything else on the market and neither do the Nexus.
But they also blew me away with the level of performance they offer.
