Before skiing these, I wasnt expecting them to be a whole lot different.
Luckily my first day on these at COP proved my assumptions to be completely wrong.
Looking at the skis, my first impression of their quality was good.
The topsheet is textured, the sidewalls are very thick and vertical, and the edges are visibly fat.
On an arbitrary stiffness rating, Id give them about a 4.5.
I think that this is due to their thick vertical sidewall underfoot in combination with their wider profile.
I even took these into the pipe.
Fortunately, that was not the case.
In addition, these skis felt great on surface swaps.
Spins off of rails posed no issue either.
Anyone that has slid a double kink on 125 underfoot skis will know what I mean.
This isnt an issue with this ski in particular, but with any wide and heavily rockered ski.
These have a textured topsheet with a tiny bit of cap (or bevel?)
As of now, the topsheets are holding up much better than most skis Ive used before.
So far, I have one minor edge crack underfoot on my lead ski.
Surprisingly, I felt that the Edollo took more work to ski on rails than the Bacon.
And if you plan to ski all mountain, the Bacon is a better choice, no contest.
Conclusion:
The Bacon surprised me by proving a very capable and fun park ski.
