Asnes Waxless Skis?

[Johnny]

Instead of convincing Asnes to etch their beautiful bases with ugly scars, we should all get with the program and learn how to properly wax slick nordic skis (XCD or not) for overALL fun.

Then perhaps Fisher and co. would have reason good reason to bring back those sweet WAXABLE XCDs (Sbounds, etc.)!

I am with you on this bgreg... I love waxing skis. And using skins. It is not that I hate waxless though... I understand that for people skiing in the Sierra for example (where conditions change all the time) it makes perfect sense...

I always use waxless skis for climbing, no matter the snow, the temperature or the steepness. I mostly tour and climb for turns... And waxless can climb anything, faster than skins... I ajust my skiing according to the snow... Granted, waxless is useless for hard or icy snow. But I don't ski hard or icy snow... ; )

But hey, I'm more on the DH, telemark side of skiing... K&G efficiency doesn't matter much to me... I like taking my time... That is my humble, freaky way of skiing...

[connyro]

I always use waxless skis for climbing, no matter the snow, the temperature or the steepness. I mostly tour and climb for turns... And waxless can climb anything, faster than skins... I ajust my skiing according to the snow...

Same here. Waxless works fine for a wide range of snow types/temperatures/terrains. I just adjust my technique and choose a mellower line up in order to avoid using skins. I wax my waxable touring skis when there's little climbing/descending involved, but for up and downs and for the tours to get to the ups and downs, I feel that waxless is most efficient and effective for me. Plus, I hate the idea of fiddling around with kick wax when I'm out recreating on the snow. Talk about a buzzkill!

[Cannatonic]

Pretty funny - I'm with you guys - I actually once tried to climb the Mt. Washington Cog Railway with fishscales! People gave me some crazy looks as I struggled for a few minutes and gave up, it's WAY too steep. I did make my way up the Ammo Ravine trail for a couple miles though.

I do like the idea of Fischers easyskin though - fishscales with optional half-length skin for steeper climbing. Would love to see Asnes do a couple fishscale models. Wax skis are their "core competency" though, why try to fight Fischer, Madshus, Rossi, etc. in the scaled market.