Stöckli Laser GS FIS (2008)

Kitted out the British Telemark Team with these beasts this year and to a man they were much too stiff.  I am 220lbs or 16 and a half stone and 6’1” skiing a 185cm.  I had problems turning them unless on the steepest terrain or at speed.  Yes, I know they are a racing ski and they should be turned at speed - however for telemark racing there is the 50/50 weight distribution so always one ski is less flexed than the other - result is that ski just continues its own straight line and you fall over!  The radius is huge under the new FIS ruling and 27.0m is a total biatch to do on a tele course unless it is very open and wide - this is normally not the case.

I ski the older (all red) model of this ski. I belive mine has a radius thats a bit less than 27m. I am not a competitive telemarker, I am however very fit as I am a professional sports and exercise educator and prepares my skiing 4 month ahead, 185cm, body mass 83 kilos. I ski 186 cm. Use rotefella g8 bindings and Scarpa T1 boots.

I LOVE THIS SKI! It rails, it flys over anything, and faster the more stable it becomes. In some ways the easiest ski I have ever been on. It demands concentration and speed. it will not turn a slow speeds, if you begin to cruise and congratulate yourselff on the last turns it will smash you in the snow. but once it gets going its a dream IMHO I love it.

Maybe there is a difference between the all red one and the new one. If so get the red one its a blast!