Dynastar Speed Zone 12 ti (Konect) review 2017

PROSKILAB™ reviewers' comments

The PROSKILAB™ team is mainly made up of experienced professionals who are expected to push the skis to their absolute limits and to dissect their performance in detail. The rest of the team is made up of non-professional 'experts' whose role is to give a less technical impression that's closer to that of the end user. While the two types of review generally converge, we sometimes get models where the professionals point of view is very different to that of the 'experts'.

This is what happened with the Zone 12 ti from Dynastar (featuring the group's Konect plate). The professional skiers found its behaviour atypical and globally under-performing, requiring positioning to the aft of the ski, while the 'expert' skiers found it generally easy and fun, especially when carving out long turns.

The ski's flex distribution is original with a flexible tip and a certain degree of stiffness in the tail. In dynamic turns, this means you have to find the grip towards the back of the ski, which is not a problem in carve turns at medium speed. In these conditions, the ski is even really easy and great fun, eliciting praise from the non-professional reviewers.

But at high speed, as the G-force and the need for anchoring increases, the whole length of the edge is needed. The lack of grip at the front of the Zone 12 Ti then becomes a handicap, resulting in "the ski becoming unbalanced, impairing its performance according to the professional reviewers.

While the Speed Zone 12 ti is not a real 'performance' ski, it remains an excellent choice for intermediary skiers who want to discover carving and carved turns.

Review: Pros

• A very easy and accessible ski
• Good carving qualities
• Generally comfortable and fun to use

Review: Cons

• Lacks performance overall
• Requires correct positioning, is unhappy with too much distribution to the fore, ski needs slight tail pressure.

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Manufacturer's remarks

Benefiting from 'race' technologies and designed for hard pack snow conditions, the brand new SPEED ZONE 12 Ti offers a new level of comfort, power and precision with a highly versatile shape and a short radius of 15m.

This ski features the brand new POWERDRIVE active suspension principle, which acts like the chassis of a sport's car.

The latter absorbs variations in the terrain and eliminates instability by placing the ski on the snow so as to maintain the snow/ski contact before releasing a frank, powerful and dynamic acceleration, at the same time ensuring grip and control. The tip rocker assists the rider when going into a turn, while at the same time retaining the ski's dynamism and power. The power, rebound and impulsion make this a playful and high-performing ski.

100% piste - Sandwich construction, Wood core, PowerDrive Technology
Associated bindings: LOOK SPX 12 DUAL KONECT B80

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