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Liberty vmt 821/6/2024 (these two observations apply not only to the V76 tested in detail here, but the V82 and V 92 I took several runs on - E.Edelstein) Elegant carving ski shaping geometry and camber profile. Chassis feel, response and vibration frequency control.Liberty nailed several things right out of the gate:1) Chassis feel, response and vibration frequency control. The VMT 76 is one of those skis we want to keep in our demonstration fleet (instead of returning to the ski company) to loan to people to show how good some of the designs from small ski companies can be. The words "elegant", "silky", "sensuous", "curve-inducing", "automatic", "auto-pilot" kept appearing from not only our testers, but reviews from all around the other ski blogs, test websites and ski-geek sites around the World. Everyone who tried this ski had the same thing to say - "Wow.this is a Liberty? Holy crap, this thing arcs!.". The Liberty V76 is the prime example of a small ski company previously known for its surfy, fun and addictingly friendly and effective freeride and powder skis creating a stunningly elegant, compelling, high-performance carving tool equalling or surpassing the dedicated carving designs from the "Big 10" brands. If anyone had a doubt about small ski companies only making fattish freeride and powder boards for western terrain, Liberty's V Series should wake them up with a seriously deadly shot across the bow. Liberty's description of the V76 is pretty much spot-on. Spring condition snow.pretty much everything. Some shin-deep and knee-deep powder sections, skied-out afternoon powder, 2-3 day old skied out powder, crud, crust, bumps, open areas and trees. Eastern corduroy, packed powder and hardpack groomers & boilerplate. Unusual quality and superb performance for the moderate price point. It looks like a technical tool instead of a racing thoroughbred. This one looks and feels like a hardpack tool, but not in a race-ski sense. Slight tip rocker in a very flat tip leading to essentially traditional cambered midbody and tail section. Long-tapering forebody to moderately squared tail. Hand flex shows somewhat soft tip progressing to moderate stiffness midbody and tail with rounded arc, no hingepoints. Impressively machined and fitted tip and tail protectors. Machined aluminum tip and tail protectorsīeautifully finished and base-prepped out of the wrapper. Spring steel binding mount plates inlaid into core topside Sizes available: 165, 172, 179cm (179cm tested)ĭimensions: 126-76-106 13m 14m 15m wood core with vertical aluminum alloy ribsĬore is surrounded by carbon fiber cloth in the wet-layup stage of production use 2-10mm wide stingers of pre-cured carbon the full length of the ski as reinforcement on top of the core Additional layers of poplar or poplar/paulownia wood keep the weight down, while spring steel plates inlaid underfoot add resilient flex and steering accuracy." Full-length vertical metal struts sandwiched between bamboo stringers create a damp and powerful ski without the weight of traditional horizontal metal construction. Smooth and quick, with just enough early-rise in the tip to ease turn initiation, the NEW V76 will lay down tracks at any speed you can handle. " The narrowest ski in our line comes equipped with all the details you would expect from a precision carving machine, including VMT core, bamboo, and full carbon layup. Not a race ski.Ĩ+ for boilerplate hardpack - needs reduced base bevel out of the wrapper for best ice performanceħ+ for cruddy conditions and cut-up surfaces due to narrow widthħ for off-piste powder conditions or spring snow due to narrow width (1="get me off these things"->10="I have to own a pair")ĩ+ for medium-to-firm density recreational groomer carving with near zero effort.
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