Ali dropped off her Rossis and brought Mr. Ali along to hand over his Priors in person. I’ve read about Priors (hand made in Whistler) but these are the first ones I’ve had my gloves on.
First impressions: they share some DNA with DPS skis – nice uncluttered tops & bases, thin, light. Flat. The bases are hard and don’t melt as soon as they see the base doc iron. However, obviously, they could have used proper black P-Tex for the bases instead of wishy-washy blue.
Also, DPS make sure the owner doesn’t need to shave his sidewalls. And they tune the edge by hand before selling them. Prior hand over rather wiggly edges, which resisted all attempts to photograph. They’re sorted now though.
Ali’s Rossi’s were pretty nice but had some existing ham fisted base repairs from a P-Tex candle. Did my best but really it’s best to avoid putting that low boiling point mince into your bases if you can.
