Trab Skis now Distributed by Scarpa NA, Looking Mighty Fine

Did they drop the Duo Sintesi?

I am waiting for next season’s Funiculi Funicula model.

All-mountain, all-terrain, with the new self-climbing skins.
Lighter than air, tastier than fondue.

Let’s go from here below up to the mountain, O Nannina, a step away!
You can see France, Procida, and Spain,
And I see you!
You rise, pulled by a cable, quick as a wink
into the sky.
We’ll rise up like a whirlwind all of a sudden knows how to do!
Let’s go , let’s go, let’s go to the top,
Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go to the top,
Funiculì, funiculà, funiculì, funiculà!
Let’s go to the top, Funiculì, funiculà!

Hi Eric; I personally question whether rocker, and, curl up tails are worth the extra length/weight that they add to a BC ski. If you are counting every gram, some ski designs add 15% (more or less) more ski, and, weight. I am not convinced that it is worth it to me to carry this extra weight. I guess the question is; what constitutes modern dimensions?

I’m skeptical about the net benefits of any noticeable early tip rise (or whatever we’re supposed to be calling it) on a ski <= ~90mm, i.e., all skis Trab has made until this season. But for a ski at 99mm in the waist not to have any new school tip geometry in the vertical plane is surprising (if that is indeed the case with the Volare).
Some of the competition’s wide models with otherwise impressive weight:width ratios lose some of that advantage with tip geometry so pronounced that you have to size up significantly for a longer and hence heavier ski. But then again, you’re taking on some extra weight via extra width in return for better performance on the down, so taking on some extra weight via extra length also seems justified for better performance on the down. I’d be surprised if a 99mm ski put the weight compromise entirely on the former with none on the latter, but we’ll have to see how it skis – backcountry skis are always about tradeoffs between the up vs down. (And I am of course willing to be the guinea pig!)

David, interesting thoughts, thanks. Fortunately though, the season inaugural issue of Backcountry Magazine has settled it for us with their typically thoughtful, thorough, and comprehensive write-ups in reviews of both the Volare and Polvere.
Okay, enough sarcasm.
So, I think they sort of liked both skis, although the Volare sounded more positive than the Polvere.
The irony is that although the gear guide contains the usual self-congratulatory descriptions of their testing regimen (and partying), each review contains just a couple sentences of brochure excerpts, then a few quotes from various testers, often entirely at odds with one another. (I hope Off Piste Mag reviews some Trab skis for this season, as I really like their reviews.)
The other frustrating aspect of the gear guide is they brag about testing ~350 products, but note that they publish reviews of only the ~100 best products. So for an omitted ski, the reader is left wondering whether it simply was never tested, or whether it tested so poorly that it wasn’t written up.
Plus of course the vast majority of the gear is very poorly suited for actual backcountry travel (as opposed to the magazine’s main focuses of sidecountry/slackcountry plus lift-served tele).

Wondering if somebody could help me out. I have a pair of Ski Trab Duo Sint Aero’s bought in 2008. 164 cm. Unfortunately, the boot center info was printed on and has worn out. Anybody know per chance how far from the tail that boot center mark should be?

Thanks – Dan