TEST: Nordica Dobermann GSR 183 and 188

should be noted that these skis are not designed for everyone, but designed specifically to make the best among the wide doors of the giant spaces, turning radius, hardness are all calculated as a function of the athletic and non-skiing Sunday.

We start from the first impact, the same graphics! Insiders know them a bit 'and we have got used to it (were submitted in February and circulate in testing since April), but you have to say that they are truly innovative and shocking. Live are more sober and pleasant, and certainly work their way through the hearts of young athletes, who always throw an eye into the world freeride and similar, but will be more difficult to convince the purists.

But in a race ski graphics with up to a certain point, the important thing is the substance. And at home there Nordica, and how. This year the Italian manufacturer has produced a good set of skis!

We start with the model dedicated to women or to agonists light: the GSR DOBERMAN 183 cm. This is a

Nordica skis very precise, with excellent edge grip on the spatula, then takes the curve very well: it has a sidecut that helps a lot at the corner entry, but unlike what happened in previous years. The tail is not too hard in fact facilitates the management of the arc of the curve, allowing an instantaneous release.

The management of the curve is fast and without much effort and the best of the steep and stretches "to ski". The ports are angled fact, the ground of choice of this model, the speed that distinguishes it makes you not miss the line in almost any occasion.

A defect common to many ski of this length, you stepped on the estate: there is much dancing to sustained speeds. It's more an impression only because it feels less secure and stable in any case because the line is maintained and communicated the feelings are always the same. DOBERMAN

The GSR 188 is devoted exclusively to a male audience agonist. The structure is a bit 'stiffer than 183cm though assomigliandogli much: it is a ski that has stability in one of his strengths, combining stability and maneuverability enviable for a cross-breed .

is obviously needed a good dose of technical and physical strength to subdue him for a whole race, but will give you satisfaction, especially to be improved is a feature that distinguished the old Nordica is no longer grumpy. It is always very easy to see the reactions of skiing, in all circumstances and unlikely you'll be taken by surprise.

The only flaw is perhaps the corner exit due to a particularly rigid tail structure that requires a fair amount of work, which uniting the radius of almost 30 meters, complicates a little 'things in the features more difficult.