Eric Pollard's Personal Quiver of OneIf you want a ski to do everything look no further. If it is good enough for freeskiing legend Eric Pollard as an everyday ski, it is certainly good enough for you. Line and Pollard have been designing skis together for over a decade, and the Sir Francis Bacon is the culmination of this work. Perfectly versatile and playful the ski is a brilliant example of an all mountain freeride ski.Riding StyleIf you haven't already, google Eric Pollard or his film company Nimbus Independent, and see the man himself put these skis through any terrain. As an all mountain ski the Sir Francis Bacon will ride anything, from deep powder to groomed corduroy and can also throw down in the park.ShapeThe Sir Francis Bacon utilises Line's clever 5cut shape, where five different radii shapes are blended into the ski's sidecut. This technology cleverly allows the skis to make different turn shapes, long, medium and short turns are all super easy. With this shape the ski as comfortable blasting long all mountain carves as it is turning on steep spine walls or landing switch in neck deep powder. The 104 mm waist is most at home in deeper snow delivering superior float. However, this width combined with the early taper in the rockered tips and tails means you get control in the deepest snow and hardpack where the effective edge is shortened.ProfileThe Sir Francis Bacon has a more subtle early rise in the tip and the tail than its bigger brother the Mordecai, this allows for excellent flotation and a balanced stance in powder snow. Additionally, with the early taper, you get a longer effective edge when riding powder snow.FlexDespite not being a true symmetrical shape the Sir Francis Bacon has a truly symmetrical flex pattern. Switch pow ridi
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