Re: A Novice Question

Trying to figure out why skis don't grip is way more complicated than you'd
ever guess.  For some ideas about the different things that can go wrong,
you can try this website of cross country skiing ideas:
http://www.roberts-1.com/xcski/
Your touring skis are for "classic" striding, so look next to Classic, and
click on "FAQ".
Then on the FAQ on Classic page, look for the question "How come my ski
slips back", and click on that.

What it comes down to is that sometimes a bad grip problem with classic skis
is too complicated to figure out without lots of experience.

I suggest you take a lesson at a good XC center with a ski rental program,
so the instructor can help you search out all the possible solutions of your
problem, whether you need different equipment or different technique or
different snow -- or all of those.

> Problem is that with this new set I don't get the grip
> on the snow with the new skis . . .
> The camber on the new skis is softer (easier to sqeeze together).

Softer camber is usually helpful for getting grip.  But the key factor that
we do not know is what kinds of _snow_ you were on.

Ken