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Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 23
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Long or Short
hi,
i'm going to buy new ski's this year but i don't know what to buy long or short ski's i'm a very experienced skier but i'm only 1.60m so i probably need 1.50 ski's but i'm thinking of buying bigger ones because i can make more speed with it and i can use them longer. but smaller ski's are easier for the forest and off-piste. so i want to know what you guys recommend me. last year i tried my dad's skis 1.70 and i could ski with it very well on red piste but when we went off-piste i stucked between every tree etc. so could you guys pleas give me advise kind regards. btw. i don't like carve ski's ![]() |
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What Skis are you using at the moment? Do you do much off- piste skiing?
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 23
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I'm skiing about 50% of the time off-piste and i think i have 1.30 atm but i don't know sure i got these ski's for about 3 years and i'm still growing so. I think i'll go short ski's because i can turn easier with it and i LOVE to do off-piste.
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Pick the middle number... Skis that are short but not too short but will still give you a bit of speed
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 23
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yeah i think i'll pick them but i ask in the shop if they have ski's good for me, the people that run the shop always go with us on vacation so they know what i can.
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Trondheim, Norway
Posts: 24
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I have always used skies that are smaller then me. I asked a friend of mine that workes in a sporting store and he told me that when he gets asked this question he always tells people to get skies that are smaller or equal height.
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#7 |
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 22
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Yeah, I got skis that are a small bit smaller than me too, they seem just right.
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#8 |
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 26
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I prefer smaller ones, easier to navigate through terrain with no worrys of skidding on trees or whatever.
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 26
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Oh =/ I didn't know that, I'm new still.. I guess if you like going faster then bigger is better, but still wouldn't bigger making yourself go faster be more dangerous because you can catch the ends on a tree or something?
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