Long or Short

swoosh · 26-09-05, 09:04 PM

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

Michael · 26-09-05, 09:07 PM

What Skis are you using at the moment? Do you do much off- piste skiing?

swoosh · 26-09-05, 09:09 PM

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.

Michael · 26-09-05, 09:31 PM

Pick the middle number... Skis that are short but not too short but will still give you a bit of speed

swoosh · 27-09-05, 05:40 AM

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.

Superteddy · 11-01-06, 10:21 PM

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.

Jonnerz · 12-01-06, 04:33 PM

Yeah, I got skis that are a small bit smaller than me too, they seem just right.

Abyss · 19-04-06, 10:54 PM

I prefer smaller ones, easier to navigate through terrain with no worrys of skidding on trees or whatever.

Michael · 19-04-06, 11:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abyss

I prefer smaller ones, easier to navigate through terrain with no worrys of skidding on trees or whatever.

Yes the smaller skis do have benefits but you can't gain as much speed.

Abyss · 19-04-06, 11:10 PM

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?

26-09-05, 09:04 PM	#1
swoosh I haven't picked a title Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 23	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 __________________

26-09-05, 09:07 PM	#2
Michael I haven't picked a title Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ireland Posts: 391	What Skis are you using at the moment? Do you do much off- piste skiing? __________________

19-04-06, 11:10 PM	#10
Abyss I haven't picked a title Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 26	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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26-09-05, 09:09 PM	#3
swoosh I haven't picked a title Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 23	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.

26-09-05, 09:31 PM	#4
Michael I haven't picked a title Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ireland Posts: 391	Pick the middle number... Skis that are short but not too short but will still give you a bit of speed

27-09-05, 05:40 AM	#5
swoosh I haven't picked a title Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 23	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.

11-01-06, 10:21 PM	#6
Superteddy I haven't picked a title Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Trondheim, Norway Posts: 24	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.

12-01-06, 04:33 PM	#7
Jonnerz I haven't picked a title Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 22	Yeah, I got skis that are a small bit smaller than me too, they seem just right.

19-04-06, 10:54 PM	#8
Abyss I haven't picked a title Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 26	I prefer smaller ones, easier to navigate through terrain with no worrys of skidding on trees or whatever.