 Poster: A snowHead
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Anyone tried these? My current Mantras are getting a bit beaten up, and my skiing mix over the past few years has changed from 80% off to 80% on piste due being accompanied by small children almost all the time. In all honesty I do wonder whether for most European 'powder' skiing you need anything wider than these underfoot, so I reckon this could suit me quite well.
Not sure what length to go for. 6 foot tall. Weight 88Kg ( fat bastart, I know ). The Mantras are 191s, but I would probably take these down a bit.
Any views?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Steilhang,
Short maybe, but not fat 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I have these - fell in love with a pair I hired in PDS so ended up buying them once I got back. I'm a bit over 6ft and about 80kg and have the 181's as they have a slight rocker they feel shorter than than are.
But as they are rocker'ed they do feel a bit different so would suggest you demo them first.
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Steilhang, i skied Kendos for a day (I'd forgtten where I'd left my Mantras) and thought they'd be a very nice mostly on piste ski. 89 underfoot so anfraction wider than the RTMs.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Ski on AC50's 85 mm underfoot but no rocker, which these are the replacements for. Great ski that will go anywhere used mainly in UT and WY without problem. For Europe would think they will be fine. 
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I ended up buying a pair of 81's at 181. Got a good deal from Conrad. Tried them out yesterday on grippy pistes and very chopped up broken crust / crud beside the pistes. Fantastic ski. It was quite an eye opener going back to something resembling a race carver after having been on the mantras for a few years. They have incredible grip, and the ease of turning was something I had to get accustomed to at first, but after a few runs I wasn't looking back. It will be interesting to see how I get on in some deeper stuff.
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Steilhang - I'm looking at those very same skis (the 84s) for my first pair of owned skis - can I ask what made you go for the 81s over the 84s? The other alternatives I'm considering are the Kendos that under a new name mentioned, and the Rossi Experience 88s. Did you get a chance to take them into anything deeper and see how you fared?
Oh and I'm studiously avoiding looking at the frankly absolutely stunning V-Werkz RTMs!
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MrBlondee, no particular reason for choosing the 81s over the 84s other than that the guys at Sport Conrad gave a good deal on them. I figured a couple of mm here or there isn't going to make a big difference, and working on my new theory that the width at the waist is less relevant than the width at the tips, and the fact that they are banana shaped anyway... Unfortunately I havn't got into anything deep with them yet, but the couple of times I have been out on hard / very icy pistes they have been great, and they do well in crud as well!
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awesome, thanks for the info. I will definitely try them out when I'm in Chamonix at the end of this month.
(Oh and I have to say I love your signature)
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