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Piste ski advice
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

I've a bit of a dilemma on me hands.

I have some of the original head WC superhape speeds, the 170s with 15.4m radius. By all accounts a legendary ski sitting between a GS and SL side cut. They probably a few years old now but probably not had more than 10-14 days skiing max and in great condition aside from the usual scratches to top sheet.

My issue is several fold:
I ski mainly off piste (whitedot redeemers here)
Or I ski a mixture on the same day (line blend 100s)
I am 6ft but less then 70kg and when I ski on piste they are often busy or I am skiing with friends/family in a more sedate fashion.

I prefer tight carved turns to smashing out GS style speed. Therefore I'm left craving something a bit more forgiving/softer/tighter turn radius and just don't give the Heads the outings they deserve. I have had days when these skis feel amazing, when I can let rip and ski them suitably aggressively but they are quite demanding.

Should I just man up or is it more realistic to switch to something like the Magnums? I just don't want to get shot of these awesome skis and regret it. I wouldn't swap for a compromise ski, if I sold these I would want a very good piste only ski, maybe a detained slalom ski (which is not far off what these are...).
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I skied the Supershape speeds a lot and I still get them out occasionally. These days 90% of my piste skiing is on WC racing skis and the Supershapes come out on exactly the times you are describing - when I want to takes things a bit easy. You are right in that they are basically detuned race skis with a little bit longer radius than an SL ski. The slightly longer radius makes them more relaxing to ski than a typical 12-13m radius SL ski.

I think the Supershapes are still a great ski and I think you would be disappointed with anything softer. Forgiving and soft doesn't sit well with tighter turn radius in my book, not if you want to have fun.

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