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Hi I'm new here. Got a question about the skis I'm using. I'm 183cm and just shy of 80Kg and I have been skiing maybe around 20 seasons give or take. My skis currently are Head isupershape magnum and they are 170cm long. I was having a chat with a friend of mine (who's a more experienced skier than me) the other day and he seems to be of the opinion that my skis are too short for me?
I wasn't that fussed to start with as I have no complaint about my skis but currently I'm thinking of buying a pair of fatter skis, probably all mountain (my current skis are 71 cm under my feet and they are heavy so sink easily if i take them off piste). Thinking of blizzard brahma - should I be getting the 180cm or the 187cm version? Any advice? 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@daredevil,
- 20 seasons or 20 weeks (or somewhere in between)?
- the skis don't know how tall you are - just what you weigh
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| they are heavy so sink easily |
It's not the weight of the skis that's doing that...
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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20 weeks I mean
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@daredevil, I am 812cm, and just under 80kg - and find 170cm performance skis just fine for piste skiing. For more mixed, or off piste something longer as well as wider would seem sensible - up to about 180cm I would suggest - I have 178 Missions, but tht is just the size they came in, the next size up was too long.
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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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| RobinS wrote: |
| @daredevil, I am 812cm, and just under 80kg - and find 170cm performance skis just fine for piste skiing. For more mixed, or off piste something longer as well as wider would seem sensible - up to about 180cm I would suggest - I have 178 Missions, but tht is just the size they came in, the next size up was too long. |
You a big motherf ucker
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@daredevil, The Bonafide is it's big brother - but it's quite a stiff ski allegedly.
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I am 95kg so an even bigger mother.
I would say 174cm and up, anything shorter I find them a bit unstable.
Do beware of the whole go longer debate, I fell for that a while back and went for some 181cm ski's and regretted it. I would say 174-178 is the sweet spot i am about 185cm tall so guessing that your 812cm is actually 182cm we are fairly similar, i am just heavier than you.
I am currently on a 177cm 90mm underfoot fat ski with no metal, and that is considered to be very flexible and I have no stability problems at speed, and i find them to be nice and manouvable at low speed, important when you have kids in tow and spend large part of your day pottering. Soon as my daugther starts owning me I may revert to something with a bit more poke.
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| Legend. wrote: |
| RobinS wrote: |
| @daredevil, I am 812cm, and just under 80kg - and find 170cm performance skis just fine for piste skiing. For more mixed, or off piste something longer as well as wider would seem sensible - up to about 180cm I would suggest - I have 178 Missions, but tht is just the size they came in, the next size up was too long. |
You a big motherf ucker |
But skinny.
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