 Poster: A snowHead
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Rossignol 4S and Salomon 747's and boots? SX91's and way too advanced for my ability at the time but they were an end of season bargain and I loved them. I still think the 4S is a great ski. They'll be 20 on their birthday!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Blimy. This is a walk down memory lane.
1980s
K2 612s with look bindings
1990s
Atomic ARCs with solomon 647 bindings
Volkl P9s (3 pairs) with marker M48 R bindings
K2 Velocitys with marker M48 R bindind
Solomon Force 9-3S (these were a pile of crap) with 914 bindings
2000s
K2 union (gave snowboarding a couple of years)
Scott P3s with Marker 1400 free bindings
Volkl Karmas
Lots of Icelantic Skis
Lots of High Society Skis
Lots of Vist Skis
Now........Whitedotfreeride skis 
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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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Nick'n'kim, the $s was a good ski, but only in its day and rapidly overwhelmed by the 7S. A totally different marmite des poissons.
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K2 SLC 200cm with Tyrolia 490d bindings
ahh yes
1. K2 CDS 195cm with Marker M48 rental bindings - bought ( in decent nick) ex-demo in Courchevel when I worked a season in 1993-94
2. K2 SLC 200cm with the recycled markers - bought when on holiday in Tahoe in 1995 - the CDS's, which had been abused horribly over a season, started flapping and one tip pointed up in the air - time to replace them. The SLCs were much stiffer!
3. Atomic BetaRide 9.22 (original red ones before they called them R9s) 180cm - treated myself to some new-tech skis at the ski show in 2000. Finally got rid of the markers for some sollys. Wow - immediately ski better in every way except, perhaps, fall-line bumps.
4. Stockli Stormrider XL 174cm - bust an edge out on the Atomics and though repairable use it as an excuse to splash the cash on the red and blue flame XLs in Courchevel 2004. Quality in every way. Expect these to be my everyday ski for some years.
5. Just bought a pair of used Atomic REXs 184cm on Ebay for £35 plus postage. Plan to mount these with Fritschis and use them for touring and deep powder days. Haven't unwrapped them yet so can't be sure about condition but assuming they are OK reckon I got a bargain.
thats all
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How much have skiis changed over the last 10 tears then guys and can we expect similar ammounts of change in the next 10 or so years?
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Renry, last 10 years? Quite a lot, maybe less than you'd think, they still do the same job, the same way, just more efficiently. How much will they change, again maybe less than you'd anticipate. After all, a ski is defined by what it does and how it does it. Make it much fatter than we're seeing and mount the bindings sideways and you no longer have a ski, it's a snow board.
I reckon there'll be a retro back lash to narrower, longer skis that you actually have to have skill with to ski powder. That's why they call me the eternal optimist.
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First: Tecno Pro. Don't recall the model, but they were bought in Aviemore. A quick google shows that they still make skis!
Currently: K2 Apache Recon, and Head iSL - depending on what I'm doing.
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I reckon there'll be a retro back lash to narrower, longer skis that you actually have to have skill with to ski powder. That's why they call me the eternal optimist.
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you must be because its not going to happen - just like we won't see a retro backlash to cars without power steering, wooden tennis rackets, wooden shafted golf clubs, etc. Wider skis make skiing more fun for most people. They are here to stay. However inconvenient that is for people who worked out how to ski powder on skinny skis and see the mountain getting tracked out even faster than it used to.
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Hmm, first pair, don't know the name 1971, Red (to go faster) made of wood and I think with cable bindings
Since then
1994 ish Rossignoll DV6s
1999 Head Cyber 28X
2004/5 Head GSi RD
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jedster, no, no, really, in exactly the same way that there's a faction of snowboarders moving back to skiing (convenience and challenge) and the resurgence of telemarking (convenience and challenge) phat skis will go the way of mono skis (easy in powder and off piste) and Ski Evolutif (easy).
Maybe I just need to buy my own ski mountain and ban fatties?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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This thread was so interesting and brought back so many memories I had to register. Here's my list.
1976 first skis Head Targa 170 solomon 444 bindings
1977 Hexcel Hexcelerators Hanson boots (remember spraying your feet with silocone to get your feet in the rubber-yes rubber liner)
1979 Hexcel Sundance 190
1980 Hexcel split tail 203
early 80's Rossi Sm 210, K2 712 205, K2 812 210
mid 80's K2 VO slalom - Stiff as a 2x4, but when you were on 'em they'd squirt out of the turn so fast it'd make your head spin.
Volkl Renntiger R 200 Ess bindings. (Remember the Nava bindings? Had a pair of those too
Dynamic VR27 SL 200, VR27 GS 210, VR27 Downhill 215 Couldn't wait to get these on a mountain! Took 'em to White Face and scared myself so bad I got rid of them. (For those who have never skied a true downhill ski they are so stable you do not realize how fast you're going 'till you try to shut them down.)
Late 80's through mid 90's Fischer world cup sl, Volkl P9 GS, Loved both pair so much I skied them until they came apart...and then some.
Quit skiing in 1998 and didn't ski again until last year. Now own a pair of Volkl P50 F1 gs 188 and a pair of Volk P60 Sl Carvers 170. Still skiing in a pair of Tecnica comp custom foams that I can leave buckled all day... Had them for 18yrs and I cannot find anything that is as tight and comfotable.
There was a few more in there like a pair of Bernard Russi graphite's Volant and RD, but I can't remember them all or when they were. When you're in the business you come accross all kinds of wierd stuff. Anyone remember "The Ski"--lol
BTW I have a pair of Fischer Red Masters hanging on my wall that have never been mounted. Had a bunch of other cool vintage ski stuff, but I lost it in my divorce a few yrs ago.
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Only ever owned two sets. I learned to ski when they were tall skinny things and bought my first pair second hand when I did a season in 1991/2. They were Fischer 185s as I remember...
Then bought the skis I have now without really having any idea what sort/length of 'fat' skis I needed. They are Atomic SX9 174cm. Great, but too long and too fast for me so I'm selling them. Will probably just rent for the time being as I can only afford to go skiing once a year so it doesn't really make sense to buy...
I'm thinking I probably need something around 165cm...
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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1980 ish Spalding red and blue, Tax free from Livignio
Hand me downs from elder sister for a few years.
Dynastar Course Team SL 170's Salamon 147 Bindings. Loved them
Rosi 7S 180
Rosi 7SK 185 Great
K2 KVC 185 Second hand from Scotland came with a pair of Fischer RC4 These were both stolen with Dad's car in Sunderland
Replaced stolen ones with 2 pairs of KVC's 190's
Sold one of the pairs of KVC's to buy new Rosi 7SK 197 the yellow ones. Still in Garage
Volkl P9 RS Super 205, second hand, Hard work. Got made into sledge for my nephews for use on the local golf course!
Atomic 755 RS Second hand, one had a kink in it. Bought for end of season rock hopping. Still in Mum & Dads cellar.
Stopped buying skis, borrowed from Ellis Brigham whilst I worked there, then rented.
Till now, just bought Pair of Orion SL Carbon, and a second hand pair of Salamon Guns for the powder.
My wife is in fits of laughter because she has realised quite how much of a geek I am...
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Poster: A snowHead
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1985 - Dynaster Visa (195). They were second hand, all I could afford, but they were mine and I was but a boy at 17 ish.
1992 - Atomix GS ski (198?), can't recall the name - hit a rock heavily, knackered after a week.
1993 - K2 Extreme (200) - excellent.
1995 - Salomon 8000 - good but bought them too long (203) PR8.
2001-2005 rented skis, took a fancy to Rossi 9X during this time.
2005 - Original Sin snowboard (2nd hand, can't recall model - 161)
2006 Salomon 1080's (181)- the originals
2006 - Burton Royale snowboard (165)
2008 Volkl Karma (185)
present day - no skis, awaiting purchase decision.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Ooh, lists. Missed this the first time around. Wow, there are some very long lists on here - some of you buy more than this in a season...
late-80s - K2 somethings - pink & white - around 190cm
early-90s - Salomon Force 9 3S - around 197cm I think
mid-90s - K2 Extreme - 200cm
late-90s - rented
early-00s - K2 Axis X Pro – 181cm
List too small 
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2nd hand 185 Dynastar Omesoft with look turntable bindings and a parrot sticker. Oooooh yeah.
I must say, I prefer my Lines.
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fischer amc73s - 164 cm - two weeks ago... cant wait to try them out
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Something Volkl, dark red colour with gray bits, popular during the Jurassic period
Rossignol 9S
Dynastar Legend 4800
Volkl Tigershark
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Don't remember much about mine except I am convinced they were made of solid cast iron.... that's the only way they could have been so heavy...
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Started in 2000 with a pair of Salomon (verse 6 I think) beginners skis. Took em back after a week as I was hitting their speed limit which was about as fast as an electric disabled cart.
2000 K2 mod X
2002 Atomic 9:18
2003 Rossi Bandit XX
2005 Head Madtrix Mojo (90)
2006 Volkl Snow Wolf (touring ski)
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Couldn't tell you anything about them, other than they were a wonderful shade of lilac, with pink highlights and about 195cm.....went a treat with my day-glo Nevica gear back in the day....
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Jeez, thinking about it I've owned far too many! okokok here goes
07/08 movement joysticks 176/gladiator 183/goliath 191(Austria season)
06/07 movement kamasutra 179/powpow swallowtail 189/joystick 176(L2A)
05/06 line skogen sprang 178(Tahoe)
04/05 movement joystick 176/k2 seth pistol 179(L2A)
03/04 dynastar bigs 178/k2 enemy 173(valloire)
02/03 rossi pow air pros 169/atomic beta ride 10:20 170's...(first season in ADH)
previous to seasons had one of the original rossi bandits x, ssssooooooo fat at about 66mm under foot  and I though I was going too short at 184cm, funny how it's gone full swing now back to riding 190's again!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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i had a set of fischers when i was 15. they were blue and silver. all i remember was that they were 210cm!!!! fast as feck.
something like these but blue and silver. i think they're still in my mums attic.
after school, i gave up skiing for kayaking and mountain biking. Only had 2 or 3 trips to aviemore and glenshee in those years where i hired rubbish skis. silly me. since i've been back, 2 years, i've had Fischer AMC79s and now have K2 Xplorers.
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You know it makes sense.
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sexy! check out the fartbags for sale in the other threads!!!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Skiing wasn't a problem free progresssion, my first skis owned me.
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Poster: A snowHead
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When I first started I bought a pair of MLADOST skis in Bulgaria for £30 - anyone else used them ?
2 meters long and very very straight
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Any-one remember these "Roy-Ski" !!! Circa 1978, Then my 2nd pair was K2 610 comp (190) with Salomon 555 binding's Circa 1979.
Then for some strange reason I had a 20 year break 
2001 - Rented for a few years
2005 Atomic Izor 9:7 (169)
2007 to date Scott RCX (171) Never seen anyone else with these in the 6 weeks use they've had, so I guess they are not a popular ski but I really do like them. I was set on buying some Fischer RX8 and on the advice of the ski shop I tested both back to back and for me the Scott's won hand's down.
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early '90 First skis i owned were Rossignol equipe 4s in 193cm i think? had hired before that
then advanced?? to Rossignol Defi 4 in 188cm that were dreadful
1998 Salomon X scream series in 179, but stuck these weird pro pulse binding on them so they weighed a ton
1999 K2 X14 in 183 had a flashing red light for vibrations 
1999 Olin apex NT 180cm Flashing light thing again and superb edge grip, lasted for years
2000/01 K2 patriot 5 in 181cm, (another flashing light thing!) blew an edge in tignes
2001 bandit x 177cm then bandit xx in 170cm
Sometime or other i had a pair of salomon axecleavers in 152cm with a hangel plate on them, seemed very radical then!
2002/3? volkl supersport 4 star superb things 168cm
2003 head xp60 163cm
2005 dynastar legend 8000 165cm
2006 Fischer RC4 race SC 165cm and WC SC 160cm
2007 Fischer RX8 165cm (good, but bust my shoulder skiing on them so they had to go) plus Volkl Racetiger RC 168cm (hated them, like railway sleepers! & used for 3 runs!)
2008 Fischer Kehua 177cm and Scott Rosa 178cm (plus still got RC4 Race sc and head xp60 as rock hoppers)
Favourites: 4 stars, made the biggest difference to my skiing, legends and RC4 race sc for edge grip and quickness.
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I'd be interested as to how many owners with annual purchases/multiple purchases actually live in resort or ski for more than 3-4 weeks a year, and how many are just fashion victims/gear junkies ?
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Guvnor, about 6 to 7 weeks a year, so they do get used
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Guvnor, 6 months here, 6 months there, for the last 6 years.
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2002 Salomon Scream 8 Pilot's 170cm - Great beginer skis now passed down to my younger bro who's just started.
2005 Stockli Stormrider XLs 174cm - Great ski but too skinny for pow with my dodgy technique, quite unforgiving in bumps (stiff) compared to softer B2's etc.
2007 K2 Seth's 189cm - Fantastic when opened up in wide open spaces but a little unwieldy in trees, big icy moguls and rocky off piste.
Next? Probably get something with 85 waist to replace my Stockli's as an everyday ski. Although everything is getting fatter these days so may just wait until my Seth's 98mm waist is considered "all mountain".
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I've only ever been in one stable ski relationship. Went from a 4 day skier to the good old supernoodles... the first Rossi B2's. They've lasted me 5 years before falling apart so over the past year I have been testing replacements... Liberty Hazmats are in the lead at the moment.
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First skis - Atomic Beta Race 9.22
Used them when I was 14 I think, about 20cm too long for me but f...ing fast!!
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FAQ
. These were over a 20ish year period, no idea how many weeks on each. Still cheaper than renting I think.
