 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi,
I havent skied for 5 years, and therefore have missed out on all the new devlopments in skis etc.
I am an ex-racer and used to ski predominantly on Volkl P12 SL's a great ski, which had to be worked quite hard. Last winter I hired a pair of Salomon Crossmax 10's and found them very easy to turn (too easy) a bit dull, and not very responsive.
What would you recommend as an alternative high end ski that requires a bit of input to get the best out of it and will give me a bit more of an interesting ride.
As to the type of skiing I do, well I spend the majority of my time off piste (but any ski can be skied off piste), I just want to be able to do the occasional blast down a piste and have a ski that feels a bit alive I skis as well as the old Vokls did.
Cheers
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Try the new Rossi Z9. If you search on here I posted a review of it in a thread a while back.
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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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If your an agressive skier you have got to go for the Nordica HotRod range. They are amazing. I tried the Nitrous (i think) in Tignes. They felt as good as any piste ski ive tried and they floated through some really deep stuff too. You can ski them in a short size too and it wont effect the stability either. If you try anything make sure you get on those.
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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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| If your an agressive skier you have got to go for the Nordica HotRod range. They are amazing. I tried the Nitrous (i think) in Tignes. They felt as good as any piste ski ive tried and they floated through some really deep stuff too. You can ski them in a short size too and it wont effect the stability either. If you try anything make sure you get on those. |
This just emphasises the point people were trying to make in the other topic about needing to try skis. I've skied the Hot Rods and thought they were very unimpressive, vague and lifeless. I think I'd be termed as a moderately aggressive skier. I don't doubt another skier might find them to their taste.
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Thanks for the advice. I had been think of staying away from slalom skis because of the more shorter length and I just assumed that would mean they loose some stability too?
Unfortunately I will be limited to the brands the hire shop have its the Twinner at Tignes Le Lac, bu tI think I might try a set of whichever slalom skis they have.
Has anyone skied the crossmax's and thought the same that I did?
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I ended up hiring some ROSSIGNOL 9s's
My faith in modern carver skis has been restored after hiring some crappy Salomon Crossmax's last year.
The Rossi's were very easy to turn, but still had a bit of life about them, and when pushed on the acceleration out of the turn was awsome. Never got to really try them off piste though as the there wasnt any!
I think in future I will stick to the the de tuned race skis !
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FAQ
Alternatively I ski on fischer WC SCs which I find fine off piste, but are incredibly grippy and precise on piste - a full on race ski. I haven't skied the GS version though! Alternatively I've heard very good reports about the Rossi B3 (not B2) - supposed to be quite pricise and is pretty wide too. 