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Shorter skis for indoors?
 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi,

So I have two sets of skis

Previous set:
163cm salomon xdrive 8.0 (not ti) with a turn radius of 13m

New set:
177cm blizzard latigos with a radius of 18m

I love the new skis, felt the right length for me on my last trip, they don't clatter and they're chargers. The thing I've found with them is they want to have a reasonable slope to turn on (I appreciate this is likely my skill level).

I'm thinking of keeping the salomons for indoors and then occasionally use the others. If I use the shorter turn radius indoors then I can concentrate on completing my turns and not rushing them, is the difference enough to see in the snowdome.

So my question to you peeps is do you use your main skis in the domes or do you have different/ shorter ones for the smaller space indoors?

Cheers
Djf
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@firstworld problems. Very Happy

sorry, couldn't resist! Never been in a dome, no idea but I guess you could ski straight down on anything, ditch them.
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djf wrote:
So my question to you peeps is do you use your main skis in the domes or do you have different/ shorter ones for the smaller space indoors?
I'm lucky enough to have a choice of skis, so I use a slalom pair indoors, and have a choice of longer, larger turn radius and wider underfoot skis for the mountains. If you ski a lot indoors a cheap pair of slalom skies is a good thing to have.
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I wouldn't just use the shorter set for indoors, they'll be good on ice etc. too...plus any day when you just want to put in a load of agile turns. If I was heading for a dome then would probably settle on the shorter set, but depends on what you're looking for from the session
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Haha @Bodeswell yeah I agree totally. Mind you when I told my wife those skis i bought because they'll last for years were likely wrong and I needed a new pair it wasn't so smooth Embarassed (she's cool really)

Don't say that @rob@rar that means I need to look for a new SL pair for indoors too.

You know what @SnoodlesMcFlude the latigos have been just awesome for anything I've done in them including an icy meribel in jan. I'm still a learner though so my view on ice is probably tame Smile

Thanks all, I'm going to bring them to Hemel then next weekend and give them a go. My dilemma actually stems from shall I sell them since I'd lose so much on them.

Off to google SL skis for newbies ........
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