 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Masque wrote: |
It has been suggested that the Kästle's MX84s would do nicely but my wallet had a sphincter seizure when I saw the price  |
See if you can find last year's MX83 in a 183cm. Ex-demo pair maybe? I have them and they are unquestionably the finest ski I've ever been on by a country mile. Astonishingly good. The reviews on Realskiers also score them better than the MX84. I saw that dawgwatchin on Epicski said the MX84 was better but he's a lightweight. The 84 is softer in the tip and has more lengths available so I can understand that. At your weight, I'm sure you'd prefer the MX83.
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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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I was under the (correctable) impression that most piste skis are fit with rails and bindings for a good reason. The RnD is completed as a unit so one complements the other. There are hardly any off-the-peg piste skis around here without an inclusive binding option.
(that really wasn't a lot of help, was it!)
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@Masque,
In your shoes I'd wander around some hire shops at easter and ask them whether they'd sell you a pair of (non-FIS)GS skis from their inventory. Play on those and see what you like and dislike about them. Naturally they'd come with rental bindings on them but the price would allow you to change that if you needed.
My old stockli stormrider XLs are ideal for that kind of stuff - 75mm waist, 18m radius, pretty stiff - but all mountain skis tend to be fatter these days which is fine but not quite as nippy on piste.
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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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Aww C'mon @Masque - you can't be forsaking snowboarding and going back to the tight pants brigade?
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Almost all the good piste chargers that I can think of have integrated binding systems.
The Scott Black Magic is a possibility, but it is more playful than hard charging...but will be easy to ski and good in bumps and off to the side.
Another possibility is the Blizzard Latigo, which is really a piste ski with an all mountain profile.
If you can accept an integrated binding, then you have a much greater choice....and mine would be the Head Magnum / Titan or Dynastar Speed Zone 12 Ti
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110 kg - you fat knacker  How's the leg old bean?
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@Richard_Sideways, As is well known . . . I'll fall off anything.
@Old Fartbag, Telemark bindings don't fit on rails.
@Frosty the Snowman, Leg's good ya wee tyke 
@Raceplate, Lots of short MX83s on line, I'll keep an eye out as the season progresses
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| Masque wrote: |
@Old Fartbag, Telemark bindings don't fit on rails.
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Good point!...Then Black Magic and Latigo are my suggestions.
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I tested the following piste skis at the beginning of the season and the Rossignol's were by far my favourite, so I'd say they are worth a look.
HEAD I GSR
Atomic REDSTER XTI
ELAN SLX
VÖLKL RACETIGER SW
NORDICA DOBERMANN SPITFIRE PRO EVO
ROSSIGNOL SKI pursuit 800 ti
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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We might all be asking if the season carries on its stellar snowfall record in Yurp
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Völkl Code Speedwall? I've just got the S version but there is also the L which might be slightly more versatile off the sides? I think it has got amazing edge grip and is really fun to ski. It has got a flat Marker binding on it.
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You know it makes sense.
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Isn't this about the time when Pam W pops up with a weighty remark?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@Masque, TBH, I'd expect any reasonably expensive ~80mm underfoot ski from any manufacturer to do the job. Hard to find a bad ski these days.
Given your mass, go a bit longer and a manufacturer with a stiffer reputation e.g. Volkl.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Masque wrote: |
| ...they must be 'flat', ie. no binding /rail system... |
If they come with a plate will that be OK?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Masque, sorry I didn't read the thread carefully enough and see that you wanted to put tele bindings on them. 
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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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The only telemarker that I know skis on Kneissl.
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| Masque wrote: |
| ...they must be 'flat', ie. no binding /rail system... |
If they come with a plate will that be OK? |
What are you suggesting? (do you have summat lurking in the corner just waiting for a pillock like me )
PS will you be in the "Office" the week before the eosb? My board needs a tune and I would like to buy a bag of quiver killers and a wee bit of instruction on their instalation.
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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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PS you lot, the weight's coming off, fingers x'd I'll be mid 90s by the bash and goal is mid 70s for next Winter. 
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@Masque, in your dotage you're getting me confused with Spyderjon
The week before the EoSB I'll be somewhere in Italy.
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