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What are good skis for ski instructor training?
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

Hi guys,

I'm a previous ski instructor CSIA level 2 certified and I'm looking for a used pair of piste skis. I already have a pair of wider all mountain skis. So I'm mainly looking for a pair of skis, where I can practice my technique for my carving skills, medium turns, short turns and so on. I would also like to use them for practicing basic race training, when that's possible. But they will mostly be used for carving, since I love carving!

What skis do you recommend? I have personally looked at the atomic redster model, which I have seen been highly recommended. But I'm wondering whether I should go with the G7 or G9 model.
My level is probably midway between CSIA level 2 and level 3.
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

One of my family who's an instructor swears by these (an earlier version) as the perfect instructor ski and lasted the season well. He loves them.

https://www.nordica.com/global/en/men/skis/on-piste/spitfire/dobermann-spitfire-70-pro-fdt

He said he did a couple of fun races and they were fine but they are not full on WC skis
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@Skier457, Welcome to the forum.
You'll love Head Titans then.
Or Rossignol Heros
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Or on the second hand market you could pick up some "Salomon 24 hours"
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 Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.

What kind of racing are you looking to do? SL, GS etc? In what environment (indoors / dry slope / mountain)?
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Or Atomic redster S9's
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 Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...

Another vote for Salomon 24 Hour Max. Just skied on a pair for a week. Good skis and carve well.
Less than half price here, so around £250 new with bindings,
https://www.snowinn.com/ski-store/salomon-24-hours-max-z11-gw-alpine-skis/137579268/p
On the same site they have the same ski and a different binding even cheaper - I went with the one above because I wanted GripWalk compatibility.
Delivery took around a week.
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 After all it is free Go on u know u want to!
After all it is free Go on u know u want to!

Thank you for your replies!

@Tubaski I'm probably not going to do real racing that much. I just had 6 race training sessions with gates at the end of the season, and I thought it was so much fun. It was probably somewhere between SL and GS.
I'm a student now so I only have time for skiing on trips and vacations. So it would only be in case I found a race course at the resorts, that I'm allowed to use.
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I believe the rossignol heros are the same as the dynastar master series, with a different top. Could be wrong, though.
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