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Trying understand the length logic.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Agility
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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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What he said ^
- Shorter skis are lighter
- Their mass is also less far out from the center so require less effort to rotate
=> Easier to move about with less effort. i.e. more agile.
If in doubt, always think of the extremes:
- Very short 2 foot skis (or even blades) would be dead easy to move about, lift and rotate, etc but wouldn't be very stable to ski on. You'd feel every little bump and if your balance wasn't perfect you'd fall over more often.
- Huge 8 foot skis would be the opposite. Very hard to move about and rotate but would sail through small bumps and would be much easier to keep your balance on.
A good ski length is about finding the right balance between the two.
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Very short 2 foot skis
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They are called Monoskis and I still have one.
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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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Cheaper flights? 
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You'll need to Register first of course.
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basically what @olderscot, @clarky999 said.
I'm no means an expert, but I am starting to go longer as my abilities and experience increase and I can now appreciate the differences between my old shorter skis and current various longer ones. Horses for courses in many respects, and it depends what style you like skiing and in what conditions. For instance, my slalom skis are rather shorter (and narrower-waisted) than my all-mountains or piste performance ones.
Other factors do also come into play also in the overall feel and performance of a ski, such as the ski's turn radius and sidecut (tip,waist, tail) shape and dimensions, the waist (whether it's skinny or fat or in-between), its construction type and materials of the ski, how flexible or not is is and how it dampens or not, and many other factors.
So, as all good ladies should know, length is not the only thing which matters... 
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Im trying to remember the reasons i bought skis of a shorter length last year. (They were end of season ex rentals and cheap )
COuld it be because i was trying to save my knees? Also i dont like to go too fast so maybe ease of turning to slow down.
I have just upgraded to new Fischer KOA 77
Length 157 (i am 5'8") and its been suggested that they might be too short
I must admit i assumed they were the right length for me as that was what the salesman handed me. But maybe that was because i showed him my old skis 7 which were 156!
Once again i bought skis before consulting on here!
I am a gentle cruiser on piste only
However these did feel.fine for me.
Just wondering....as you do ... did I get the right ones
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Shorter fat skis are sometimes useful if you make a habit of skiing tight forests where many quick turns are the order of the day.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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If you like instability or speedwobble or want to snowlerblade it with jazz hands.
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| If you like instability or speedwobble or want to snowlerblade it with jazz hands. |
This made me chuckle!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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It's not just being able to pivot them more easily it is that - all things being equal - a shorter ski will have a tighter radius which means you will be able to carve turns in a narrower channel. If you like carving as many turns as possible and are a piste skier who doesn't really value float in soft snow then you can go shorter.
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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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oh, there is a speed dimension too - longer, less shaped skis can also carve tight turns but you need to bend them requiring a combination of mass/speed and edge angle. If you are unwilling or unable to create that you may want a tighter radius/shorter ski in a given model.
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There is a reason slalom skiers have really short skis, GS skiers medium skis and downhill skis long skis.
But maybe I am over simplifying.
I remember skiing Serre Chevalier many moons ago and as it was busy I had to rent shorter skis than I normally would. Agility would be how I describe the upside difference but on the downside motoring down the piste wasn't so much fun.
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