Poster: A snowHead
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So, the 8 year old boy started skiing about 7 months ago, and has taken to it pretty quickly. He has been getting regular weekly coaching at CFe, as well as having done the occasional race day session. All his skiing to date has been at CFe, and in the past 2 months he has gone from scruffing his way down using his upper body for steering, to now carving pretty nicely. He is quite interested in Skier-cross, as well as doing more with race.
And so the time may have come to acquire his own skis rather than using the generic rentals from CFe.
I have ordered a pair of these in 130cm (he is 138cm tall himself, and quite scrawny)
https://www.sportsdirect.com/fischer-rc4-race-ski-set-junior-922112
But actual details of them are pretty sparse, and I cannot really find anything out about them on the Fischer website either. Well researched, eh? But my thinking here is that with the 20% discount available this weekend that makes them £80, and the worst that can happen is that I take them back. Or that maybe they are OK for now, and I could flog them when he's ready to upgrade further down the line?
(He already has his own boots, and his skiing improved exponentially when he changed from the size 22.5 rentals to the size 21.0 of his own boots.
Is there a collective view on these skis? Have I made a major error?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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We have the rc4 WorldCup GS for our 12 year old and he goes faster than me now and likes them, mainly for that reason I think.
Not sure this particular model is part of the main rc4 WC fleet. If they are, they are a bargain.
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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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@slopemad, don't know anything about those particular skis but at that age almost anything will do and there is a good second hand market for kids skis for obvious reasons.
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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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Thanks @Tubaski, I think that's what they are. A basic, entry level kids race ski. Which should be fine, for now (I suspect the brain of an 8 year old will find a bit of extra performance just from having their own ski anyway)
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Rather impressively the skis turned up at lunchtime today, which is good given that I ordered them at 4pm on a Sunday... The numbers written on them are 104-70-84 with a Radius of 13m.
I have attached the bindings to the rails on the skis, set them up with his boots, set the DIN. Are they ready to 'just go', or do they need any other preparation work, e.g. waxing? What can be done to keep them decent when at the moment they'll be getting a lot of time in the fridge (the snow contains oily residues from the exhaust of the Piste basher, which is quite evident on his white boots).
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@slopemad, some people say the shop wax isn't up to much and will say wax em. I never have. I DIY edge and wax after every week long trip. I don't go to a fridge but yeah I've heard the artificial snow means more frequent waxing.
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@slopemad, If they are the the skis I linked above then they have an extruded base, so won't hold wax like a sintered base does (but also I imagine won't slow down as much when they are unwaxed - happy to be corrected on this!).
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