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Hi, I'm new here so please be gentle!! I'd really like to invest in a pair of skis of my very own rather than use the ones at my local club BUT I'm on the petite side (5'2" and just over 7 stone) and all the ones I like and within my price range are marketed as childrens skis. Are they any different to adults skis? I usually use 140cm skis. Any advise will be greatly appreciated! 
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Hi,
It depends on the exact make/model you're looking at but as a sweeping generalisation Kids/Junior skis are differnt to adults from what I know. Whether or not they'll be suitible for you depends on the sort of skiing you do as they are generally softer/more flexible than the adults so depends on what level you find yourself at too. My GF is around the same size as you and she uses adults skis, does 99% of her skiing on piste but is pretty good so has some stiff and fast piste skis.
If you are an improving skier and plan to ski say a few weeks each season then you may find that it's a false economey goign for the cheaper junior skis as your ability may outgrow them even if you wont!
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My daughter was skiing on 144cm ladies skis when she was about 12 and very small and light so you shouldn't have a problem with something in that range.
I'm sure one of Snowheads resident Pixies will be along to offer some advice too.
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cloudy day, I have no real info but I let a friend's light and slight son borrow my full-on FIS slalom skis and he loved them. I found his 160 kids skis practically unskiable. This may have been due to states of tune but I suspect kids skus are cheap cos they're made cheaply...avoid!
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Thanks very much for the replys - I think I'll take another look any try to get some proper grown up skis instead of kids! I'd describe myself as a cautious parallel skier at the moment but would like to be a lot better and practice regularly on my local dry slope so guess it would be best to get some which will last me as a (hopefully) improve!
PS I am definitely of the female variety!! 
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cloudy day, ...ok...a definitive answer I think...some are suitable and some aren't. My partner had a very bad time getting back into skiing after a couple of years off having had kids, (she's 5foot 5inches and 126 lbs) and I put her onto a pair of youth Line Chronics 133cm, and more recently got her a couple of Line Invader Minis of the same length. She has had a ball on these, and got back to her (high) technical level very quickly. I could use the Lines, since they are relatively stiff, very strong (wood core) and thick enough to take adult bindings (very important). They still needed care with the mounting of the bindings, since shorter screws were needed. The edges are very strong and stiff on Lines, and this helps a lot. And yes, the graphics are really good. I picked up various pairs on ebay (some for 90gbp (good condition with bindings), some for 30gbp (new without bindings)).
Some skis will be too flexy, too thin (to properly mount adult bindings), too weak, and the wrong geometry. Line youth skis are excellent, strong, decently stiff, thick enough, and with nice wide waists and decent sidecut. Salomon piste skis in junior form, for example, I would not recommend for you use (others may disagree), likewise many of the youth rossignol. This is for good reason, the skis are really optimised for youths, and just don't translate into 'small adult' skis.
hope that this helps.
tim
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From what I have observed most of the female dry slope slalom racers use junior race skis and do very well on them.
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A few years back I got a very good deal on some roxy adult skis for my wife who is about your size...they seemed similar to a teen model that was being marketed and I don't think that would have been a bad choice either...there are more industry insiders who post on epic ski.com, so I would think about posting there as well, but wouldn't avoid jr skis unless you ski agressively
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| From what I have observed most of the female dry slope slalom racers use junior race skis and do very well on them. |
Really? 2 weeks ago they were all on Ladies 155's !
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@cloudy day, Hi, I'm only 5 ft tall and ski on 149/151cm skis. I have a great pair of Volkl Estrellas for sale if you're interested (£199)Hardly used and less than half original price. (Halifax, West Yorkshire)
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@sue650, I think she will have bought some by now - the thread was started in 2011
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