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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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By defau;t I would go for the Streetracer because I am decidely unimpressed by the B2.... its just......limp...!!!
But if you stay on piste a lot I'd be thinking of a slalom/GS race type ski and then hire a fatty when going into the depper stuff.
I think the SL/GS skis will out perform the carvers mentioned here....
That is what I would do...but you are skiing 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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I've skiied both. I almost fell asleep on the streetracers, they were a tad on the boring side. The B2s were marginally better, but will give you more room for improvement. On the streetracers you'll think you are skiing well, or skiing fast, and if it's just for what you think you are doing, then go for it, but I fear it will be a false sense of ability.
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I dont like either colour.
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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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Renry, go and try them both, and others, at Castleford. Do you want a ski for the places you ski at the moment, or the places you'd like to be skiing?
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| marc gledhill wrote: |
| Renry, go and try them both, and others, at Castleford. Do you want a ski for the places you ski at the moment, or the places you'd like to be skiing? |
That is the question I am asking myself. Im also thinking that I may just continue to hire, then at least I can change if I feet the need to.
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Renry, The B2s will be better thann the Streetracers in soft snow - but not much ! If you enjoy skiing on the Streetracers then buy a pair. To get real benefits for off-piste you'll need to go way fatter (B4)....
It wasn't that long ago that we'd all have just one pair of skis, and they'd do everything.... 
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I'd go with the Streetracers coz they have bindings on them. You would fall off the other ones as soon as you got any speed going.
Seriously though, go with the ones that give you more scope for improvement. Chances are that you will get better rather than worser at skiing over time.
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What does that mean????
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Smolo is really quite funny
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I wouldn't stir my tea with either. Sorry. 
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Renry,
Yep, gotta admit, smolo's binding gag was quite funny....
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You know it makes sense.
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Find a ski that combines the best aspects of both of these skis.
You should try these:
1. Atomic Metron 9
2. Atomic Metron 10
3. Volkl Unlimited AC3
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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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Hi Renry
Bandit B2's
Unless you want to wait until next winter! Salomon has updated the Streetracer range. It has a new core, a new binding system and a less extreme shape. This makes it a little more versatile than the current version.
Jon
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Poster: A snowHead
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buy fischer FX8 instead of Streetracer 10. I've skied both. FX8 much more fun at speed
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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dan100, or an RX8 
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dan100, yeah but wasnt the question
which skis out of these two?
i dont see fischer fx8 mentioned...
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Neither get Scramblers, I was playing on them last week and they were ace!
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Had some B2s in Switzerland this year. They took a bit of getting used to as I found that they twitched a lot but I put that down to my technique and found that If I went a bit faster and concentrated on the forward leaning thing, then I had better control. By the end of the week I was quite warming to them. Previously I had regularly used Salomon crossmax or X-screams. Was tempted, however, by a pair of Streetracers which were drastically reduced in a shop in Italy. However, the missus slapped me round the head and brought me back to earth. 
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Not tried either myself, but Snock and Row, The Maily Dail, and BKi and Soard, all put the B2 at the top of the do-it-all list.
What I can tell you is that I lurve my Salomon Scream 10 Hots (2 years out of date now). My brother tried some Bandit B3's in St Anton in deep powder and crud this year and it was like he suddenly had a rocket up his back bottom, as he was skiing this stuff like a groomed carving piste! Still couldn't catch me tho' 
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Renry, forgive me if I am mistaken, but I believe you haven't been skiing for long. If so, then I would urge you to wait. Get a few more weeks in and rent quality skis (by which I mean gold/silver rentals or whatever), after which time you should know what you are really looking for in a ski.
Hope that didn't sound patronising, but I bought skis (Atomic R9's which I'm thinking of selling if anyone's interested) after my second week and wish I'd waited. Now on Nordica Hot Rods which I tested alongside K2 Recons - they blew the Recons away IMV.
Theoretically speaking though, if I had the choice of a deal on either of the two you mention, with no chance to demo, then I would go for the B2, simply because I've heard it is a stonking good ski (it also looks cooler  )
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I agree with conor. I bought my B2s two years ago, when I was an advanced intermediate skier (20 weeks), since then I've skied 10 more weeks, and now I'm beginning to feel that more and more I'm outgrowing them.
I feel some Stockli Stormrider XLs coming on...
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Kramer, I was tempted by Stormriders myself before I got the Hot Rods, but I kind of convinced myself that they would be too much of a handful for me. Must hire them some time. No regrets about the Hot Rods though.
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| conor wrote: |
Renry, forgive me if I am mistaken, but I believe you haven't been skiing for long. If so, then I would urge you to wait. Get a few more weeks in and rent quality skis (by which I mean gold/silver rentals or whatever), after which time you should know what you are really looking for in a ski.
Hope that didn't sound patronising,) |
No not at all.
I guess that thinking about getting my own equipment will pass the time away of the close season 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Renry,
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I guess that thinking about getting my own equipment will pass the time away of the close season
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But the dryslope racing season is just starting ......
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Neither. Go for the salomon Equipes.
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You know it makes sense.
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The XL's are stiff-ish which should make it your friend. You don't want to skiing things that bend in the wind..!!
If you can load them up you'll see the benefit, but you can say that about lots of skis. If you don't like to ski like that then there isn't a great deal of point to them. Or rather, don't just bimble around on them, there are more apppropriate skis for that
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