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Picking skis - help me make sense of it all!
 Poster: A snowHead
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@ElzP, …that swapping can be right terrifying…

…Friend Yves (and ski school director-owner Swiss Mountain Sports) said one morning - ‘…just have a go on these Tim…’ pointing to his GS FIS Rossignols - full FIS race skis. Light they are not. ‘What’s the DIN on those, Yves…’ - ‘12ish’ … note that I run at 5.5….’okey doke…gulp’

Gawd…I arrived at Cry D’Er and thought - ‘…will I arrive at Grand Signal with intact ACLs?…’

After a metre, these things were SHIFTING….so smooth, so fast, so scary. Up on edge, that was it, forget trying to slow the speed by skidding…skidding?…they are just locked in and motoring….

No way was I going for a second run. But a good experience of driving the equivalent of an F1 car….
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

@valais2, holy moly. Congratulations on your ACL survival! Shocked
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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?

@ElzP, The DIN scale is designed to avoid injury during low speed falls, you don't typically have low speed falls on race skis, they will come off fine during a fall at race speeds.
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@rjs, …indeed, but I could just see myself being too tentative and messing up whilst doing something below Warp Factor 9….
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I'll stay off the racey skis for now... Very Happy

The swap of the e-magnums onto my husbands e-originals (also 163) was a good one, just that little bit more forgiveness and flexibility is spot on. We now seem to own one shared pair of skis. Laughing Which means I'll definitely have to test some more, n+1 indeed...

Thanks for the brilliant knowledge and advice, everyone who's commented. So valuable, feel like i have some clue what I'm looking for in the perfect ski(s!) and can ski a bit better. Snowheads result! snowHead
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