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Separate boots and skis for piste skiing?
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I do all my skiing on Whitedot R98s with pin bindings and Tecnica Pro Lite boots (2016 orange version) with added booster straps to get closer to the claimed 120 flex. Although I really enjoy this setup as good all round for touring, LS off piste and piste it would be great to also have stiffer and narrow skis for days to maximise the vertical, distance and fun blasting around the pistes. Options seem limited for flat skis that can use bindings compatible with my boots. Changing the soles to alpine is just possible but would be a real hassle. I’m beginning to think a possible albeit expensive way forward would be to get separate boots and skis for piste skiing. Has anyone else gone down this route or am I missing a cheaper option that would meet my needs? Thanks in advanve
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@On the rocks, I have (at the advice of the pisteoffice) Salomon Shifts that fit a a touring boot and quiver killers for my R98s and then Volkl Codewall Speed L piste skis also quiver killered, so 1 pair of boots (atomic prime xtd 130), 2 pairs of skis, one set of bindings!
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Dunno what the problem is? Are you looking for a flat or raceplated ski you can put a pin binding on?
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@On the rocks, easy solution: Blizzard Brahma 82's or Scott Pure Piste 77 TI's c/w Warden MNC 11 bindings
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@spyderjon, Thanks Jon, those look ideal. The new Scott looks really interesting, how do they ski compared to the Brahma 82s!
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On the rocks wrote:
@spyderjon, Thanks Jon, those look ideal. The new Scott looks really interesting, how do they ski compared to the Brahma 82s!

I've not been on them but a couple of buddies who have tried them have both placed orders and reckon that the Ski Essentials reviews are accurate: https://www.skiessentials.com/2023-ski-test/skis/2023-scott-pure-piste/ &
http://youtube.com/v/wd007zkRFsM

Scott seem to have a knack of producing stiff'ish, light but stable and durable skis at very competitve prices. You problem will be finding a pair as Scott are already sold out of the 167/177 and there's no more coming this season. In 184's there's only 15 pairs left but they won't be due to be available until mid/end Jan.

The Brahma 82/88 are just superb and they're both almost sold out as well.
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I’m leaning towards the Brahma 88 maybe a bit more versatile than the 82s? They seem to have similar dimensions to the cambered Whitedot Ones I which I used to enjoy skiing on piste, but stiffer/heavier for crud and better tip rocker for soft snow? Would probably be a purchase for next year now when I hope to have more weeks on snow than the two this season
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