 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| noodlehat wrote: |
Ive no idea if these skis are suitable/ a good buy. I assume theyre all ex rentals so unsure how much ware and tear they have left in them!? Anyone have any thoughts on this?
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I think that’s exactly the problem - no way of knowing whether they have any life left in them at all. On the other hand, you should be able to get a good price on ex-rental gear locally when you go skiing in March, and at least you can see the skis and try them out.
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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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Just buy new on Ekosport or Glisshop, they won't be much more expensive.
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Agree with doddsie given the amount of use you are going to get out of them plus you can sell them on when they have outgrown them.
K2 Juvy's were my go to when the kids were younger.
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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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great many thanks, with these front rocker skis, was thinking something around chin / nose gheight for our boys. ie eldest us 132cm tall, looking at a 120 ski...?
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@noodlehat, yeah something like that. Mine would be using them over several spaced out trips so I would tend to a longer ski but in your situ that wouldn't be the case.
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| noodlehat wrote: |
@telford_mike, we've got a price for 3.5 weeks hire from a local ski shop for 160eur which sounds pretty decent, If we were interested in buying the rented skis I assume this is something we discuss upfront and would probably not be much more/ if at all!? |
That’s certainly the way it would work here. We're getting towards the end of the season now, so those skis don't 'owe' the shop very much money any more.
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We used to buy skis for the grandkids from EcoSport or Glisshop (pre Brexit though), and then sell them on after they had been passed down through the kids. Used just for holidays on snow and properly cared for secondhand values were high enough that they cost less than £10 per weeks use.
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Everything was about having fun for our kids. They didn't go to ski school, we just taught them ourselves (not recommending anyone else does that, it just worked for us), so we would do some piste skiing, a bit of mellow off piste, then head to a snowpark, we'd do some tricks on the piste, do some jumps of the edges of the piste, paths through the forest - so I really liked the idea of an all rounder, fun, easy to use ski. As they got older we transitioned to all mountain type skis - some with twin tips but generally not. If they are going to be ski schooling mostly piste skiing then the Hero's look ideal.
One thing I would say is that kids don't think about or know too much about their gear. They will find hard to articulate what they feel about it. And will generally just crack on. Boots they will complain about.
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