 Poster: A snowHead
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I don't know anything about skiing, and my 4-year-old is really getting into it. We will need to buy Skis and Boots for her next season, what do we need to look for and how do we choose?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Our kids liked the Roces adjustable boots at that age. You can adjust them by 2-3 sizes, and they have a very soft kids-friendly flex. I think my son used them all the way up to ESF 3*. Then the ubiquitous Lange RSJ range.
Skis at that age we just bought secondhand or whatever was on sale on Ekosport for <£100. Up until 115cm they are all very similar, just with different colour schemes. At 115 there start (or at least, this was true 10 yrs ago) to be proper wood cored kids "race" skis available.
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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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Yeah, my two used the same adjustable ski boots for years. I got the second hand, then moved the boots along to someone else. Stickers are really useful on each boot for training, Squash the Spider, Squish the Snail - had a spider sticker on the left boot, snail on the right...
Kid size skis, just rent stuff.
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Another vote for Roces adjustable boots.
Decathlon adjustable poles. Decathlon kids skis or Glisshop.
I usually buy their gear in summer, when you can get a discount on last year's model.
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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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Had the decathlon Pumzi adjustable boots, did 3 seasons, also very happy.
I’ve got some amazing boots on eBay this season for the kids — barely worn Fischer for £40 and girls’ Lange brand new for £11. If you bide your time and happy to take a chance it works.
We always rent skis as kids’ are reasonably priced.
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@MAthert, I will have a pair of full tilt growth spurt adjustable boots available after this years EoSB. Message me if any interest
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I take my kids to a boot fitter in resort and he fits them - we seem to get a lot of atomic boots, never offered adjustable, neither has ever complained about their boots. The boots go to the next kid down and then to friends.
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Is there a reason to buy rather than rent?
We did buy when our lad was 4 because we had to holidays booked plus a few days planned from the house in Italy over Christmas so it made sense.
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@homers double, if you have two kids and can get multiples seasons wear out of one pair it makes sense.
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As they grow so fast, is it not better to rent when they are this small?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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The adjustable boots did my kids 2 yrs each. x 2 kids. x # trips each year. Add in some resale value, and for anyone doing 2+trips/yr, the question about rent vs buy gets inverted pretty quickly.
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