 Poster: A snowHead
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Thinking about a new set of skis, going from the Rosignol Major 5.0 pin tail concept half calvers to full carvers.
Mine are 191cm but I'm having a bit of trouble sourcing skkis at that length for full carvers abnd posts in here seem to often reference shorter skis - so should I be thinking shorter too?
My downhills are 200cm!
I'm 6', 38, 14 1/2 stone.
I can ski down a steep black mogully run but it might not be elegant. I havent done much off piste but thinking about some lessons and guiding in this this year.
So then, whats the ideal length and what recomendations do people have, ski wise, for an old man not too concerned about fashion looking to move on.
Maybe you consider my ropey old pin tails good enough anyway?
Even better!
Any advice would be much appreciated 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Forgot to say - I'm not afraid to search ebay for bargains either..
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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'm still trying to work out 6'38" . . . does that include the comb over?
someone less juvenile will be along l8r 
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180 or 185 GS Race skis. and hire fat for the OP days unless you make that a habit which will bring you back to
the "one-ski-do-itall" saga on here
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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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professorpool, I have 2 metre and 191cm skis in the garage. I currently ski on 176 to 184.
I am a similar weight to you.
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professorpool, I would have thought 180 would be enough. Still around head height! I should go for a pretty all round ski - something like the Mission or the Aztec Pro or perhaps the one of the Movement range. there is no need to have long skis any more as the new shorter skis support the weight of a heavier skier due to construction materials.
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Did you get them?
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I did, £68. Already met the guy and picked them up.
Good nick too!
Got some Rossignol Bandit X's at £19.99 that are finishing in an hour or so. Can I nick those too?
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That's good advice and I'll probably do something like that though I now have 3 sets to take with me anyway, having won the Bandits at £19.99 also. That's what cars are for after all - taking too much c**p with you!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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professorpool, those Atomics should do you fine on piste (although I'm not generally much of an Atomic fan). As someone of similar specs to you (although 38 is now purely a memory fading disturbingly fast), you will almost certainly want something bigger for off-piste. My current skis are 184 long (allegedly - actually 181 tip to tail as the marmot flies), 79mm underfoot, but for the future I'm looking now at 185-190 long and 85-90 underfoot; 188cm, 88mm seem to suit me fine.
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The Bandit X's are 191's
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You know it makes sense.
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professorpool, stop buying skis now (for the moment). The 9'18s can be a decent transition ski for you, but, if they are tuned to their proper shape, will magnify boot slop and errors far, far more than any straight skis could. The next update should be to the boot part of the ski system. You can always hire off-piste skis in resort and save ski carriage fees, but the boots will (ought) to come with you.
PS Which bindings and did they have a plate on them, possibly labeled CarveXCharger?
PPS never mind, I see above.
Last edited by You know it makes sense. on Mon 11-12-06 17:18; edited 1 time in total
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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LOL!
I went to Winston Churchill in Knaphill. Still live there (though been to other places inbetween)..
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I was at St Dunstan's (we lived between Ripley and Send)
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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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heheheh ... it's nice to add a decade or two to you age raddled old men and still be able to comb a centre parting  38 is barely middle-aged.
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Salomon X Wave 8.0's btw..
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Nick L wrote: |
| I was at St Dunstan's (we lived between Ripley and Send) |
Know it.
I drink in the Princess, just around the corner and have mates that live near St Dunstan's.
If you havent been back for a while, you won't recognise Woking!
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FAQ
. You can normally strike up a deal with a shop that will let you change the skis every day and if you buy money is knocked off the rental cost. Contrary to public belief matching skiwear, boots and skis do not make you ski better - it only lets people know where you spent the money you should of spent on lessons 
