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Please help - do some skis have a specific Left and Right?
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Thanks for all the info - there's a lot to learn when as a beginner your view is a ski is a ski is a ski...........

Well, the bottom line is this - precisely what these skis are, I guess matters less than the fact that I seem to get on with them very well - used them once at Cas and today at Tamworth - both occasions I felt in control and did pretty well and am now looking forward to using them in Tignes Madeye-Smiley

What will be interesting is to see how the normal rental ones feel in comparison - just got an inkling I might not want to give these back to their owner!!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

NewSkier, when you get a chance, have a look at the sidecut numbers for tip/waist/tail: they'd be printed on the ski.
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NewSkier,
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when as a beginner your view is a ski is a ski is a ski


That's right, that's exactly as you see it, and I don't know about you, but I wonder how good you have to get before you realise that the different shapes DO make a difference to turning, speed etc. The only thing I've definitely noted is that skiing on todays short skis - mine were 154cm to my 174cm height, seems substantially easier to skiing on the ones I hired 10+ yrs ago. Beyond that I don't think I ski well enough to notice a difference. It will be interesting to see what I get given ('cos I sure as anything won't know what to ask for - unless any one experienced there has a suggestion) and whether I think they feel different to the Volkl G3 Slalom ones I got on holiday
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Megamum, In general shorter skis will be faster to turn and thus more manoverable whilst longer skis are faster and usually more stable at speed
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