 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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Hi - and I'm a complete noob here so hi all...
Anyways - I spent the past few years trying out various hire models of twin tips until last season I plumped for a set of K2 Public Enemies which are great for my lack of style. My technique is lousy and pretty old school, but it's been honed with a couple of decades of consistent all mountain lousiness - powder, trees, moguls, piste ripping, falling over on rails and trying to land switch off pathetically small booters. I am 15st + kit though, so the heavyness and midsole stiffness suits me fine. The perfect European all round ski for me - just waiting to see how they fare in Banff this winter.
The K2 Silencer is the same shape as the PE, but softer and a bit more forgiving, so might suit you if you're still honing your bad habits. Rossi twin tips seem to be either BIG or way too soft for all round skiing, though the Scratch has a great rep if your a serious jibber (rubber boned snowpark monkey, in case you don't know). Similarly the Dynastar twins all seem to be specialist bits of kit for jibbing or backcountry freestyle, though I have only tried the old skinny Troublemaker, which was strictly groomers & park only. Line skis (I don't think they're avalibe in the UK anymore) are really nice - I've skied a few and was really impressed, but can't say much about the models - worth a look they're out there. Armarda and 4front I've not tried, sadly.
My reccomendation, though, would be to try a Salomon 1080 Foil as a starting point. Yep - noodly. No, it's not as stiff & stable as the others at speed, and yes, the graphic this year is awful, but you can do so much on them and try so much without getting into trouble that it's worth it. You can play around with loads of turn shapes, mess about fakie without suddenly finding yourself unexpectedly going at mach 5 and they are really forgiving when it all gets a bit iffy. A very good ski to progress & learn lots of techniques on without limiting your terrain (including CONTROL and control of an unstable ski at high speed!), but they start soft & flexy & can get REALLY soft and flexy after a fair bit of heavy use.
My 2p. Usual internet forum disclaimers apply 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Ta - 'ello. See you all about the place 
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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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[quote="Cunners"]
My reccomendation, though, would be to try a Salomon 1080 Foil as a starting point. Yep - noodly. No, it's not as stiff & stable as the others at speed, and yes, the graphic this year is awful/quote]
Out of interest, have you skiied the newer Foils/Salomons in general and compared them to the older models or is this just passed on wisdom?
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I've skied the blue and white foils from a couple of years back and the regular 1080s from before then - they may have done something stupid to them since then but I haven't skied this seasons or last years, so can't say for sure. They may have even de-noodled them a bit as they now have a much better park specific raange.
Incidentally if you do try hire skis, see if you can try the ones you like with the binding in forward & backward mounting positions (easier with hire bindings) before you hand over your newly bought skis to the tech.
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I just bought got K2 silencers and I'm worried they might not be great as the price is low, anyone tried them out??
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FAQ
ski season, and am going to head over to MK to try some out - but before i go in blind, i thought i would ask here to see if anyone has any reccomendations. I am 6'1, 13st, 21yrs old - and have only done 4 weeks skiing (although all of it in the last 18months). It's hard to pick a favorite type of skiing - but basically i ski pretty fast (probably too fast for my ability 
) and learnt to carve on my last ski trip, which was gooood fun.
