 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi,
I'd like to delve into the wisdom and knowledge of fellow snowheads for recommendations for a 'freerando' ski. The ideal ski when searching for hidden stashes of powder which may involve a few hours uphill work before the fun begins. A ski that is not too heavy so skinning up becomes a slog but not as light weight as a dedicated touring ski with the obvious compromises to downhill performance. My vital stats are 178cm tall, 76KG, reasonably accomplished off-piste skier, more old skool than new but not such an old dog that I can't learn a new trick or two.
Thanks,
Hank.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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My two-pen'rth...
My size & weight sound similar (I'm maybe a bit more lardy  ) - pretty good off-piste + do a fair amount of touring on both AT and free-heel kit
I've gone for some Hagan Freerides this year - they are essentially similar to Rossi-Bandit B78 / K2 World Piste, but considerably lighter.
The previous link is for this year's model at the Hagan site called the Freeride Unicorn, which are last year's Hagan Freeride Heat (the one's I've got) with a different graphic - Braemar Mountain Sports have the Heats in their pre-season sale for £190 (about half the price of the current Bandit B78), and recommend them highly - from the Braemar catalogue...
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Featuring new graphics, the Unicorn is a rename for the superb Freeride Heat from last season, one of our most popular skis... |
Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Sun 18-11-07 21:27; edited 11 times in total
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Movement red apple 74 with fritchi freeride is my set up, if I lost them, I would buy the same again.
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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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Zag Big 84 (134-84-114) at 178cm with Fritschi Freeride Plus bindings.
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Not to get too fat if you want to get uphill, I'd say the Head M82 and Movement Spark and Thunders should be worthy of consideration.
Light but very good all round performance.
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Thanks for the suggestions so far. My initial thoughts were for something with around 90mm underfoot so BernardC's and JT's recommendations fall into that category. What other skis in this class would fellow snowheads recommend I consider. My criteria is one of the lighter skis in this class. Something suitable for short tours and also for someone like myself who is not an overly aggressive skier.
Cheers all.
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JT, could you make a quick comparison between the Spark and th IM82? I've skied and lked the Spark A lot, been wondering about the Head/
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