 Poster: A snowHead
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hi,
I'm in tignes val claret 1st week feb.
err, sorry for the stupid questions but have seen 75 euro mark online booking for ski hire ( for decent skis ) - A reasonable price ? or should i wait till i get there ?
othere issue is which skis to try ? something forgiving for a tired/unfit intermediate skier to cope with would be best I guess. 
what about rossignol zenith Z5 ? a fat-ish ski so might be useful keeping up with my snowboarding chums
OR salamon crossmax 8 - softish, short and slalomy - an easy ski that would cope with my wayward technique ?
will be throwing my self down blues/reds and the occasional black run, want to be improving my sloppy carving.
ALSO roughly what length for a ~85ish KG boy in these skis ? I know the hire people will know this.
sorry for the ramble !
Gareth.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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try the atomic nomad crimson, I skied them last week in Meribel and they were superb in all conditions from icy end of day piste to new powder in the woods - I'm buying a pair!
sorry, don't know enough about lengths to advise, the ones I tested came to the top of my head
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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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fatgaz, the main thing (IMO) is to make sure that your hire agreement allows you to change your skis if you want to - lots of them do this, & then it's up to you if you want to change according to the conditions, do a personal day-to-day ski test or just fall in love with a pair & ski them all week...
BTW, the current objects of my affections are Rossignol B78 Bandits. There was no way they were going back prematurely! You could bear them in mind... nice skis 
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fatgaz, If you are hiring for 2 people, Ski republic do a '2 pairs of skis for the price of 1' and they also let you chop and change through the week. They are owned by snowtec so their skis get serviced regularly, to a high standard, and most of the skis are pretty good.
They should stock a good few pairs of skis, wouldn't reccomend going for the bronze level as they are for total beginners, maybe give some twintips a try if you are with snowboarders!
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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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fatgaz, Fischer RC4 carvers are often available as hire skis - they're not bad... The Crossmax is OK too I think, mate of mine hired them last week and liked them. Other Salomon skis are the X-Wing Blast which is good fun, quick turning. I'd say 170's for your weight and ability - that's a very amatuer opinion though. As Jo225 says make sure you can change them during the holiday, and take advantage of that, as by trying at least o couple of different pairs you'll start to get to know what suits you.
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cheers for the ideas,
I'll have a look to see if i can swap ski's about, it might be fun to try some twintips if the boarder types decide to hit the snow park for a day - con't be any worse than snow blades.
Something slalomy but not too technical/stiff is probably what i want. ie forgiving of a wayward technique...
Would these mid-fat ski's (all mountain ?) rossi zenith or sal xwave etc. be a bit pointless on french groomed piste ?
It may be easiest to trust the people in the hire place to pick me a suitable pair...
Gareth.
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| fatgaz wrote: |
Would these mid-fat ski's (all mountain ?) rossi zenith or sal xwave etc. be a bit pointless on french groomed piste ?
It may be easiest to trust the people in the hire place to pick me a suitable pair...
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no and yes respectivly Gaz I'd say... X-Wings (not waves) carve brilliantly. Some hire shop staff are a whole better than others... maybe try to pick up a recommendation for a good shop from 's on here...
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| red 27 wrote: |
| Some hire shop staff are a whole better than others... maybe try to pick up a recommendation for a good shop from 's on here... |
Well, i'll be in Tignes Val Claret, so any advice as to which shops are to be avoided .....
I was thinking of 'booking' hire online with 'sport glisse' via snowrental.net - so if anyone has any comments / opinions. there is no clear info regarding swapping skis if i don't like them.
it's just me hiring so i can't use any 1 for 2 offers at ski republic.
Gareth.
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