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What length of ski should i be looking at?
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I am 6 ft and 82kg, and a solid intermediate skiier. I more or less stay on piste and prefer medium+ speeds. What sort of length skis should i be looking at?
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183.75cm
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Seriously.... prob something around 177. But try demo'ing a few lengths of the same ski, there are a lot of variables and so much depends on the interaction between each person and the model of ski.
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Andehh
, you can look at all the lengths its what lenght you ski on that matters
Seriously though I'm similar size to you and ski same size as recomended by Scarpa. You may be able to bo a bit shorter if you are mainly on piste. Had a lot of fun on 170cm salomon tornados this year. You probably dont want to go too fat in the waist (of the skis not you) (although if your waist expands you may need a longer ski
) if your staying on piste . I'm gonna stop advising at this point cause I'm not really qualified to say more other than my experiences. Demo as much you can though get a feel for what you like.
I have found the video reviews on
www.skis.com
to be accurate wrt some skis I demoed.
Tip on rading reviews. Read between the lines look and see if the review shows that the reviewer is really "blown away" by the ski or are they just being PC to ensure advertising revenue
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RPF wrote:
Andehh
, you can look at all the lengths its what lenght you ski on that matters
Seriously though I'm similar size to you and ski same size as recomended by Scarpa. You may be able to bo a bit shorter if you are mainly on piste. Had a lot of fun on 170cm salomon tornados this year. You probably dont want to go too fat in the waist (of the skis not you) (although if your waist expands you may need a longer ski
) if your staying on piste . I'm gonna stop advising at this point cause I'm not really qualified to say more other than my experiences. Demo as much you can though get a feel for what you like.
I have found the video reviews on
www.skis.com
to be accurate wrt some skis I demoed.
Tip on rading reviews. Read between the lines look and see if the review shows that the reviewer is really "blown away" by the ski or are they just being PC to ensure advertising revenue
Dont trust skis.com
Just sayin'
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) if your staying on piste . I'm gonna stop advising at this point cause I'm not really qualified to say more other than my experiences. Demo as much you can though get a feel for what you like.
