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Will S, Afraid I can't help with the advice, but welcome to s
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Will S, Welcome to . You will have plenty of options in this ski catagory. The lord would be top of my personal list but there are also Rossi Bandits Atomic Nomads and K2 Apache range. If you have the luxury of living near a resort best advice I could give would be to try and buy get down to a resort and test everything till you find somthing you like.
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Will S, Welcome to snowheads. Movement skis rock, I have flames and Gladiators - Sparks might be a good compromise if you think the Gladiators are perhaps too big for you (I'm 5'9", 77kg, similar age)
but yes, lessons will make more of a difference than skis....
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Hi all, and thanks for the welcomes and fast replies!
I am taking my weeks holiday around mid to late March and the plan is to take lessons in the morning and ski with the better half in the afternoon so should be ok by the end of the week
Just thought that if I intend to spend more time off than on then it's probably worth while also changing the planks
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Will S, Welcome to snowHeads.
There's a special offer on Icelantic skis at the moment to snowHead members from kiwi1 in the Buy & Sell section. Get the Pilgrim model in 179cm. And with the exchange rate going your way they'll work out even cheaper. The 179cm Pilgrim is a superb all mountain ski. I've skied it quite a bit (I'm 5'9" & your weight) so I know it will do everything on your wish list. I've skied the Lord & the Spark & would say that the Pilgrim performs similar off-piste but is superior on piste & in bumps. BTW, I used to sell the Icelantics but the distributor has changed for next year & the prices have rocketed so I won't sell them next season. I'm kicking mysef now that I didn't keep a pair of the 179 Pligrims for myself
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Scott Missions. Go anywhere. Reasonable on piste - delightful off.
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Ok.
Line prophet 100 in a 186.
Armada ARV in 185.
Scott Punisher in 183.
Volkl Mantra 183.
My personal choice. K2 Obsethed is 105mm and 15/20 rockered in a 179/189 (go big imo). Will rip on and off piste. Buy some, infact someone is selling a pair on here i think for around £300. Another choice is the Armada JJ which is 105? or so underfoot. Will kill it on the mountain and theres a pair on ebay as we speak.
I cant believe people are recommending anything under 85mm for offpiste action. Anything under 90 isnt a true all mountain ski imo and considering you already have piste skis would go 100+ like the Obsethed for sure. 100mm is NOT a truely fat ski, 120+ is. 100mm skis still do fine in the piste and the 96mm Mantra will carve like a race ski if you want it to.
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OFFSake! Get a snowboard
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Will S, good list! I've had a similar list this season and rarely had much choice, but have eventually ended up with something I wanted - I may be getting fussier but rental options options haven't seemed as good for the past year or so. I may have to take the plunge and buy a pair again - of course that means finding a few different skis to demo first!!
Interesting on the Lords - I wanted to try some this season but haven't spotted any yet. I'm slightly less keen now , although 169 does seem pretty short. How tall are you and what do you normally ski on?
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Will S, too short to float well at your weight. I weigh a bit less than you and have the 1080s in 174 and am ok with them on piste - except for ice. Bear in mind that most twin tips ski shorter than their nominal length.
If you are going to stay on piste - I would recommend the Nomad Crimsons as a single ski - available cheaply from conrad sport - even though I am just swapping mine for some slalom skis. But - if you are keeping the crossmaxs I suspect you should go fatter as sps89 says.
Last edited by You know it makes sense. on Wed 11-03-09 13:25; edited 1 time in total
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Ignore that - just read your opening post. Yeah, maybe OK for your height but possibly not your weight!
(edit: yep, stoatsbrother beat me to it)
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Poster: A snowHead
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Just saw a pair of Lords delam last week. No idea if this is a common issue or not. Two people had them in our group - the skis made in Romania (but used more) delammed, the other ones were new, made in France and stayed together.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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169s are way too short for a 95kg dude unless you're doing slalom. i weigh that much and my everyday skis are 186, and my big guns are 194. i am a bit taller than you but still...
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Arno wrote: |
169s are way too short for a 95kg dude unless you're doing slalom. i weigh that much and my everyday skis are 186, and my big guns are 194. i am a bit taller than you but still... |
It's gonna be a full car on Friday, thank goodness I'm driving
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Will S wrote: |
Out of all of these he only had the Lords! AND he only had them in a 169.
...sketchy at high speeds on the piste...
....didn't float that great and dived quite a bit |
Sorry Will S, but it sounds to me that you definitely need lessons more than you need new skis for off-piste.
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FlyingStantoni, that may well be true as well but wouldn't problems at high speeds and lack of floatation also be consistent with skis too short?
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alan empty, problems at speed more an issue of ski shape (these days). Floatation probably of technique...
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Can anyone recommend anyone in the Grande Massif area or PDS for lessons??
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