 Poster: A snowHead
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Having tested these, I now want to buy some in 152cm. Nothing doing at Ellis Brigham, Filarinski or Conrad Sport, not even at full price, though I was hoping for an end-of-season bargain. Have generally drawn a blank online. Anyone got any ideas? Thanks.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hurtle, best I can do at this time...http://www.natives.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=292353&sid=8fff69f9c9dc52982f1635bb13fc6eed
or PM the zoo
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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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JT, saw that on Natives, but thanks. Wrong length - 152 is as long as I want to go. Zoo too up itself to answer PMs, as I've discovered. (Anyway, these skis aren't nearly wide enough.  )
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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JT, yeah, I saw, but it all looks very pricy. I may have to have a complete re-think. Wonder if they'll have ski tests at Hemel? I'm curious to see the place at least once, and then I could kill two birds with one stone. Oh heck, it's probably just a conspiracy to get me to hang on to my perfectly adequate Heads. Will it be more difficult to access Dynastars anyway, now that Sallanches is closing down?
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Have you tried finding the UK Dynastar importer?
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kitenski, good thinking, thanks.  Have now found their website/an address in Newport. Will try it.
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Hurtle, how much do you want to pay? I could keep a look out around here.
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pam w, Filarinskis are selling some at the wrong length for £258.99: that would be nice, but I guess I'd look at any deal, the normal retail price seems to be around £370. Really kind of you, thanks.
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What's the difference between the Exclusive Legend Fluid and the more expensive one with LTD added, which is more money (but available in the right length)
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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To answer my own question, I suppose they are more piste oriented (certainly narrower under the foot). And presumably stiffer?
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You know it makes sense.
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pam w, yes, I think so, more on here if you're interested. What I'm looking at is truly designed to be all-mountain, and is aimed at more or less my level of expertise.
I think I'd need at least to look at a picture of what I'm buying - the names are so similar, it's really confusing!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| kitenski wrote: |
| Have you tried finding the UK Dynastar importer? |
Good news, bad news...found them and they responded quickly: only one other outlet in the UK apart from Ellis Brigham and Filarinski, in the shape of Severn Sports in Leeds. Nada.  Back to the drawing board...
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Poster: A snowHead
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Well all the shops round here sell Dynastar, or so it seems - so I'll keep my eyes open. And take my tape measure.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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pam w, aw, Pam, thanks so much. Had I suspected it would be such a problem here, I'd have bitten on the exchange rate bullet and bought some while I was in France.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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any chance of a factory sale in Sallanches?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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kitenski, pam w, good thoughts, thank you. Might indeed try Dynastar direct.
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Hurtle, Au Vieux Campeur in Albertville only has the 158, and they are 499 euros less 20% - so not exactly a super bargain. They don't look very big though - do you really need the littler ones? I asked one of the assistants about the sizes and got a very Gallic look when I said I was looking for a friend but I didn't know what size she was.
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pam w, have PMd you.
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Star that she is, pam w has scoured half the ski shops in the Savoie on my behalf, but to no avail. Ideas for the nearest equivalent would be much appreciated. Meanwhile, I shall try getting in touch with Dynastar direct.
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I found few shops had any at all, and none had that size.
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pam w, perhaps a preponderance of French, female midgets is to blame!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Hurtle, I was wondering how you got on with these skis - great aren't they? Did you try any others?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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erica2004, no I didn't, in retrospect I should have done so. Was feeling mean about shelling out hire charges.
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Hurtle, you might well like the Rossignol Attraxion 6.
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You know it makes sense.
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| pam w wrote: |
| Hurtle, you might well like the Rossignol Attraxion 6. |
Or the Voodoo SC74. Attraxion 6/Fischer Vision Vapor/Roxy Joyrider/K2 One Luv are all a bit tip-engagement biased, I think she'd want to test them first.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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comprex, I am indeed a bit nervous of buying without testing. (That's the influence of snowHeads for you! ) Do you have any views on the Movement Spicy? JT has kindly turned up a very good deal on a pair of those in 153cm (81mm under foot.)
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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JT, yeah, just saw that. Have also e-mailed you - looks like RPF may have found me some Dynastars!!! snowHeads are amazing, I simply can't get over how helpful so many folk are. Trouble is, I don't know enough about anything to be remotely as helpful myself! 
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sherlock235, 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I simply can't get over how helpful so many folk are.
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Hurtle, not all of them, apparently. 
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| Hurtle wrote: |
| comprex, I am indeed a bit nervous of buying without testing. (That's the influence of snowHeads for you! ) Do you have any views on the Movement Spicy? JT has kindly turned up a very good deal on a pair of those in 153cm (81mm under foot.) |
My wife thinks Movement Spicys are brilliant on and off piste. Certainly seem to have improved her skiing on both. Quality is certainly top notch and they're very light.
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uktrailmonster, thanks for the recommendation. I'm still trying to source the Dynastars, but this does look like an excellent second choice (though more expensive.)
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Hurtle, sorry, no experience with euro market brands like movement/scott/yaka.
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STOP PRESS, folks! I contacted Dynastar direct (in Sallanches) and they simply passed my query back to their UK importer. I had already been in touch with this very nice person, a Mr Scott Dobson, but had drawn a blank with all the retailers whom he had recommended. This time, Scott was able to confirm that Dynastar did have some Exclusive Legends in stock, and that if any of the retailers 'wanted' to help me, they could simply put in an order. As I said to him, they pretty obviously don't want to help me - understandably enough, they want to wait until next season, charge me full whack on the new model etc etc. So, he then went and put his thinking cap on, in order to find me another retailer who would indeed be prepared to order some skis for me. He found one. Next thing I know is that I have just received a phonecall from our very own CEM, who will have said skis for me in a week or two. Utterly amazing. The power of snowHeads is something else again! I'm overcome with gratitude, and probably need to go and have a lie-down after all this emoting. Trouble is, I can see this leading to some further unforeseen expenditure - CEM is unlikely to be a happy bunny when he sees my boots... 
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