 Poster: A snowHead
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When going to the Hemel snowhead do's I've always been given the yellow skis, apart from last time when what I presume was a supervisor was training someone and gave me a pair of blue skis. They were the ones where they have to adjust the bindings for the colour on the back of the boot rather than being matched with the colour on the front of the boot.
I haven't noticed any size markings on the skis and wondered if they are sized by colour and if so what length the yellow and blue skis are?
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Sun 16-08-09 20:10; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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The blue are XXL and the yellow are XL - I'd guess at 175 and 168 respectively so hardly massive.
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The red ones I teach on are 160cm I think, and I think the longest they have is 175cm, so I guess the yellow ones are somewhere in between.
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rob@rar, Last couple of times at Hemel the OH (similar level to me) has been given some dark coloured (apparently more high performance) skis - how does that work?
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Iski, not sure. Were they from the pool of demo skis that Head have at The Snow Centre, rather than the regular rental skis? I don't think that the demo skis are normally given out, so not quite sure what your OH was given.
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rob@rar, I've just asked him and they weren't from the demo skis. Apparently he told them he usually has 160 and they didn't have those or 165 in the normal hire skis so gave him the ones you usually have to pay more for and was told they were better skis than the hire ones?
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I always ask for 160s which they never have - the choice being 150s or 165s. Can't remember which colour they are though...
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cathy, These were dark (black?) and looked narrower than the ones I had. They usually give me the 150s.
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I presume at 6'4" and 14st 4lb I should be asking for the blue ones then rather than the yellows they seem to usually give me, or is helpful at my stage of learning and on such a short slope to keep to the easier to turn shorter ski?
Do the blue ones only come in the adjustable bindings?
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Iski, yes, I think I normally have the 150s which really are probably a bit short but I don't think it makes a whole lot of difference there. Perhaps I'll go for the 165s next time, my own skis are 162 after all, so not that much difference
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I was at Hemel the other night. The red ones are the 150s, and the yellow ones are 165s.
I got told something about them only having 150s or 165s, and if you wanted something in between (which I did - I was tripping over the 165s and the 150s aren't quite long enough for me) I was told that they had them, but in the 'premium' skis which you have to pay more for? I've never been offered any kind of 'premium' upgrade there, so didn't know it existed - anyone know anything about it?
Just curious really - not likely to pay them even more money... 
Amy.
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Monium, welcome to  s.
Last time we went to Hemel it was for a private lesson for myself and my OH. I was given the red ones - 150s - which is what I usually have at Hemel and my OH was given premium skis in 160 because they had run out of 165s (which are the normal hire skis and the ones he usually has). He wasn't asked to pay any extra for them.
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Monium, welcome to snowHeads.
There is a small pool of Head's skis for next season which are available for test, for a small additional charge (£5 I think). It would have been one of these skis that you were offered.
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You know it makes sense.
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Thanks for the welcome 
rob@rar - thank you, that makes sense! Are they worth the extra fiver though, that's the question...?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Monium, OH said he really liked them. Didn't stop him falling over though 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Monium, if you're looking to buy a new pair of skis and would like to test some out it can be useful, but only you will be able to judge whether you think that's worth paying extra for (I think that you can also get some demo skis, free of charge, at the Snow&Rock store at Hemel). I've skied on the normal rental stock quite a lot and they are OK for what I want, with the exception of race training where I find them too floppy.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Monium,
afaik the demo range of S&R at Hemel isn't truly free. They ask for a £15 'deposit', which is then returned to you - but in the form of a voucher which you need to use at S&R, rather than having your money returned to you.
I suppose it depends on whether you're about to buy something in the shop or not.
Ellis Brigham allowed skiers with me (I wasn't skiing) to demo their skis for free at MK - pity that S&R Hemel dont offer the same courtesy.
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fr0sty, I didn't realise that was the case.
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rob@rar,
It may be that the lads 'work out' something a bit more friendly for those they know and recognise as regular customers.
However, the notice about the deposit and the voucher is stuck to the demo rack for general customer info I believe - (or at least it was very recently).
Cheers!
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fr0sty, doesn't seem customer friendly at all, and wouldn't encourage me to demo and then buy there.
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rob@rar,
Agreed.
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fr0sty, Why not wait for the next ski test night?
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So which do you recon Rob blue or yellow?
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I presume at 6'4" and 14st 4lb I should be asking for the blue ones then rather than the yellows they seem to usually give me, or is helpful at my stage of learning and on such a short slope to keep to the easier to turn shorter ski?
Do the blue ones only come in the adjustable bindings? |
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| Elmer wrote: |
So which do you recon Rob blue or yellow?
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I presume at 6'4" and 14st 4lb I should be asking for the blue ones then rather than the yellows they seem to usually give me, or is helpful at my stage of learning and on such a short slope to keep to the easier to turn shorter ski?
Do the blue ones only come in the adjustable bindings? |
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My inclination is to go shorter rather than longer on that slope, but maybe try both sizes in one session (although preferably not at the same time) to see which you prefer?
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You know it makes sense.
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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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rob@rar, 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Thanks I did wonder if the shorter might be easier, not as if I'm going to be going that fast.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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There are some more sizes of rental skis coming in from Head, hopefully in September. A few shortfalls in rental sizes have been found and this is being corrected.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Elmer, i'm about your height and use 165's indoors...
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When I was at Sir Bob's training thingy, they gave me some tiny little things that were barely longer than my boots.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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rob@rar, ski test night sounds like it'd be fun... and both me and my partner are looking at treating ourselves (just don't tell the bank manager...  ) Do you have any more info on it?
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