 Poster: A snowHead
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My son has grown out of his skis and boots this year, so we're on the hunt for something new.
Up to now, he has been on race orientated equipment, but it is abundantly clear that he is not a racer. He is perfectly competent on any slopes, and loved playing on kickers and boarder cross runs last winter, so I thought we could head more freestyle.
I can pick up K2 Juvys for somewhere around £110-£175 (depending on how far I am prepared to travel), so I want to get some more knowledge about sizing - particularly as each of the three shops I have visited/phoned so far have admitted being unsure about the sizing.
He's 141cm, 35kg, and just coming off 132cm Salomon T3Vs.
So anyone got thoughts? Should I be thinking longer than his old skis, or similar length because one goes short for freestyle?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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AFAIK the Juvys go up to 141cm - the twin tips will ski shorter than they measure - I think if he is competent skier he won't baulk too much at the largest Juvys and you will get a couple of years out of them. Mine are both on shorter sets of them and they suit them fine for general mountain and getting started in the park.
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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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The sizes are 109, 119, 129, 139 and 149. I am ignoring the smaller sizes, and suspect that 149 might be difficult to do much on, although they will ski more like a 145 or so. It's probably a choice between 129 and 139, but which?
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Yellow Pyranha, IMHO, if he has been skiing on 132cm normal skis, the 129cm Juvys twin tips may be to short.
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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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Yellow Pyranha,Neither is perfect as most kids would find it more comfortable at nose height IMO.But if he is a confident skier then 139, i would say as they do ski a little shorter and he will probably grow a couple of cms between now and your holiday. 
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