 Poster: A snowHead
|
As per every couple of years, I'm in the position of buying skis for my kids. Up to now I've taken the view that they'll cope with whatever (s.h. carving) planks fit their height and it seems to have worked so far.
My eldest is now 12, 155 tall and around 50kg, although she is not the fastest nor perhaps the most confident skier she skis parallel and copes with reds, blacks etc. without problem. My next two, who will inherit the skis at approx. two-year intervals are confident and, for their age, competent and fast - my nine y.o. happily follows me down blacks, off piste and likes (trying) to take me through single tracks in the woods & over jumps "where the instructor took us".
Although they only get the standard 1 week per year plus a weekend or two, they've all been skiing since they were four and are very fit as they do lots of other sports.
Mainly due to the ability of the younger two, I'm looking for skis which will provide them a bit more oomph as they improve.
Enough of the background; my question, naturally, is which skis? I've looked at the following in 150 length:
Völkl Racetiger Junior SL + M7.0 EPS
Fischer RC4 Race Junior + FJ7
Elan Formula Junior + EL7.5
Elan RC RACE Junior QT + EL7.5
The first three are all similar price (about 150 Eur), the last are around 180.
I would very much appreciate any feedback on the above or other suggestions particularly from some of the instructors who lurk on here.
As I've got a boy girlie specific skis are out.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
|
|
So. Have I really defeated the combined might of Snowheads knowledge or was my question just too boring?
|
|
|
|
|
|
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?
|
sukuinage, My daughter has had a couple of different Volkl Race Tiger skis for the past 3 years and really likes them and has skied everything from easy piste to off piste.
I always have a soft spot for elan skis though, for no other reason than I learnt to ski in what was then Yugoslavia, now Slovenia, visited the factory 20 years ago and they were my first skis.
I think perhaps you are not getting much response because elan skis, for some reason, are not very heavily marketed in the UK, or France that I know of, although I believe they are big in the USA.
I am sure I will get criticism for this, uncaring parent and all that, but I reckon kids are flexible enough to pretty well use anything anywhere and unless they are seriously in to racing, it does no make a lot of difference.. My 12 year old son has skied off piste in powder and all sorts with racing skis just because he "feels like it" and I can't be bothered to argue with him. (He does not race). He does no seem to fall over as often as I do though. 
|
|
|
|
|
|
You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
|
|
sukuinage, with regards the Fischer Race Juniors just be aware that the radius on them is quite a lot larger (14m @ 120cm) than on the slightly more expensive Competition Juniors (11m @ 140cm). THis means the race juniors will tend to be less easy to turn than the Competitions - it's perhaps worth checking radiuses of the other skis for comparison.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
|
|
|
|
You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
|
sukuinage, "I'll probably regret it when my lad gets on them and challenges me to races"
Of course you will, but will you be happy ? Of course you will be !
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FAQ
). I thought maybe I'd give them a treat this time as they should do a good 7 seasons. I'll probably regret it when my lad gets on them and challenges me to races 
