 Poster: A snowHead
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Folks, my trust Volkl NRG 380's sadly passed away in February in Mayrhofen.....and on long weekend in Kitzbuhel I decided against replacing them till this season, so I rented a set instead, the guy in the shop gave me a pair of Rossignol World Radical R9S Oversize....which I've since discovered are race skis, but enjoyed skiing on them immensly...the question is this, I've never really saw myself as a speed demon so I would never have considered buying race skis....I do like a bit of pace and I love a good carve, should I buy the 2011 version of those or would I better with a different model/make....any help would be great.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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dazman, Top skis - I had a weekend on the R9X OS ones once and thought they were brilliant BMF_skier tried the R9S OS ones at the same time. He was that stoked with them that he went out and bought the ones I'd tried in a longer size. I'm no expert on skis or skiing but BMF_skier is a much better skier than me. I'm sure if he liked them that you will too. Even now I love a chance to have a go on his set when we swap. The S ones are very similar to the X ones I think. In fact if you want the slightly more advanced ones I doubt you would go wrong with the X's as an alternative suggestion. I'll flag the thread at him and he might come back with his own comments for you.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I don't think the Oversize versions of the 9S or the 9X are race skis as such. I think the geometry might be a bit different and the construction will be different giving a softer ski. But if you like to carve turns and ski quickly they should be a good ski to go for (I think they might have been renamed for this season).
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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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dazman, What I ended up with was a set of Elan Magfire 78 Ti, initially I found them harder to ski than the Rossi's, but now enjoy skiing them both. Having skied both I just thought I'd flag there is someone with a set of brand new Elan Magfire 78Ti's for sale on SH's here http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=67830 I don't think the Elans are quite the carving tools that the Rossis are though, so if you enjoy carving the Rossi's, out the two, might be better. I think I finally learned about carving when I tried the Rossis I really enjoyed them. However, please note my signature line - I am not a hugely experienced skier I just happen to have skied both these as a novice/intermediate and know that they both need a good skier and thought you might be interested. I'm sure other more experienced skiers who have skied lots more different skis will be along with their favourites soon.
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rob@rar, Rossignol themselves classify them as Race skis....odd that?...any idea of this seasons name/equivalent?
Megamum, BMF_Skier, Here's something thats really gonna cloud the issue!....over the past year and a bit I've lost a fair bit of weight (8 stone)....and when I hired the Rossignols I was around 17 & 1/2 stone and they felt ace, I'm now 13 st 5 lbs and would hope to be bang on 13 come the holiday in Jan...the question is, have I dieted/trained myself out of these skis? or do I still "qualify"
Thanks for your help guys....
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17.5 - 8 = 9.5!
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Maersk, Originally 21.5 therefore 21.5 - 8 = 13.5
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I hope they do rename/rebadge all those wretched Rossignol orange, white and black skis. Some with a bit of green. It was very, very, confusing trying to tell which was which, but clearly they were different animals. I got completely baffled and we just took the advice from the shop assistant when we bought a pair for the OH in the Vieux Campeur sale. His are orange and white and black oversize something, but most definitely NOT out and out race skis.
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