Poster: A snowHead
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Looking for some advice folks.
I'm 5' 10" (178 ish) and 13 stone ( 82.5 Kg)
I have about 10 weeks skiing experience and I'd say I'm level 5 to 6 (though more 5!) ability.
I spend 80%of the time on piste chasing my kids and the rest in the soft stuff of the side I've done a little "proper" off-piste and loved it.
So, I'm after a new pair of skis and getting more and more confused. I spent close to a week last year on some Dynastar Sultan 80s and really liked them. For my ability and experience (I'm an "improver") should I go for the 80's or the 85's - and I would like to do more off piste?
Then someone through the Atomic Nomad Blackeye's in to the mix. These get rave reviews though I've not tried them. Any comparisons or thoughts on how they line up?
Lastly, length. The 80's were 165s, though I felt like I needed a little more float in the soft stuff. So the alternative on the legend is a 172, or a 167 / 174 on the blackeye. Where should I be heading?
I'd rather pick up a pair in the UK but we're off to Are in Sweden in a couple of weeks. Any bargains people have spotted on either side of the North Sea?
Cheers!
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Hmm, the difference between 80 and 85 is pretty minimal, the main difference between the two would be flex and shape so focus on them. Hey if you liked the 80's then get 'em! Go for a longer ski if you want to focus on getting better, 172 is still not too much (its only 7cm more after all )
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Crell, I own the Blackeye TI's and I hired the Mythic Riders a couple of years ago (I think they are more or less the same as the Sultan). Whilst I would like to do more off piste, the reality is that at best I end up skiing 6 inches of fresh. Taking this into account I would recomend the Blackeye; not quite as good in a bit of fresh (but still great fun), but LOADS better on piste, moguls etc.
On piste and in crud the Blackeye's rock.
Steve
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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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just went from head c260i to rossi bandit 83's and to be honest was less than confident in them. however a couple of days at glenshee is helping.
like anything it takes time to get to grips even if the change on paper is small.
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85's definitely, mainy for the extra stiffness (still easy to ski though). I did notice a lot of difference in float between them and the old Legend 8000's, I'd guess there's less of a difference with the Sultan 80's.
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Crell wrote: |
Looking for some advice folks.
I'm 5' 10" (178 ish) and 13 stone ( 82.5 Kg)
I have about 10 weeks skiing experience and I'd say I'm level 5 to 6 (though more 5!) ability.
I spend 80%of the time on piste chasing my kids and the rest in the soft stuff of the side I've done a little "proper" off-piste and loved it.
So, I'm after a new pair of skis and getting more and more confused. I spent close to a week last year on some Dynastar Sultan 80s and really liked them. For my ability and experience (I'm an "improver") should I go for the 80's or the 85's - and I would like to do more off piste?
Then someone through the Atomic Nomad Blackeye's in to the mix. These get rave reviews though I've not tried them. Any comparisons or thoughts on how they line up?
Lastly, length. The 80's were 165s, though I felt like I needed a little more float in the soft stuff. So the alternative on the legend is a 172, or a 167 / 174 on the blackeye. Where should I be heading? |
I'm of similar experience to you and when I bought my skis, similar level. Similar preferences, too.
I was dead set on a pair of Sultans (having loved a rental pair of Legend 4800s) but three different ski techs pointed me to the Nomad Blackeye Ti's; two of the shops in question had the Sultans in stock.
I bought them and love them, see my review here: http://www.snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=74137.
Length wise - I'm a little taller than you but a little lighter, and mine are 174s.
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Thanks for all the replies.
I did some (more) thinking about this and decided to rent...only then to nab a pair of blackeye Tis and XTO 12s for £375. I went for the 167s in the end, and looking forward to trying them out next week
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