 Poster: A snowHead
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Recently I purchased a used pair of 80cm Rossignols and bindings for the newest addition to our family. These skis feature a strip of one-way velvet-like material on the bases, much like what's on cross country skis, that supposedly keep the little one from sliding backwards, and at the same time controlling the downhill speeds. Has anyone had kids with experience on this sort of beginner ski?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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JohnnyC, what for? I started my three year old on a pair of very short carvers this winter. Took to it like a duck to water. For the first few times I just carried him up a local slope and let him slide down a few meters. Then we went to a local drag lift which the farmer puts up in one of his fields and took him up it with him between my knees. I thought it was agony, but my son thought it was great. I also took him down the first part of the hill between my legs and then let him slide the rest of the way, which he though was just great. To cut a long story short, there's no need to put brakes on the bottom of the kid's skis.
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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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Mike Lawrie, just to clarify that the strips on the bottom of the skis were put there by Rossignol, not the previous owner.
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JohnnyC, I've seen these skis but have no personal knowledge of how well they work. Last winter I bought 2 pairs of 60cm skis and 2 pairs of 70cms (second hand) for my dinky students as it seems to be verydifficult to rent skis shorter than 80cms. What I can say is that with very small beginners skis around chest height are best. They have much less trouble with plough (essential for kids) and find the whole experience much more fun and much less work. Even skis at shoulder height for a 3-6 year old beginner are much too long IMO.
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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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That is interesting, easiski. I've never even seen 60-70cm skis! I see what you're saying about skis being too long can present a problem. I think that more fun and less work is the key to a successful start. Anyway, I've got these skis now with the strips, and if anyone else out there has some personal experience with them, I'd love to hear. I would think that Rossignol would have tested this concept considerably before putting such a model into production, so I'm optimistic until I hear otherwise.
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easiski, I want to buy some very short skis for my grand-daughter and your comments on length are very helpful. Did you buy the skis in France? I've never seen any as short as that here, but they sound just right. And whilst we're on the subject, do you give your dinky learners poles? They always look lethal to me, especially in a ski class with them all piling into each other.
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pam w, I know you're addressing your question to easiski but thought you might like to know I purchased my skis recently on eBay. And when you're done with them you can always put them back up on eBay and sell them to someone else.
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They trip over them, stab each other with them, and it stops them carrying their own skis. Much too much hassle! Small people learn to skate pretty easily, and are easy to pull/push on the flats, so I can see no good reason to give them poles. 
