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Buying skis for the first time
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

Ok, so I've been skiing for quite a long time now and pretty good. I'll ski anything on or off piste and I particularly like the moguls. For years now I#ve been renting skis but I have decided to buy skis for the first time and it is pretty confusing so I was after some advice.

Firstly I like Dynastar. For the last couple of years I have always rented the Contact 9 but I can find them to buy anywhere. I don't no exactly what it is about these skis but they are forgiving and give me a lot of confidence. There seem to be good on and off piste, moguls etc. and I feel comfortable on them. I have also tried Head and Rossignol (have no idea what model??) but didn't like them.

So looking about I have seen a couple of contenders. The Legend 85 with NX 12 bindings, the Outland 80 XT with NX 12 Fluid and finally to through in a wild card I went to my local ski shop (had very few Dynastar skis) and they had the Atomic Blackeye Ti. Now I have never tried any Atomic skis but these looked really cool and the review on the net looked good. They also seem to fit my all-mountain, advanced skier type criteria.

The NX 12 seems to be the bottom range of binding? Are the PX range better and what about this fluid techology, I have no idea what that is all about.

One last questions, I am 193cm tall and weigh in at 95kg. I'm not sure what size to go for. Logic seems to say 181 or 184 ski length, but I ski a lot of moguls and perhaps a 176 or 178 might be better for me?

So anyone got any opinions? I know there are alot of these posts so sorry for bring up the same old questions........can wait for December, first ski trip over new year in Risoul, France.......

Thanks
Ian
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