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Hi Guys,
So I'm looking for some advise on what ski's to buy!
I have been skiing about 3 times now and I'm a pretty good piste skier but I'm looking to get into some freestyle and possible have some fun in the board park but I'm not sure how easy i will take to it just yet as i know no one who does it that i can learn from or would be interested in learning it with me but here is my problem.
I have just bough the Nordica XBI CT+ from snow and rock which is just a piste ski.
I had a look at some Semi Twins but wasn't sure if they were worth getting hold of. What would you recommend as an all round ski that would allow me to begin to get into freestyle skiing and learning some tricks to head into the board park.
The reason i want all round ski's is because i do no know anyone that does freestyle i end up going skiing with the family and therefore will be doing quite a lot of normal piste skiing and i have been told twin tips are normally like a noodle on piste.(As advised in snow and rock)
Any help is much appreciate.
Critch
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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which Nordicas? the XBI CT+ refers to the binding system (i think). Park will thrash your skis..theres a whole range of decent twins out there, how many times a year do you ski or plan too? you can do plenty of park stuff with normal piste skis as a start....especially the easy lines...then you might get an idea of what you want or can do especially as you seem to have bought skis already... whats more important is a tall tee and brightly coloured hoody and a bandana
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Bumping after 5 hours seems a little impatient 
Rent, borrow, steal or otherwise demo some twin-tips before buying. In fact, renting some for your next holiday is probably a fine idea; you can find out if you actually care enough about learning tricks and playing in the park to invest in some new toys.
I'd be careful about interpreting comments about how skis 'feel' without some basis for comparison: there's no standard definition of 'noodly', and unless you've personally skied a stiffer ski and a softer ski, advice about stiffness can't really be very useful for you. Just a thought.
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I've riden a superpipe on a pair of piste skis before.. PLenty of the slopes in the UK do freestyle nights, so you could just add another pair of skis..get some cheap park skis you don't mind trashing..something like the k2 Press. Are you limited to S&R? all rounder - K2 Kung Fujas with Schizo..
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+1 renting..
and yes,its all subjective..i like my skis noodly.
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oOCritchOo, your second suggested ski will be a lot more versatile for different conditions but again not for park skiing, might be better to also buy some old trasher twin tips and take along with you or just rent some for a day!
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Quick check on the internet gives roughly £500- €600, with average ski/boot hire working out at €70-80 Euros a week including park skis, I reckon that unless you intend to go for 5 weeks over the next two seasons, with perhaps two weeks equivalent on UK slopes then send them back. Don't forget that unless you are going with package deals then everyone charges for skis on hairyplanes too, so there's another £50 a trip. That of course assumes you don't break them and decide to continue focussing on park skiing. If you're not sure then rent, at least you can change skis mid week.
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| oOCritchOo wrote: |
| I don't claim to know anything about ski's I'm just going off the advice that was being offered to me by people who seemed to know what they were talking about that is all i have to go off. |
This is why you should rent/demo; you don't really have any context for their advice, so there's not really any way for you to tell whether they really did know what they were talking about, or even whether their advice was appropriate for you. If you're happy to spend hundreds of pounds on skis on the offchance you'll like them and don't mind selling them on at a significant loss if they turn out to be a poor choice... then by all means, buy toys. It is a gamble though, with possible the loss of a few hundred bucks for selling used, unwanted skis against the definite cost of a week or two renting where you will have the opportunity to try a few different skis.
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Describing twin tips as noodly on piste seems a bit suspect to me. I'm sure some are but twin tips vary in stiffness like any other skis. Also what's noodly to a fat person might be plenty stiff for a scrawny person.
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