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Need some new skis
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

Ive been skiing Salomon Foils for the past four years and in general I love them. I ski mostly East Coast spend all day in bumps, glades and if not there than im usually on the edge of the trail trying tight turns over the washed out crud. The only problem with the foils seems to be high speed on groomers (which really isn't my thing) and ICE which on the East Coast is inevitable.It might be me but these skis just slide right out on me when on icy conditions. Any suggestions for something that might fit my needs. Thanks
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

First off, I think there can often be confustion as to what people mean by ice. There is literally ice, whereby the snow has melted to water and then refroze. And then there is snow that is very hard and supersmooth due to the combo of cold, wind, piste bashers and skiers. Someone, an instructor iirc, once told me you can't ski ice. I took "ski" = "turn on" or "edge on". The advice was to simply flat ski over it until you get on something with grip. With small patches that is find but for much bigger sections not safe to do so. Clearly it is possible to ski ice because that is what effectively downhill racers do. But I suspect you would have to tune your kit specifically for it. And to do so would have a downside if you were generally skiing normal slopes. If you are saying that you basically can not ski smooth slopes that mere mortals have no problems with it could be your kit isn't well tuned. Do you get them serviced regularly. Alternatvely it could be technique issue. Sorry I don't know much about the Foils. In general I can get by on boilerplate like slopes. I see them as something to endure if necessary. I've had the sensation of ski's going from under me on occasion. But I've always figured that was normal unless as above I tuned my ski's to the standard of a downhill racer. Be interested if anyway as another opinion.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

Interesting thread on the subject of "ice"...

http://www.snowheads.co.uk/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=75012
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Working off that thread it could be your equipment and/or technique. Maybe you could hire a slalom/race ski, tuned for hard piste skiing and see how it feels in comparison.
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