Élan Ripstick touring and resort ski?

[Denis Head]

Personally, I sometimes feel that I read too much advice about getting skis longer than I would expect. I can see if a person skis 40 times year and is accomplished then go bigger but I'm betting the avg 10-15 times skier would prefer the smaller size. My .02

That is why I went with the shorter. Last year I bought blizzard Brahma 82 that I like but bought them too long. I should have went with my first idea and buy shorter