Most of the guys I skied with were on 204cm for SL and 210 for GS. I was on a 190 because I was TINY in high school. 190 -195cm is what most adult women raced on..
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In high school my race skis started at 205 cm for SLs and went up from there.
Those Rossi STs on the right are 207s. I bought them for the bindings, never skied them.. I did ski those 204 cm K2 VO's and most of the other non kid skis there though.. The K2 Fours (195cm) were super fun..
Wasn't it you that told me 190's were girls skis?
They look like later model Mark III's the earliest Mark III's I don't think they had the gray color on the tails. BTW what length are they?
The Mark V's are GS not SL the VI's are the SL ski.
Maybe, @Philpug said so LOL.. When I was 5'4" and weighted 90 pounds they worked well for me... Again though, everyone else my age was on 204s for SL.. and outweighed me by 30 pounds +
I used to pretend that I gained weight in the winter to ski faster down the hill, then would loose it during the summer to be light and quick for surfing.
Truth was holiday over eating and just more exercise in Summer lol.
But I actually was living out of a real high school acquaintance’s playbook who played football one season, when he bulked up extra pounds only to loose all that additional weight for wrestling season that followed. Something like that.
But at 16 years old I am talking about my weight swing of 145lbs summer and 160lbs winter. Back in the day...
Meanwhile 204cm are my VR27’s SL - stiff as an F250 leaf spring, hope to ski them one day. But even at 160lbs I skied on 205’s a lot.
Can we say it is ok to find 185’s a nice length ?
Today? And in my 60’s, & without giving away my current weight - let’s just say it is twice my 16 year old winter weight minus 120 lbs. lol
Truth was holiday over eating and just more exercise in Summer lol.
But I actually was living out of a real high school acquaintance’s playbook who played football one season, when he bulked up extra pounds only to loose all that additional weight for wrestling season that followed. Something like that.
But at 16 years old I am talking about my weight swing of 145lbs summer and 160lbs winter. Back in the day...
Meanwhile 204cm are my VR27’s SL - stiff as an F250 leaf spring, hope to ski them one day. But even at 160lbs I skied on 205’s a lot.
Can we say it is ok to find 185’s a nice length ?
Today? And in my 60’s, & without giving away my current weight - let’s just say it is twice my 16 year old winter weight minus 120 lbs. lol
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Back when I was 155 LBS I skied 200 CM skis, some were great others were like a spring board. Maybe that is why I like softer skis today.
I'll still ski a 195 as a GS ski and a fatter 192 in deep snow. 186 for all mountain.. But my little hill skis are much shorter, 170ish..
I like skiing the old stuff as well… took the Mark VI,s, Look ski poles out in Feb. did my best James Bond and everything went well (no one shot at me). The Pierre Cardin goggles didn’t hold up…had to switch those out after 1 run…go figure lol…
I heard the Mark VI’s from The Bond movie are going up for auction. Any word on that?
I heard the Mark VI’s from The Bond movie are going up for auction. Any word on that?
In a broad spectrum of threads on this SkiTalk site I don’t know the best place to post this, so here on this thread I would like to wish everyone one the site;
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving!
@da-cat Think you are on the Mark.
Everywhere is the right so=pot to wish well to others.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Oh look! Olins!
Or are they N170s?
Oh look! Olins!
Or are they N170s?
I haven’t telemark skied, are these skis ok for that?
At the beginnings of the shaped ski revolution those drastic wide tips were showing up on many brands, then toned down a season or two later.
Just wondering if they are a good design for telemark skiing?
At the beginnings of the shaped ski revolution those drastic wide tips were showing up on many brands, then toned down a season or two later.
Just wondering if they are a good design for telemark skiing?
I dont know about N170's, but they sure look a lot like BBR's
105/70/97 in a 188, pretty normal sidecut. I think the image is showing some distortion of their actual shape.
BBR was 147/88/102 and lengths 166/176/186
They skied telemark great which is the reason they are still mounted up for tele. I don't use them much, though. I should probably put the Rottefella 7TMs on them instead of the archaic, yet at the time, leg saving Voilé release plate and 3-pin. Sentimental, I suppose.
A while back I bought a pair of OLIN Catalyst skis in 190cm.
Word on the street is these are re-badged K2-Fours.
A similar pair of OLINs showed up later on eBay and one ski had a K2 logo under the tip lol.
Meanwhile I wanted a shaped ski in 190cm thinking you wouldn’t see this much anymore as most shaped skis made do well below that length.
They are a blast to ski. Have a cool Red and Blue “Spider-Man” look to them too.
If you have ever skied a K2 Four in 190 then you know what I like about skiing on my OLIN Catalysts!
here is a pair with similar graphics
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Word on the street is these are re-badged K2-Fours.
A similar pair of OLINs showed up later on eBay and one ski had a K2 logo under the tip lol.
Meanwhile I wanted a shaped ski in 190cm thinking you wouldn’t see this much anymore as most shaped skis made do well below that length.
They are a blast to ski. Have a cool Red and Blue “Spider-Man” look to them too.
If you have ever skied a K2 Four in 190 then you know what I like about skiing on my OLIN Catalysts!
here is a pair with similar graphics
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