Hi all!
I'm 5'11", 230lbs, fairly muscular and a little wide. This is my first season skiing and I have about 2-3 weeks logged so far at Winter Park, CO.
I've been learning on a pair of 170cm Dynastar M-Pro 99s, which were a blast when learning how to ski parallel, hockey stopping, making turns on steeper greens/shallow blues but it feels as if I quickly outgrew the skis. When I am on steep blues, I experience a lot of instability at speed, when turning at speed, when managing through chopped up snow, etc and am now looking for a ski that provides more stability and suits my style.
Not much of a bumps person. I do enjoy going into glades, enjoy going fast on groomed trails, and that's where my focus is right now. For this, I am interested in a couple options to elevate my skiing:
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Enforcer 94 @ 186cm
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Enforcer 100 @ 186cm
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K2 MB 99Ti @ 184cm (I've read the 2022 MB is a better charger than the 2023)
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M6 Mantra @ 184cm
Planning to demo some of these over the next few weekends to get a feel for them. I believe the Enforcer 100 would be the best fit for speed and stability through variable snow, and provide good floatation through glades. I have a pair of 2016 Soul 7s for my powder days.
If anyone has any input on these skis relative to my size (or other suggestions), I would really appreciate it. I hit a wall with my progression and it's really kind of killed my mood to go skiing, so I'm hoping to adopt a better platform to do what I now love.