Hi,
I'm an intermediate/advanced on groomers but have no experience at all with any other type of skiing. My local hills are probably like US east coast meaning mostly low amounts of snow and often icy, but some years we can get lucky.
I already have a set of 80mm carving skis with good edges that can go fast/hard on groomers, I can always use these for icy days.
In my 40s so trying avoid crashing is a priority, I'm probably looking more for "beginner friendly" on landings and so on than maximum performance. I can always sell and buy something else if I ever become advanced enough.
I'm 187cm tall and 88kg, active with gym and mtb all year so probably above average strong and athletic.
My priorities are:
Learn switch and easier tricks like 180s/360s.
Learn to jump in the small terrain park.
Ski more playfully on groomers - jumping on sidehits and so on.
Be able to play around the hill in areas that I avoid like under the lift, some mild offpiste ect ect.
Better soft snow performance than my 80mm carvers.
Still be able to come down icy/cruddy/skied out blacks safely - so decent all mountain performance.
Things I probably don't care about:
Rails - I rather have good edges all the time
Flotation in deep powder - It's rare enough that I can rent on those days.
I have narrowed it down to some skis I can get locally, but am unsure if 95 or more wouldnt be too much for my use?
Some of these are probably too soft for me but I cant really find any info on flex on all of them.
I'm an intermediate/advanced on groomers but have no experience at all with any other type of skiing. My local hills are probably like US east coast meaning mostly low amounts of snow and often icy, but some years we can get lucky.
I already have a set of 80mm carving skis with good edges that can go fast/hard on groomers, I can always use these for icy days.
In my 40s so trying avoid crashing is a priority, I'm probably looking more for "beginner friendly" on landings and so on than maximum performance. I can always sell and buy something else if I ever become advanced enough.
I'm 187cm tall and 88kg, active with gym and mtb all year so probably above average strong and athletic.
My priorities are:
Learn switch and easier tricks like 180s/360s.
Learn to jump in the small terrain park.
Ski more playfully on groomers - jumping on sidehits and so on.
Be able to play around the hill in areas that I avoid like under the lift, some mild offpiste ect ect.
Better soft snow performance than my 80mm carvers.
Still be able to come down icy/cruddy/skied out blacks safely - so decent all mountain performance.
Things I probably don't care about:
Rails - I rather have good edges all the time
Flotation in deep powder - It's rare enough that I can rent on those days.
I have narrowed it down to some skis I can get locally, but am unsure if 95 or more wouldnt be too much for my use?
Some of these are probably too soft for me but I cant really find any info on flex on all of them.
- Armada ARV 96 184cm - probably top choice from reviews, but starting to get too wide at 96 maybe?
- Bent Chetler 90 184cm
- Volkl Revolt 95 181cm
- K2 Poacher 96 184cm
- Rossignol Holyshred 98 182cm - starting to get too wide at 98 maybe?
- K2 Sight 88 179 cm - a bit too park oriented?
- Armada ARV 86 184cm - seems these are a bit soft from reviews