Last year I bought my son a pair of Rossignol E80’s at 176. What a great developmental ski it turned out to be. This year we’ve a few major trips planned, one of them being the Gathering, which will be 10 days for us. In light of the trips I purchased myself the Renoun Endurance 98 as we simply didn’t have any good all mountain 90-100mm skis in our arsenal. Knowing what rental costs are I started looking at Demo skis to buy a pair of 90-100’s for my 16 yr old son and ski buddy. He’s an early intermediate but progressing well. (He lives with his mom. If he lived with me he’d ski A LOT more than he does). Anyway, I was looking at 4 different skis for him. The Armada Invictus 95, the Völkl 90Eight, the 15-16 non Ti Fischer Ranger 98, and the Atomic Vantage 95C. All very good intermediate level skis. Today I pulled the trigger on these two purchases.
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I got the Atomics for 300 new in plastic and the Looks new for 90. What a great bargain on what should be a great setup for him this winter to begin progressing in 3-D snow. He’s only been outside of Michigan skiing once and I took him to Mammoth. We were pretty much stuck on blues due to his ability and as the snow piled up or when we got into soft snow runs he really struggled on the narrow skis he had at the time. Given how much he progressed on the 80’s last year and just how much physically bigger and stronger he is 2 years later I expect him to do well with this setup and I can’t wait to see his reaction to receiving these!!
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I got the Atomics for 300 new in plastic and the Looks new for 90. What a great bargain on what should be a great setup for him this winter to begin progressing in 3-D snow. He’s only been outside of Michigan skiing once and I took him to Mammoth. We were pretty much stuck on blues due to his ability and as the snow piled up or when we got into soft snow runs he really struggled on the narrow skis he had at the time. Given how much he progressed on the 80’s last year and just how much physically bigger and stronger he is 2 years later I expect him to do well with this setup and I can’t wait to see his reaction to receiving these!!
) specific targets. Confidence in the gates should translate into confidence in the trees. It did for me. That's my plan anyway. I definitely want him as ready as he can be before March and so does he. He gets bummed about holding me back. It doesn't upset me. I love skiing with him. I get enough days on my own. I do look forward to the day that we both just drop pretty much everything without hesitation. That's ultimately the goal we share.
