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powder skis

  1. Ron

    New Skis! Back in the Stable again... Praxis Protests

    These are my favorite powder skis and I foolishly sold them to @jmeb a couple years ago. With more heavy snow days, these are ridiculously stupid fun and easy in any powder. In case anyone is interested, they are offering a killer early season purchase deal...
  2. chopchop

    Narrowing the Demo List: Powder skis for Utah/CO

    Hey Folks, I'm looking to ID a small number of powder skis to demo next year. Hoping more experienced hands here can help me narrow the list. Thanks in advance for any tips. Here are the specs: 1. They should be good at both Alta (East Greeley, West Rustler, etc.) and also mellower/slower...
  3. E

    Tell me your experiences with these "resort powder" skis.

    I’ve been dealing with (read: SPENDING) a local ski shop that has done me right at every turn in my (our) recent return to skiing. I have asked them for advice on a “resort powder” ski for someone like me who is at best an intermediate but someone who hasn’t skied in a very long time that I can...
  4. T

    getting over being "apprehensive" of skiing a 109mm ski?

    Greetings everyone. Two years ago I, as a northeast skier that tries to go out west occasionally, particularly when the snow is piling up, purchased Atomic Backland FR 109 skis for this very purpose! But sheee***it, the size of these things are intimidating! I've been skiing for about 9...
  5. SkiEssentials

    Sponsored 2020 Men's 110+ Powder ski Comparison

  6. F

    Rustler 11 or Kore 117

    Hi guys I'm in the market for my first fat ski and would be keen to hear your views. I’ve short listed the Kore 117 and the Rustler 11 (in 180cm ?) but I’m struggling to make a choice between those 2 skis. Haven’t really found any reviews of those two skis side by side. I’m a reasonably...
  7. S

    Why so wide?

    A dumb question. But I can’t help it. I’m at a loss as to the why? I’m talking about the east coast. We rarely have true powder. What we often have that pass as powder are mostly “chowder”, fresh snow so dense the ski don’t sink down much anyway (at least not for me). So apart from the...
  8. J

    Recommend a powder ski for an ex-racer

    Looking for a ski recommendation to make powder days fun and help bust through choppy conditions. I'm tired of getting beaten up on my race boards on ungroomed terrain. Uses: trees and powder days Primary Location: Mt Bachelor and Mt Hood (Oregon) History: I grew up skiing on the east coast...
  9. Eleeski

    Scott Slight 100

    Interesting skis. I got them for a lightweight traveling ski for powder and our trip to Japan. I got them a little too short for my size in 168. But they are cambered for much of the ski - no rocker. There's also not much sidecut. So the short ski might compensate for that - and be a bit easier...
  10. laine

    Powder Skis for My Husband

    So my husband Ted is thinking he might want to buy some powder skis. He's an advancing intermediate skier who skis blues and some blacks, preferably without moguls. We ski Squaw/Alpine, but are headed to Japan and might take a short trip to Utah or somewhere on the Icon pass. Ted is 5'9"...
  11. Jtlange

    Women's Pow Skis

    Hey everyone! My girlfriend is in the market for some fat-ish skis. Thinking 106-110ish skis. She has Nordica Santa Ana 93's in a 163. She appreciates the stability of those skis and shes getting better at driving them, but something softer and floaty is in order. She isnt the most aggressive...
  12. speedster

    Do you really need a wide ski for powder?

    Just curious what people think. Have you ever tried to ski in fresh powder with properly narrow skis in the West? Like a 70mm waist width. What was your experience? Could you adapt? Did you enjoy it?
  13. Snapcase26

    Hard decision 2015 wailer hybrid 99 or soul 7 cat skiing

    going cat skiing this winter so i swung by my local ski shop. They are offering me a pair on ‘16 wailer 99 hybrid w/ marker griffin bindings for $450 or a pair of 16 or 17 rossi soul 7s for 600 w same bindings. always wanted the wailer 112 but for the price thinking of the 99s. question is...
  14. J

    Need a big bad long ski

    Want something for powder. Currently have nordica enforcer 93s in 193cm as my all mountain/powder ski. Want something wider for deeper days. 193cm is minimum length, I would consider a 200cm ski if anyone made them. I like the enforcer 93, could be a bit stiffer and the 193 length is good. 21+...
  15. tch

    Pow ski suggestions

    OK, I have a pair of old Rossi Super7's that I found for very cheap online that I use on the occasional powder day over, say, 5". But the truth is...I don't really like them all that much. They seem overly light and "poingy", and while they float well, they don't really crush the crud that is...
  16. T

    Respectfully request guidance on selecting the right powder skis

    Respectfully request guidance on selecting the right powder skis. I'm a 185 pound 5'9" mid level skier that usually skis about 10 days a year in the east and 10 days a year in the west. I'm hoping to bump up the days I ski out west in the coming years. I am currently able to wait for what looks...
  17. Paul S.

    I am done with super fats unless I am cat skiing.

    I am done with Super Fats unless I am cat skiing For several years I have skied on ultra wide skis in deep powder when out west. First the Volkl Shiro and then the Rossi Super 7. I have enjoyed both skis in deep powder, as one would expect ; both skis, at one time or another, were Ski...
  18. D

    Powder ski to complete three ski quiver

    Well, I'm going to try again as my first post yesterday scored me a great deal on a great ski. I'm wanting to get a powder ski to complete my three ski quiver (last night I thought I was a two ski quiver kind of guy but changed my mind this morning). I'm 6'2 and around 200 pounds or so (give...
  19. dbostedo

    When is powder TOO deep?

    Just read an article on Powder (http://www.powder.com/stories/features/scenes-biggest-winter-generation/), and it contained this anecdote about Mammoth last year: After 104 inches in five days, the upper mountain opened on January 24 under blue skies.... I got in the gondy line early and... was...
  20. Philpug

    What is NOT in your quiver?

    What are you missing? Sure, most of us don't have a 50M DH ski or ever considered getting one. Or we don't have 150cm ballet skis..well, I retract that,2 some here have ballet skis, myself included. But realistically, what are you missing? If someone gave you a coupon for "one pair of skis of...
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