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  1. M

    Colorado one-ski(ish) quiver carving ski

    Hello friends, I hope you can help guide me in my next ski purchase, which will be my new daily driver ski for 90% of days and conditions. I will use my current skis for big dumps and late spring. I live in Colorado and ski 5-15 days a season, mostly at Keystone, Vail, and A-Basin, with...
  2. S

    ski recommendation

    I passed down my skis to my growing son (head ipeak pro 172 cm), and need new skis! I am a 48yo advance (not expert) 5'11" 185lbs skier, mostly skiing groomed trails in the east. Since I'm not getting younger, I think I am looking at a forgiving ski, but I still like to carve fast. I am...
  3. 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...
  4. FairToMiddlin

    Comparison Review A Layman's Look at the 2016-17 SIA Demo Days at Copper

    This year gave us a new opportunity at SIA, a "not exactly sure what we will be testing” opportunity. In 2014, we knew we would be on hard-snow skis. In 2015, we knew we would be on soft-snow skis. For 2016, conditions ended up putting us on every kind of ski, from 68 to 112 mm underfoot (I...
  5. WadeHoliday

    Comparison Review skiing too many skis in too short of time...

    OK, I'm not good w/ format, hopefully you don't mind (Phil) if I just ramble through the impressions of some of the skis I skied on at the Mt Rose shop demo... First off, I want to comment on perspective, and this may tie in with the "ski review bias" thread. the ski you normally ski on and how...
  6. Stephen

    Comparison Review Thumbnail Reviews: An Intermediate Skier Checks Out 2017 Skis

    After feeling like a kid in a candy shop at Mt. Rose, I now feel like a kid trying to explain to his parents "why" I liked the specific candies that I liked. Did they look cool? Was it texture? Flavor only? Sour? Sweet? "I don't know ... I just liked this and didn't like that." So I will try my...
  7. Philpug

    Comparison Review Thumbnail Reviews: 2017 Narrow (Sub-80mm) Skis

    This the first of many overviews of the upcoming 2017 ski offerings. These purpose-built designs want to be on firm snow and skied primarily on edge. After you buy one of these skis, and before it even touches the snow, give it some proper attention in the form of an aggressive tune. By this I...
  8. Philpug

    Do you own two similar skis that are completely different?

    We define categorize skis by the numbers but while the numbers are a reference they can no way define the ski. We can have two skis that have very similar dimensions yet are so completely different that they can actually coexist in the same quiver. Example: A Blizzard Latigo and Head Rally are...
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