• For more information on how to avoid pop-up ads and still support SkiTalk click HERE.

powder ski recommendations

  1. 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...
  2. 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"...
  3. 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...
  4. 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+...
  5. 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...
  6. trailtrimmer

    Advanced/Experty wide, stable and somewhat playful?

    I sent my powder skis down the river as they were un-inspiring, overly rockered flappy pieces of meh. Time to replace them with something a bit more all mountainish in the 95 to 105 realm. Skis will be used for deep days and Bohemia, but I need a little crossover ability to groomed. Needs to...
Top