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I really like the Blister Quiver selections. They tend to run more for the Western skiers with touring options. I'm in the Midwest and travel out west several times per season. Still looking for my optimal quiver. 53 years old, skiing since I was 6. Height 5'8". Weight is now 130ish as cancer, surgery and radiation are trying to get me but I'm still skiing.
1. Hard snow/groomers: Fischer RC4 The Curv 178cm 120-74-104 mm 18M
I own this and it is a great ski. Can bend it to shorter turns but is a rocket for my weight. I think I will take this out West this year to try it on longer, steeper runs. The Stockli Laser AX 175cm can slot in here. I also have an NTN telemark setup on Fischer WC SL's 165cm for carving fun.
2. All Mountain Western or Midwest with some powder: This is where I am struggling. Currently have Fischer Motive 95Ti in 180cm
Fun one ski quiver for out West. Can carve on hardpack and stable in crud and can handle powder. Definitely not surfy and in deeper powder the tips will not float After demoing Kastle's and Stockli's you can tell it doesn't have the smoothness that gets talked about.
3. Powder: Currently DPS Wailer 112 RP Hybrid, 178cm. Yes this is a fun, surfy ski in powder. Slash it, surf it, carve it in powder. Will get deflected as the snow gets cut up starts setting up. I would like to try the newer Alchemist construction in a 184cm length.
So my optimal quiver is
1.Fischer RC4 The Curv 178cm
2. Stockli SR 95 175 or 184, Kastle FX 96 HP, Nordica Enforcer 93 177cm. Maybe move up a few mm to K2 Mindbender 99ti.
3. Moment Wildcat, 184cm, 114-116-131, 25R. Read so much about this ski, I am ready to buy.
1. Hard snow/groomers: Fischer RC4 The Curv 178cm 120-74-104 mm 18M
I own this and it is a great ski. Can bend it to shorter turns but is a rocket for my weight. I think I will take this out West this year to try it on longer, steeper runs. The Stockli Laser AX 175cm can slot in here. I also have an NTN telemark setup on Fischer WC SL's 165cm for carving fun.
2. All Mountain Western or Midwest with some powder: This is where I am struggling. Currently have Fischer Motive 95Ti in 180cm
Fun one ski quiver for out West. Can carve on hardpack and stable in crud and can handle powder. Definitely not surfy and in deeper powder the tips will not float After demoing Kastle's and Stockli's you can tell it doesn't have the smoothness that gets talked about.
3. Powder: Currently DPS Wailer 112 RP Hybrid, 178cm. Yes this is a fun, surfy ski in powder. Slash it, surf it, carve it in powder. Will get deflected as the snow gets cut up starts setting up. I would like to try the newer Alchemist construction in a 184cm length.
So my optimal quiver is
1.Fischer RC4 The Curv 178cm
2. Stockli SR 95 175 or 184, Kastle FX 96 HP, Nordica Enforcer 93 177cm. Maybe move up a few mm to K2 Mindbender 99ti.
3. Moment Wildcat, 184cm, 114-116-131, 25R. Read so much about this ski, I am ready to buy.