Yesterday I realized that a GS race ski, with some length, would have come in handy for me (a woman). There was fresh ungroomed dense snow oh maybe 4-5" deep on all the groomers and I was in a race clinic going mach schnell run after run down those trails all day.
The first pair of skis I had bent too easily as they hit the lumps in that snow, and did not instill confidence at those speeds. The second pair I used did not bend easily so they blasted through the dense snow, but they were only 160 in length. Boy did I have to be precise in my balance, which did get better as the day moved on.
But I wished I had what the race coaches in my group were using - genuine GS race skis -perhaps a bit shorter for me than what the bigger guys were on. They would have offered more security and confidence.
We were charging. We were not using finesse, and we certainly were not being playful.
The first pair of skis I had bent too easily as they hit the lumps in that snow, and did not instill confidence at those speeds. The second pair I used did not bend easily so they blasted through the dense snow, but they were only 160 in length. Boy did I have to be precise in my balance, which did get better as the day moved on.
But I wished I had what the race coaches in my group were using - genuine GS race skis -perhaps a bit shorter for me than what the bigger guys were on. They would have offered more security and confidence.
We were charging. We were not using finesse, and we certainly were not being playful.
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