Hi everyone! Looking for a ski recommendation for my friend's son and hoping you lovely people can help. He's graduated college, very athletic but a pretty new skier.
Here are the details:
Does he look for a ski with a less stiff flex around the 80 waist size? Which ones? Are the navigator 80, the new experience 80 hd or 84 hd good options? What about the Nordica GT line or the Volkl RTM? Others?
I told them that he'd need to compromise if he went with one ski (great thread by the way!). Would appreciate your suggestions - thank you!!
Here are the details:
- Intermediate skier with just a few years of skiing...working hard to improve
- About level 6 per Aspen Snowmass scale (https://www.aspensnowmass.com/while-you-are-here/see-all-guides/guide-to-lessons)
- Lightweight ... 60-65 kg (say 140 lbs), 5'8"?
- East coast - 70%/30% on / offpiste
- Want it to be great on eastern hard snow and afternoon crud (not worried about performance in powder) ... they would just rent for powder
- He's set up with boots and has even seen a bootfitter. I think they are 100-110 flex boots.
- I suggested demoing skis but they say he doesn't have time to do this without a clear shortlist. That's where I'm hoping you all can help.
- He's renting for the most part but has skied the following
- Head iRally 2017: he really loved this but felt like it required a good amount of work to drive (due to the flex and his light weight?)
- Head Experience 84 (non HD): he thought it was fine but thought it performed much worse than the Rally in hard snow and also didn't do well in the crud.
- Experience 88HD: he thought these were fine but required much more work to tip on edge compared to the Rally.
- Head iRally 2017: he really loved this but felt like it required a good amount of work to drive (due to the flex and his light weight?)
Does he look for a ski with a less stiff flex around the 80 waist size? Which ones? Are the navigator 80, the new experience 80 hd or 84 hd good options? What about the Nordica GT line or the Volkl RTM? Others?
I told them that he'd need to compromise if he went with one ski (great thread by the way!). Would appreciate your suggestions - thank you!!