Hi, everyone,
Over the next few weeks (if the snow stops falling for a day or two), I'd like to demo some skinnier all mountain skis. Currently I have a one ski quiver - the old non-metal Nordica Santa Ana 100 from 2 years ago - that I use for pretty much everything here in southern Alberta. This is really my ski that does it all - and I love it. I really really really love it. - so much that I'm worried about what I'm going to do when this ski is done. I love everything about this ski - especially how it feels in soft snow, and how easy it is to turn, and its 'surfiness' in powder. However, It's not super happy when there hasn't been snow for a while, and there are no freshies to be found, and when the bumps have tranitioned from soft to big and icy.
I've decided that my one ski Alberta quiver really needs to be a two ski Alberta quiver, and I'd like to check out some skis, and maybe pick up some skis through some end-of-season deals. But... I need your help, because I really don't know much about skis in general, and definitely not about skinnier skis.
So, here is my info, and please recommend away! I'm open to women's and men's skis.
5'8" height, weight usually falls somewhere between 195 and 215. I ski mostly Lake Louise and Sunshine Village, with trips to Fernie, Revy. I would categorize myself probably as a low advanced skier. I can pretty much get down any western black, not always elegantly. If there is lots and lots of powder, I might venture onto a double black, but I'm still trying to work up to those. I don't stay away from any kind of terrain - I like it all, and I've been trying to become a better bump skier over the past year. I'm pretty good in anything soft, but do get nervous when bumps are big and icy (which they often are in Lake Louise's back bowls). I'd like to try something between 75 and 85 underfoot - good for dry spells, and also for working on technique. I want to up my ski game. Something that would be easier in hard icy bumps would be great as well. When I was an advancing intermediate, I had the 2014 cambered Volkl Kenjas, and I liked those generally, but they were very difficult to maneuver in the bumps.
So...any recommendations?
Over the next few weeks (if the snow stops falling for a day or two), I'd like to demo some skinnier all mountain skis. Currently I have a one ski quiver - the old non-metal Nordica Santa Ana 100 from 2 years ago - that I use for pretty much everything here in southern Alberta. This is really my ski that does it all - and I love it. I really really really love it. - so much that I'm worried about what I'm going to do when this ski is done. I love everything about this ski - especially how it feels in soft snow, and how easy it is to turn, and its 'surfiness' in powder. However, It's not super happy when there hasn't been snow for a while, and there are no freshies to be found, and when the bumps have tranitioned from soft to big and icy.
I've decided that my one ski Alberta quiver really needs to be a two ski Alberta quiver, and I'd like to check out some skis, and maybe pick up some skis through some end-of-season deals. But... I need your help, because I really don't know much about skis in general, and definitely not about skinnier skis.
So, here is my info, and please recommend away! I'm open to women's and men's skis.
5'8" height, weight usually falls somewhere between 195 and 215. I ski mostly Lake Louise and Sunshine Village, with trips to Fernie, Revy. I would categorize myself probably as a low advanced skier. I can pretty much get down any western black, not always elegantly. If there is lots and lots of powder, I might venture onto a double black, but I'm still trying to work up to those. I don't stay away from any kind of terrain - I like it all, and I've been trying to become a better bump skier over the past year. I'm pretty good in anything soft, but do get nervous when bumps are big and icy (which they often are in Lake Louise's back bowls). I'd like to try something between 75 and 85 underfoot - good for dry spells, and also for working on technique. I want to up my ski game. Something that would be easier in hard icy bumps would be great as well. When I was an advancing intermediate, I had the 2014 cambered Volkl Kenjas, and I liked those generally, but they were very difficult to maneuver in the bumps.
So...any recommendations?
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