HeadOverHeals wrote:
For starters...HI!!!

I have been on many forums but mainly towards Ford trucks....so I
thought I would come here for Ski info since I am a newbie.

I went skiing for the first time in about 10 years just last week.
Loved it more than I remembered so I started shopping for ski
equipment. Now, I am only 5'9", (ok...I am being honest here...Ugh).
weigh 180, and when I was skiing before, I only went about 6 times and
so I am putting myself in the mid novice range since I can get down a
blue run without crashing, although I still have problems with parallel
turns so I tend to "plow" my way down the hill.
I just picked up a new set of 154cm Rossignol Driver X6 skis, (2005 and
not the Women's X 6L), New boots that I got fitted at the sports shop,
(Nordica Easy Move), and a set of used, but in great condition
Rossignol FD 70 bindings.
Now I am about to take them to the shop to have it all installed and
mounted, but I am concerned that it seems the skis have alot of flex to
them. I can squeeze them together with two fingers. Do the bindings
and mounting plates stiffen them up? Did I go with a too small or
lightweight ski? I am a beginner so I went that direction. The skis
come to about my top lip and I was told by the rental shop in Loveland,
that is where I should be at until I get more experience then I can go
with a longer ski.

I couldn't resist at the price for the skis for $42 and yes they are
new. Just got them and they still had the factory plastic layer I had
to peal off. The bindings were only $28.

Thoughts? Digs? .....laughing?

Thanks all!


These things just might be what you should be on.

I'm not particularly familiar with the Rossi line
in recent years. But the rig seems OK and the price
was certainly right.

I'm 6' tall 200# and an athletic old-timer.
I've skied a whole season on skis as short
at 153cm. You might like them.

VtSkier