jimzzr wrote:
Hi,

I have the option of getting some new k2 sweet luv skis for the GF
for 200 UKpounds. She's had a few weeks skiing (ca 5) and isn't
really getting much faster (and doesn't have the desire to - can
parralel ski on easy blues but not really carving) and so I think
these or similar would OK for a few years.

My concern is that they may be a little too short for her. She is
5'5'' and in addition quite heavy (170lbs). Size guides I have seen
suggest a 155cm ski but these are only 149cm (3cm below nose height
barefoot). Do you guys think the 6cm will make much difference?

Any other thoughts/recommendations? And no I can't get any
information from her as to what shes tried/liked - perhaps I should
have made notes.


Sounds too short to me. A 115 lb woman friend of mine started on 140's (I think
they were sweet Luvs)and outgrew them her first season.