Looking for New Ski Recommendations for Intermediate/Advanced Skier

2 year ago me an my wife took up skiing, we purchased a couple of
pairs of entry level skis. In that period we have gone skiing over 60
times and moved up in our skill level. Presently we have been avoiding
intermediate trails, to easy. Have no problem doing diamonds, and have
been starting to do double diamonds, with varied condition, i.e.
bumps, ungroomd powder, moguls, etc.. We are not great on these
trails, but we do manage. It is now time to upgrade our skiis, from
reading reviews we have been leaning towards Volkl and Atomic, with a
slight consderation for K2. We ski East Coast, mostly NY and VT. Any
recommendations? Tips for good review, etc.. would be greatly
apprieciated.

Juan KoolDude wrote:
from
reading reviews we have been leaning towards Volkl and Atomic, with a
slight consderation for K2.

You are looking at the wrong issues. While there are family
characteristics within complete brand lines, they are of little interest
except to experts, and are undetectable to most skiers.

However, within a single brand there are major differences between skis.
You should decide what kind of skiing you wish to do - groomed carving;
racing; powder; steep hop turns; moguls, backcountry; etc; and in what
combinations; and focus on classes of skis, not on brands. Each brand
will have skis in their line that they believe does well the combination
of skiing you desire. So look in their brochures where they describe
what each of their skis is intended for; isolate a few models in each
brand that sounds interesting (and ask others, instructors, shops, for
recommendations of skis for your intended use) and see if you can demo
some of the interesting candidates. You will quickly find a couple of
likely suspects; then you can shop on service (first) and price.

Juan KoolDude wrote:

2 year ago me an my wife took up skiing, we purchased a couple of
pairs of entry level skis. In that period we have gone skiing over 60
times and moved up in our skill level. Presently we have been avoiding
intermediate trails, to easy. Have no problem doing diamonds, and have
been starting to do double diamonds, with varied condition, i.e.
bumps, ungroomd powder, moguls, etc.. We are not great on these
trails, but we do manage. It is now time to upgrade our skiis, from
reading reviews we have been leaning towards Volkl and Atomic, with a
slight consderation for K2. We ski East Coast, mostly NY and VT. Any
recommendations? Tips for good review, etc.. would be greatly
apprieciated.

Look into the Fischer RX 4. This is a new ski this year in their line
of RX series recreational skis. It's not to be confused with the RC 4,
Fischer's gofast racing series.

While the RX4 is aimed at intermediates (they make an RX 6 and an RX 8
for those looking for a beefier ski) it had perhaps the best edge hold
of any ski I've tried. A great east coast ice ski. Affordable too.

My $.02

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Walt wrote:

Look into the Fischer RX 4.

Sparks another thought. The OP was mentioned only high advertisement
dollars brand names; Walt's selection here is from a lessor known (in
the US) brand - there are several excellent ski companies that you will
not consider if you just read reviews in Ad supported magazines - check
out what else is out there, if you can. Fischer makes some absolutely
top skis; so do some of the other lessor known brands.

Juan KoolDude wrote:

slight consderation for K2. We ski East Coast, mostly NY and VT. Any
recommendations? Tips for good review, etc.. would be greatly
apprieciated.

Demo K2 Apex.

-- Mike Treseler

lal_truckee wrote:
Walt wrote:

Look into the Fischer RX 4.

Sparks another thought. The OP was mentioned only high advertisement
dollars brand names; Walt's selection here is from a lessor known (in
the US) brand - there are several excellent ski companies that you will
not consider if you just read reviews in Ad supported magazines - check
out what else is out there, if you can. Fischer makes some absolutely
top skis; so do some of the other lessor known brands.

Fischer's not exactly lesser known, at least around the race course. I
was at one of the local molehills last night during the Wed. night
beer-league racing and I think there were more racers on Fischer RC 4s
than all other models combined. When you see a bunch of people beating
you in the gates and they're all on Model X, you don't tend to pay much
attention to what's being flogged in the glossy Ski magazines.


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//-Walt
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Haven't found any info on K2 Apex, are you talking about Axis?

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 15:33:39 CST, Mike Treseler
wrote:

Juan KoolDude wrote:

slight consderation for K2. We ski East Coast, mostly NY and VT. Any
recommendations? Tips for good review, etc.. would be greatly
apprieciated.

Demo K2 Apex.

-- Mike Treseler

Juan KoolDude wrote in message . ..
2 year ago me an my wife took up skiing, we purchased a couple of
pairs of entry level skis. In that period we have gone skiing over 60
times and moved up in our skill level. Presently we have been avoiding
intermediate trails, to easy. Have no problem doing diamonds, and have
been starting to do double diamonds, with varied condition, i.e.
bumps, ungroomd powder, moguls, etc.. We are not great on these
trails, but we do manage. It is now time to upgrade our skiis, from
reading reviews we have been leaning towards Volkl and Atomic, with a
slight consderation for K2. We ski East Coast, mostly NY and VT. Any
recommendations? Tips for good review, etc.. would be greatly
apprieciated.

Only way to pick skis is to demo them. Manufacturer representatives
occasionally get together and hold demo days at various ski hills. If
you can't find one of those to test ski several pairs of skis, you can
do the same thing for a reasonable rental fee at many resort-sited ski
shops. Most will take the demo cost off the price if you decide to
buy from them.

Juan KoolDude wrote:
Haven't found any info on K2 Apex, are you talking about Axis?

Yes. Axis. Sorry. Excellent all-mountain ski

-- Mike Treseler