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Off Track Skis for Southern Sierra's...recommendations?
Hi,
My wife and I want to get skis. We live in Bakersfield (ugh). I am a novice (been once at a center with tracks and crowds...yuk). She is already a very good downhiller and xc'er. We're about to have a kid so we'll be carrying it with us eventually. We will want to stay away from ski centers. I'm sure my wife would do quite well in any ski compared to how I will do in the best ski but we figure we'll get the same skis anyway. Given that we'll be carrying a kid with us sometimes and that I'll probably not be heading for the steeps this year I'm looking for recommendations for skis. I'm thinking that kick and glide and climbing are going to be bigger considerations than turning (when this changes we'll get new gear). Another consideration is that, with a pack or kid on my shoulders, I'll tip the scales at close to #250!! I've read a lot here and there and I think it basically comes down to fat skis (e.g. fischer S-Bound line) or more full length skis (e.g. fischer E99 or country crown). I'm not stuck on Fischer at all just more familiar with them and everyone seems to know them as a reference point for discussion. There are also some other short skis like the fischer explorer...worth a look for us? Any help much appreciated. We'll be looking for early snow at Thanksgiving and 8 months pregnant (she's a good skier, really). Cheers, Mike PS- We already have NNN-BC boots. PPS - I'm also not opposed to rethinking the boots and bindings. A lot of it is that we aren't really sure of what the snow conditions and terrain that we'll find here will be. My wife grew up xc skiing with skinny skis and three-pin bindings in France but doesn't know anything about newish gear. She'd have no problem out on long randonee skis if it weren't for that pregnancy thing. I grew up in Florida. I aspire to stopping, turning, and not faceplanting. mike DOT faughn AT gmail DOT com |
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I've read a lot here and there and I think it basically comes down to
fat skis (e.g. fischer S-Bound line) or more full length skis (e.g. fischer E99 or country crown). I'm not stuck on Fischer at all just more familiar with them and everyone seems to know them as a reference point for discussion. There are also some other short skis like the fischer explorer...worth a look for us? Where are you going? Anyplace to rent and try? May not work out if you want to stay away from ski centers. I've been happy with E99s for misc wandering far from groomed trails. I can't turn with them, half because they are double camber and don't turn and half because I'm not good enough to drive them. I do kick turns when needed. -- The suespammers.org mail server is located in California. So are all my other mailboxes. Please do not send unsolicited bulk e-mail or unsolicited commercial e-mail to my suespammers.org address or any of my other addresses. These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. |
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A lot of this is personal taste but I'll take a stab at it
nevertheless. If you're new to the sport and are planning on carrying a young one then I suspect that your thoughts on limiting downhill/turning are good. As such, almost any ski would work for straight-line tromping through the woods, kick-turning and the like. In general, however, shorter (which usually means wider, particularly if you're in the softer stuff) means more maneuverable. I'm not certain how shorter wider skis would go with NNN-BC boots, which in my opinion are generally a little flimsy for back-country tromping, but I generally don't use that setup unless I'm renting for the day and cruising the groomed trails. Finally, a point of grammar (I think). Young ones are usually referred to as "him" or "her", not "it". On the other hand, as I read your note I see that your wife is 8 months along, so who knows? Good luck with all. On 3 Nov 2005 17:46:29 -0800, " wrote: Hi, My wife and I want to get skis. We live in Bakersfield (ugh). I am a novice (been once at a center with tracks and crowds...yuk). She is already a very good downhiller and xc'er. We're about to have a kid so we'll be carrying it with us eventually. We will want to stay away from ski centers. I'm sure my wife would do quite well in any ski compared to how I will do in the best ski but we figure we'll get the same skis anyway. Given that we'll be carrying a kid with us sometimes and that I'll probably not be heading for the steeps this year I'm looking for recommendations for skis. I'm thinking that kick and glide and climbing are going to be bigger considerations than turning (when this changes we'll get new gear). Another consideration is that, with a pack or kid on my shoulders, I'll tip the scales at close to #250!! I've read a lot here and there and I think it basically comes down to fat skis (e.g. fischer S-Bound line) or more full length skis (e.g. fischer E99 or country crown). I'm not stuck on Fischer at all just more familiar with them and everyone seems to know them as a reference point for discussion. There are also some other short skis like the fischer explorer...worth a look for us? Any help much appreciated. We'll be looking for early snow at Thanksgiving and 8 months pregnant (she's a good skier, really). Cheers, Mike PS- We already have NNN-BC boots. PPS - I'm also not opposed to rethinking the boots and bindings. A lot of it is that we aren't really sure of what the snow conditions and terrain that we'll find here will be. My wife grew up xc skiing with skinny skis and three-pin bindings in France but doesn't know anything about newish gear. She'd have no problem out on long randonee skis if it weren't for that pregnancy thing. I grew up in Florida. I aspire to stopping, turning, and not faceplanting. mike DOT faughn AT gmail DOT com |
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