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Snowboarder Converting to Skiing: Advice
Hi,
I have been snowboarding for quite some time (6-7 years or so) but have begun to look around for something new. Last winter I borrowed a friends skis for a weekend and had a blast. So as it turns out I would now like to purchase skis for the upcoming winter season. I would say I'm looking for a ski that can really carve in a back and forth motion on the cordory (coming from a snowboard background here) but still be able to be used as an all mountain ski (a bit of powder, tree/glade, chutes, etc). I don't think I will find myself doing much with mogels however (I would like to save my legs for as long as possible). My friend is a K2 enthusiast and reccommended the 04' K2 public enemys. They look like they have a pretty good sidecut but I really don't know for I have very little experience with skiing equipment. If it helps, I am about 160lbs and am at about an intermediate level (currently skiing in the midwest, although will be moving to colorado next fall). Thanks for any input, Ryan Krug |
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Snowboarder Converting to Skiing: Advice
My advice is to demo, demo, demo. Find what works for you before you buy.
Doug |
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Snowboarder Converting to Skiing: Advice
Tux wrote in message news:vfnqb.21227$6A4.11382@edtnps84...
My advice is to demo, demo, demo. Find what works for you before you buy. Doug Unfortunatley, I have no shops in the area (Wisconsin) that allow such a thing. |
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Chuck wrote:
Unfortunatley, I have no shops in the area (Wisconsin) that allow such a thing. What about slopeside? Lots of ski areas have a their own performance/demo center shop that will let you rent skis to demo. The smaller Ma and Pa hills in the midwest don't usually have a demo center. Of the ten closest hills to my house, none have demos. You gotta go looking - it's worth it though... -- //-Walt // // The Volkl Conspiracy |
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Kurt Knisely wrote:
Yea, I guess. Boots, I totally agree. I've wasted alot of time buying boots that did not fit and hurt my feet. But nobody lets you demo boots, do they? Sure, you can put them on in the store and walk around. While this is a good idea - you should wear them for at least half an hour before even thinking about getting out the credit card - you don't actually get to ski with the boots until you buy. By that standard, many places would probably let you put the skis on in the store and stand on them on the carpet, but that's hardly an effective demo... Bindings and skis? Maybe if you're a racer, but then you're probably going to be demoing a bunch of equipment anyway? I just don't think demoing skis is all that important, and it can be expensive. Well, it's free if you go to a demo day. And I've seen demo huts that charge as little as $10, but you're right that most of the time it's expensive - much more expensive than it should be. Whoever heard of a rental that approaches 10% of retail except at ski slopes? I can rent a $20,000 car for less per day than a $600 pair of skis. -- //-Walt // // The Volkl Conspiracy |
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Snowboarder Converting to Skiing: Advice
Kurt Knisely wrote:
I can certainly tell the differences between how my different skis feel now though. Plus, it takes about 1one run to learn the sweet spot and behavior of a new ski. This stuff is not a mystery - it's just experience. I agree - newbies don't know what they're looking for and can't feel it if they stumble over it. Better for a newbie to use a mid-performance ski and learn what he can while putting MILES underfoot. |
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Snowboarder Converting to Skiing: Advice
On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 18:05:20 -0500, Walt wrote:
Kurt Knisely wrote: Yea, I guess. Boots, I totally agree. I've wasted alot of time buying boots that did not fit and hurt my feet. But nobody lets you demo boots, do they? I don't remember the name of the shop in Breck where I got mine, but they most definitely let me demo them. It wasn't cheap (IIRC, like $45 for a day, deductible from purchase but non-refundable otherwise). They slapped a lot of ductape on them to keep them from getting scuffed. I think they knew they had a probable sale (after I spent over half an hour standing around their shop, moving my knees in all sorts of weird ways), so this might be unusual, but anyhow, at least some shops do let you demo boots. I paid full retail for them, but at least I was confident that was the only pain they would inflict on me. bw |
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Snowboarder Converting to Skiing: Advice
If your still around late December go to demo days in Wausau, WI
http://www.skigranitepeak.com/events/ Demo Day Sunday, Dec 21, 2003 - Sunday, Dec 21, 2003 Try the latest skis and snowboards from Salomon, Volkl, Rossignol and other top manufacturers. Also Zellers Ski Shop in Green Bay is a nice shop to help answer your questions. Herb also from the "harvard of the midwest" UWGB |
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