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Old March 2nd 05, 05:36 PM
lindawood
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Default Buying new skis - any suggestions?

I am finally (after 17 years) in the market for new skis, trying to take
advantage of the sales. Unfortunately, due to an injury I am unable to demo
any skis at all, so I am trying to buy on recommendations alone.

I am a 44 year old woman, somewhere between intermediate-advanced. I mostly
ski groomed trails, no trees, no bumps. I typically ski the Northeast
(lately with my kids), but hope to get out west occassionally during the
lifetime of these skis. I enjoy steep slopes, and as the kids get older
maybe can do that more often.

The salesperson at the local ski shop recommends K2 (True Luv or One Luv),
Volkl (7 24 Gamma), Salomon Street Tracer, or Elan Whistler. Don't know the
list price, but the actual price is all in the $450 - 550 range (minus 30%),
and includes a binding.

Anyone care to offer an opinion, or am I crazy to buy a ski without actually
skiing on it. I suspect there will be initial shock just skiing on a shaped
ski made in this century, that I am not sure I could even make a decision
anyway.

Thanks!


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Old March 2nd 05, 07:27 PM
Walt
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lindawood wrote:

I am finally (after 17 years) in the market for new skis, trying to take
advantage of the sales. Unfortunately, due to an injury I am unable to demo
any skis at all, so I am trying to buy on recommendations alone.

I am a 44 year old woman, somewhere between intermediate-advanced. I mostly
ski groomed trails, no trees, no bumps. I typically ski the Northeast
(lately with my kids), but hope to get out west occassionally during the
lifetime of these skis. I enjoy steep slopes, and as the kids get older
maybe can do that more often.

The salesperson at the local ski shop recommends K2 (True Luv or One Luv),
Volkl (7 24 Gamma), Salomon Street Tracer, or Elan Whistler. Don't know the
list price, but the actual price is all in the $450 - 550 range (minus 30%),
and includes a binding.

Anyone care to offer an opinion, or am I crazy to buy a ski without actually
skiing on it. I suspect there will be initial shock just skiing on a shaped
ski made in this century, that I am not sure I could even make a decision
anyway.


Spend your money on a good pair of well fitting boots. Buy them from a
shop that guarantees their work, i.e. from a real ski shop with a
skilled bootfitter, not a chain sporting goods store. You will probably
need to go back to the bootfitter several times to get everything right.
That's normal, and should be included in the price of the boots.

Presumably, your current injuries don't prevent you from trying on boots
at this point.

Once you have good boots, spend next season demoing skis to figure out
what you like. Then, once you have an idea of what you want, wait for
summer again and pick them up for half price. Or evaluate whether it
makes sense to buy skis or continue to rent them - the usual rule of
thumb is that unless you ski at least 10 days a year, it's more
cost-effective to rent.

BTW, the sales will go on all summer, with prices dropping all along the
way. There is no hurry.



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