Deals on skis and boots

I'm going to have a closer look at those Bushwackers

Sounds like a pair of flip flops!

Iceman wrote:Sounds like a pair of flip flops!

I might ski like I'm in flip flops on them bad boys

bandit wrote:

verbier_ski_bum wrote:

My non-rockered 94mm-waisted ski that I ski 90% of the time has almost 20 m (19.6)TR and they carve great.

A tighter turning ski when compared to my favourite non rockered narrower Movements. Skied at just over head height, they also carve nicely, and handle powder well too, just ask Chamfreerider :D

I guess that where I spend most of my time, local style rubs off because folks just go skiing, there is a "run what you brung" mindset. Having had skier alignment and fore/aft balancing done, I'm not feeling any great benefit from Rocker additions I've tried. I can ski what I want with what I use.

On a powder day yesterday I skied with a bunch of ski instructors on day off and most of them were skiing on GS skis. The problem is that I don't get to ski as much as I would love to and powder days are rare - especially that I need them to fall on weekends or Mondays/Fridays, other weekdays are no use for me, so my powder skills are very limited, but rockered skis make me look and feel as if I can ski pow. There is no way I could keep up yesterday on non-rockered skis. And tree skiing to me is plain scary without rocker because rocker allows to turn quickly while going fairly slowly - and this is important quality in trees. I know instructors who refuse to ski rockers, but maybe if I was skiing since 5 and also for a good few years skiing on a daily basis, I would probably still be skiing old-schoool straight skis - one of my friends still does and is doing great. He simply doesn't feel the need to change. But for an average recreational skier particularly late learners technology is there to help. Straight skis worked for years for many skiers but I won't be in any rush to buy them now.

I agree with you VerbierSB.

If technology can help why not use it?

I found what you were saying about rocker for you in powder and especially trees and powder very enlightening. I agree with you, I know it's a bit of what I look for, but your explanation is spot on and a simple, straightforward analogy.

Doesn't matter what level, experience, age, fitness, "Rambo-osity" one has most of us are not that started at 5yo skied all the time and have skied 100 days per year for the last 30 years type.

For me the technology is there to enhance the experience. For example I was on very nice non-rockered skis a couple of weeks ago and could do everything I wanted - until! ........

The pistes really softened and chunked up and it would have been really helpful to have had a bit of extra help bashing through those mounds of spring snow.

On a similar note; I persuaded my niece (24yo - tidy good intermediate) to swap up to something a bit more technical with a bit of rocker last spring in Tignes - it made a huge difference to her ability to continue to enjoy skiing as the snow got softer and slushier as the day wore on.

I'm going to have to get me some rocker skis.

Can I have your old midget ones?

Iceman wrote:Can I have your old midget ones?

What are you on about now?