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tonyw · December 11th, 2003, 07:29

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The changes in the ski industry with advances in equipment have been staggering in the past five years. If you own skis that have little to no sidecut and/or are long, leave em at home. Seriously, skiing is supposed to be hard and the new skis make it SO much easy mostly due to the length and the ease of turning due to sidecut. Where I used to race on 207-210cm for GS and 200-203cm for SL, I am consistantly on 170cm now.

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You're so right. I used to be one of the skeptics of the new shaped skis (I always thought that name was funny, since even the old skis had a bit of a shape to them). Then I heard the pros were using them, so I demoed a pair. And I looked at the guy like he was nuts when he handed me a pair of 168s.

But I took them for a few runs and had a great time with them. It took a little getting used to, and I made a few HORRIBLE turns before I got it. Once I got used to them, though, I didn't want to give them back. As soon as I got back home, I went on Ebay and bought a pair!

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Unfortunetly you have to own your own clothes.

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Or you could ski naked! It might get cold, though.

December 11th, 2003, 07:29	#52
tonyw Old Skool Join Date: May 2002 Location: Maryland Posts: 15,094	Re: The ski trip is on! [ QUOTE ] The changes in the ski industry with advances in equipment have been staggering in the past five years. If you own skis that have little to no sidecut and/or are long, leave em at home. Seriously, skiing is supposed to be hard and the new skis make it SO much easy mostly due to the length and the ease of turning due to sidecut. Where I used to race on 207-210cm for GS and 200-203cm for SL, I am consistantly on 170cm now. [/ QUOTE ] You're so right. I used to be one of the skeptics of the new shaped skis (I always thought that name was funny, since even the old skis had a bit of a shape to them). Then I heard the pros were using them, so I demoed a pair. And I looked at the guy like he was nuts when he handed me a pair of 168s. But I took them for a few runs and had a great time with them. It took a little getting used to, and I made a few HORRIBLE turns before I got it. Once I got used to them, though, I didn't want to give them back. As soon as I got back home, I went on Ebay and bought a pair! [ QUOTE ] Unfortunetly you have to own your own clothes. [/ QUOTE ] Or you could ski naked! It might get cold, though.