What skis are right for me?

Whose current use age is that? If the term was fixed for everyone, would this discussion even exist?

RossF wrote:Whose current use age is that? If the term was fixed for everyone, would this discussion even exist?

If someone offered to lend you their powder skis and you met at the mountain to find that what they meant by powder skis was some 220cm by 66mm skis, you would wonder where they had been recently.

Trencher

Epicski? :wink:

Clearly peoples definition is different enough to cause a discussion.

RossF wrote:Epicski? :wink:

Clearly peoples definition is different enough to cause a discussion.

Which begs the question, what definition do they use to determine if they can carve ? )

Trencher

It does sort of follow that if you can choose which bit of a particular turn to carve then you could carve the whole turn (space permitting) if you desired.

Deciding to let your tails break out at the end of the turn (on purpose) isn't the same as not being able to carve.

Carving is a technique, sometimes useful, sometimes not ... it is not a whole new way of skiing.

bandit wrote:

Hmmmm, when I learned to ski :mrgreen: straight skis with very little sidecut carved quite nicely on hard snow.

Perhaps those of us skiing in Europe, learn to carve turns without relying on the turn radius?

Bandit, I think those of us who used to carve on straight skis will just have to accept that we imagined it all, that we didn't really use them in powder, perhaps we never used straight skis at all and that multi coloured Nevica jacket I had was just a dream )

Neiltoo wrote:It does sort of follow that if you can choose which bit of a particular turn to carve then you could carve the whole turn (space permitting) if you desired.

Deciding to let your tails break out at the end of the turn (on purpose) isn't the same as not being able to carve.

Carving is a technique, sometimes useful, sometimes not ... it is not a whole new way of skiing.

I really don't mean to be offensive, but that is exactly what most people who don't carve very well say.

No one decides to let their tails break out turn after turn unless they either can't carve a full turn or can't control their speed without skidding. Why would you skid parts of turns when you can carve cleanly ?
I know there are a lot of people out there who won't use a small radius ski because they can't carve and would then have no excuse.

Most skiers I have ever met will carve at every opportunity if they can. It is so much more fun than the alternatives.

Trencher