What's your ideal ski length?
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What's your ideal ski length?
I'm thinking about designing a ski for small production but can't decide on a length. It will be a big mountain/powder ski.
I'm 6'1" 185lbs and usually ski a 190ish but they won't necessarily be for me. What do you guys suggest for a good "selling" length?
I'm 6'1" 185lbs and usually ski a 190ish but they won't necessarily be for me. What do you guys suggest for a good "selling" length?
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170 seems ideal for a flatlander mid-western skier like me. I like 170 in the park but i think i will alter my press to a length of 175 since I will be spending a greater proportion of my skiing time out west. I also prefer a slalom turn to a GS turn and carving as apposed to skidding so that keeps me on a shorter ski. Interesting note, I skied a 160 slalom ski when i raced in high school and that seemed long to some people. The norm is probably 155 for people under say 5'11" in michigan high school racing. Different geographic hold a different ideal length.
Even for the steep and deep I prefer something under 180.
Even for the steep and deep I prefer something under 180.
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I am working on a 186 right now maybe with a bamboo core but am not totally sure. They will be twinned but only slightly (think Bro Model). I really want a ski that will blast through anything so I'm leaning towards a stiffer ski but not too heavy. I'm in Utah and am trying to make something that will work for the Alta Snowbird crowd as well as the backcountry.
Im a former long ski junkie; used to ride 203 GS for the trails, 195 for bumps/powder... dropped down to 170s a few years ago with the advent of reasonable ski technology, then I tried skiboards for a joke; and I liked them, but they are very limited... I recently purchease some 130CM Hagans, and am amazed at their versality and ride, the make you really rethink the sport,allow you to pull lines in the trees and steeps undoable on longer skiis. Im on here, like others, because no one is making the ski I want so Im gonna biuld it myself... about 145 in length, pretty fat, as an all mountain powder, tree, park, and carving do it all super board.