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09-15-2014, 07:33 AM #1
Nuts to put a 10 year old girl on Armada Tantrum 138's as everyday ski?
Is this a poor choice for an everyday driver?
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09-15-2014, 07:57 AM #2
100mm under foot ski seems find for a daily driver to me. Thats what lots of us/adults ski on
Why would it NOT be a good option? what are you worried about exactly?
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09-15-2014, 08:26 AM #3
I need to find a 100mm 140cm ski for 8 year old Owen.
I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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09-15-2014, 08:56 AM #4Finstah Guest
Yes, personally I think it is a bad idea. Not so much because of the 100mm waist (although I do think that is a bit too wide for a 10 year old girl as a daily driver) but because the 5 pt sidecut will more-less prevent her from learning to initiate turns through the tip of the ski. Forcing a 10 year old to ski "centered" could easily lead to back seat habits. If you're set on that waist width, maybe look at the Shiro Jr.
Just my opinion. Maybe as a dedicated powder ski though...
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09-15-2014, 09:00 AM #5Registered User
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Terrible idea. She won't have the power and most likely won't have the ability to use them.
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09-15-2014, 09:01 AM #6Registered User
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09-15-2014, 09:08 AM #7
IMO it's too big as a daily for a 10yr old, unless it snows all the time where ur at. Also, that's a lousy park ski. I would keep the tantrums and get her a skinny ski for farting around. Got my kids powder skis last year, they love powder days now as much as me. If she can carve already, she won't have any issue turning the rockered tantrum.
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09-15-2014, 09:30 AM #8
Greenie must be on the east coast, or not have any kids. My 9 year (extremely tall for her age)old girl was on a pair of 140 Icelantics at 100 at the waist for a whole season and just loved them. Last year at 10 years old she was on 150 cm 90 at the waist and much preferred the icelantics. There are so many variables, though. Depends on the type and style of skiing. You want to train a future racer, sure stick them on skinny race skis and put them in a program. You want your kids ripping around the mountain, and getting that special floating on air feeling, there is nothing wrong with a wider ski...
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09-15-2014, 09:36 AM #9
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09-15-2014, 09:39 AM #10
100mm? Craziest thing I've ever heard on TGR. And I've heard some crazy stuff.
Seriously though. Not sure what all the hullabaloo is. Unless she's competitive mogul skier, why not? My 9 yr old skis a S7 Pro regularly...on the EC."timberridge is terminally vapid" -- a fortune cookie in Yueyang
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09-15-2014, 10:06 AM #11
100mm would be for a powder ski unless he likes 'em better than his current 80mm daily driver. His AT/tele setup (inserts) is 80mm. Park skis are 70something.
I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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09-15-2014, 10:14 AM #12Finstah Guest
People offering different opinions on weather a certain ski would be good for a 10 year old is a "hullabaloo?"
Lift line and TGR forum cred will be through the roof with the Tantrums! Unfortunately, using a ski that wide on hardpack could also put undo stress on a rapidly growing young person's hips and knees. And to be honest, promote a shitty skiing technique.
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09-15-2014, 10:57 AM #13Banned
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09-15-2014, 10:58 AM #14
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09-15-2014, 11:21 AM #15Finstah Guest
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09-15-2014, 11:31 AM #16
Jeesum, I did not realize this.
I'd better pull my kid's park pass, get him back on the skinny's and doing stem christies. These parks and wide skis sound awful.
Thanks for the heads up Finstah!"timberridge is terminally vapid" -- a fortune cookie in Yueyang
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09-15-2014, 11:35 AM #17
I chuckled
I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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09-15-2014, 11:37 AM #18
Nuts... no, but I think a skinnier ski will be more advantageous to learning how to be a good skier.
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Fukt: a very small amount of snow.
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09-15-2014, 11:40 AM #19
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09-15-2014, 11:42 AM #20Finstah Guest
Lift line cred is very important for a lot of kids... and even more important for some parents.
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09-15-2014, 11:49 AM #21
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09-15-2014, 12:44 PM #22
When my stepson was 9-10 we had him on S7 Jr's and he seemed to forget how to carve a turn because those things are just too soft. He is a very powerful skier and can ski everywhere but those things frustrated the hell out of me. Last year (age 11) we put him on some 154 Nordica Fuels 78 waist and he remembered how to carve and could still slarve and ripped the shit out of deep powder when we went west. This year I am back to wanting to score him some powder boards because he is 12 and a big strong kid.
I think 100 is way too wide for a 10 year old girl unless your just skiing pow everyday. For a small person those are going to ski way wider than 100mm. We ski midwest though and my girl is only 4 so what do I know. Buy her those as a pow board but get something else for a daily driver.
And yeah I said carve. My skiing style rarely involves linking more than one turn with the same radius or style but these are kids we are talking about.
Edit to add: If said 10 year old girl is already awesome then whatever. I just had a terrible time coaching my stepson up on skis that wouldn't hold an edge for him. He wanted wide ass pow boards and I might have bought him a pair wider than Nebraska is long had I thought he wouldn't be all sloppy on them.Last edited by uglymoney; 09-15-2014 at 01:37 PM.
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09-15-2014, 02:17 PM #23Banned
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09-15-2014, 02:24 PM #24
well, she is awesome. could stand to commit to the parallel turn, but that's about me, not her. we have fun, that's all I want.
this is her...
this is what she wants to do...
Let me lock in the system at Warp 2
Push it on into systematic overdrive
You know what to do
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09-15-2014, 02:27 PM #25
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