"Power skiers", what are you skiing?
I was recently described as a "power" skier by a wise old man. Not quite sure what this means but at 6'3, 205lbs and spent a fair amount of time in the gym I guess it makes sense. I think this means that I tend to ski through bumps and crud vs finessing my way around. I know I like to ski hard and fast but beyond that I don't know how to describe my skiing. My skis right now are 50/50 resort/touring skis so they're all on the lighter side. I was thinking of picking up purely resort skis and going with something heavier. So, other "power skiers", what are you skiing?
"Power skiers", what are you skiing?
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Originally Posted by
gregL
6'3" and 205? Maybe something like a 202 cm Cochise . . .
The 202cm Cochise exists, it’s the 202 Ranger 108, but seriously it is hard to find a big guy pow ski.
I’m the same height but 10lbs heavier. Finding a good pow ski is actually not that easy since they are made to be 3-5cm taller then the skier and there are very few skis over 195 cm.
The Mindbender 116C was really awesome until they broke.
The 193 Volkl Shiro is pretty rad but at our size more on the playful side of things.
The 203 Shiro is an awesome pow charger, but defiantly not light, but has no speed limit. A friend whose 5-6 160lbs sent a double to a quadruple cause they are so fast and stable.
Same with the 202cm Fischer Ranger 108, big fast and stable.
Stock Praxis Protests are pretty rad. My 4 flex are too stiff for what I want them for.
Interestingly enough I really liked the 192 Armada ARV JJ as an every day ski, but didn’t get it to too much pow since the back half of last season was pretty dry.
The 194cm Praxis Quixote was fun 95% of the time, 5% of the time they wanted to kill me. Read the thread about them if you want info.
Pretty much look for something stiff over 192cm in length and 115mm wide. Hopefully they don’t weight a metric shit ton, but if you want them to be durable they will weight a ton.
"Power skiers", what are you skiing?
6’3 and only 205. Do you even lift, bro.?
"Power skiers", what are you skiing?
200cm Stockli Stormrider Pro, the ski might be about 5-6 years out of production at this point. The 200cm can be found, the 190 is elusive. Only two lengths the ski came in. Metal top sheet iirc, damp as fuck