Hey all - hoping to ask some advice.
Used to hang out round these parts quite a lot... but it's been a long time, between 5 years in the Marine Corps, ending up on the East Coast for grad school, and life getting in the way.
Anyway - I have the month of January off from school, a student season pass at JH, a military Epic Pass, and a borrowed SUV to chase falling flakes. I'm asking the collective for advice on how to CHEAPLY update my gear - I'd like to try out this reverse camber/sidecut/rockered business. My gear is old but functional - I have a pair of 2007 183 Volkl Gotamas (white topsheet / red bases) that I've skied all the camber out of, and a pair of 2004 186 Legend Pros (the original race stock ones, pre-tip protectors).
I absolutely love the Gotamas - they're stable but playful, easy to ski, not too heavy, and yet not limiting in anything shy of the chunkiest. The LPs are great skis, but (from what I remember) are a lot of work - I ended up going to the Gotamas the vast majority of the time.
What is the collective recommendation? I'm thinking it would be the move to replace the Gotamas with something more modern that fits in the same general-purpose-do-everything-powder-ski slot, and keep the LPs for mashed potato crud / mach-jesus groomer days. What should I be thinking about for that slot? I'd prefer something I can pick up cheap ($200?). Would rather spend the $$ on gas to get to storms, beer, etc. Would probably mount old Dukes (currently on the Gotamas) on them (LPs are mourned with Pivot 14s), unless that would be stupid / there's some new solution to the tech/alpine solution that isn't going to require me to replace all my gear at once...
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