Buying Advice

[prisnah]

Originally Posted by SKIQUATTRO

I've been skiing the Metons for 5yrs and love em...yes, they are stiff and heavy, but they do not get tossed in crud and death cookies, they blast through everything!! I demo'd all sorts of sizes and ended up falling for the 157cm (i'm 5'10" 180ish) that size and my skiing style just fit,,,,I prefer bumps and shorter fall line turns

Your kidding right????
I would think 165 is too short for you, let alone 157....why not just buy skiboards? I'm 5' 7 170 and I ski on 175-180's primarily. One pair of 165's, but they're junk at any kind of speed How does that work for you? You don't notice a ton of chatter and lost stability? I would think that size ski would crap out on you at any kind of speed.

[prisnah]

Originally Posted by Skinner

Thanks for the feedback.

What about the size? One person mentioned 168s, which was my initial thoughts too. But the salesman suggested 159s, which seems small. Not sure if some of that advice was based on the fact that they only had this ski in that size!

I'm 165lbs and consider myself an upper intermediate skier. Would love to progress to a point where I feel more comfortable on the steep black/double blacks. I generally prefer big S turns at moderate speeds.

Any thoughts?

Go with at least the 168. It will allow for better stability and higher speeds and will help you progress as a skier.

Dude was just trying to get you to buy then and there....159 is too small for you.