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Old Mar 12, 2008, 2:51 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by deadheadskier View Post
I'm curious why you suggest this?

I ski a B2, so 116mm tip and 78mm waist. Just wondering why a beefier ski would better contribute to improved skiing for an intermediate.
The extra width helps quite a bit for the conditions that many intermediates find the toughest, soft and sloppy. The overall ski doesn't need to be beefier(stiffer), if anything with today's sidecuts, the trend for *most* folks would be for a bit of a softer overall flex pattern, especially in the tip which tends to lead to easier turn initiation
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