Skinny bump skis....worth it????

[jack97]

Originally Posted by MR. evil

This begs me to ask, do they make bumps skis simply because all mountain skis have gotten to fat?

The trends does seem to go fatter, I have some k2 and volk all mnt skis, circa 2003-4. The tips are around 109. That would prob be considered a skinny tip by today's standard.
Also, they are making the skis taller to help prevent boot out. That was one of my motivation in getting a mogul ski. I was getting by with my old all mtn skis but I wanted to get skinny and flat just to try it out. So far, lovin it.

[mondeo]

Originally Posted by ed-drum

The only skiing rule is, DON' T FALL DOWN! Ed.

I thought the rule was, if you aren't falling every once in a while, you aren't pushing yourself hard enough.

But anyways, I agree that its mostly the skier, and partly the skis; someone who skis bumps on a regular basis would do them better with Atomic race skis than someone who's never been in them on bump skis; I was just trying to point out the reasons behind using bump skis, and due to not having read the entire thread, probably was making a redundant point.

Now, to the question of are they worth it or not... It depends. If you spend a couple hours skiing bumps here and there, probably not. But if you're someone like me (and I think a few others here) and only ski for bumps (either in them, traveling to them, or practicing on groomers for them,) then yes, they are worth it. In between, the answer is somewhere in between.

[JimG.]

Originally Posted by MR. evil

I am by no means an expert in this subject as I just started to ski bumps this season. I still have a long way to go before I would even consider myself an average bump skier.

Up until this season I was skiing on a pair of first generation shaped skis. They had a side cut, but were not nearly as wide as today’s typical all mountain skis. With my old skis I generally skied most conditions with a really tight stance, (feet touching) and my tips were about ½” apart. At the beginning of the season I purchased a new pair of DynaStar’s. Off hand I cannot remember what the dimensions of the ski are, but they were about the same width on average as most of the other all mountain skis in the shop. But due to the width I have had to adjust my stance. I can no longer ski with my feet touching or my tips over lap by more than an inch. It was actually a big adjustment for me to change my stance.

A couple of weeks ago I picked up a pair of bump skis. Being much narrower than my all mountain skis I can once again ski with a tight stance, feet touching. I have only used them a couple of times so far, but for me they are much easier to use in the bumps simply because of the tighter stance. The funny thing is that my skinny bump skis are almost the same width as my old shaped skis. If my old shaped skis were not so heavy I would have considered using them as my bump skis.

This begs me to ask, do they make bumps skis simply because all mountain skis have gotten to fat? Did they even make bumps skis 10 years ago?

You learn quickly young grasshopper.

Yes, they've always manufactured straight skis. 15 years ago that's all you could get.

[JimG.]

Originally Posted by mondeo

I thought the rule was, if you aren't falling every once in a while, you aren't pushing yourself hard enough.

But anyways, I agree that its mostly the skier, and partly the skis; someone who skis bumps on a regular basis would do them better with Atomic race skis than someone who's never been in them on bump skis; I was just trying to point out the reasons behind using bump skis, and due to not having read the entire thread, probably was making a redundant point.

Now, to the question of are they worth it or not... It depends. If you spend a couple hours skiing bumps here and there, probably not. But if you're someone like me (and I think a few others here) and only ski for bumps (either in them, traveling to them, or practicing on groomers for them,) then yes, they are worth it. In between, the answer is somewhere in between.

No falls no balls.

I'm switching back to my much straighter AT skis this weekend. Because they are easier to ski in big bumps.

But I actually like my RX8's in the bumps most of the season.

[ed-drum]

Actually, I don't count how many days a year I ski. I count my falls. If I ski (which I have) 100 days a season, I average about 10 falls or so. ED.