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Originally Posted by riverc0il i would like to note that reading the ski rags gear reviews in an attempt to help buy the right ski is not a good idea. most ski mags write short, unhelpful reviews with superfluous generalizations that often boarder on innuendo and worse. they are often meant to solicit a giggle more than disceminate knowledge. use a ski rag to help yourself catagorize skis and see what skis are in the same field and why. general base knowledge and that is all. a supremely good resource for ski gear is epicski.com's gear forum. i don't make a ski purchase without consulting that site's incredibly thorough back log of information, generally posted from reliable sources that state their bias, physical dimensions, and limitations.
also in regards to ski rags, they won't post a bad review of a ski because the ski companies pay for ads. consider that one long and hard before buying your next ski based on information from a source biased by money. can't advise enough against reading any ski mag for gear info. |
I have to agree that there is no bad ski review that is published by the big mags. However, it's also been my experience that if the ski is in fact real bad, it's probably not gonna be rated/tested/published. So if it's omitted, don't bother. (Lisa Feinberg Densmore)