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Originally Posted by freeheelwilly PHAT! is where it's at!
I ski on 80 mm most days but am probably gonna get a pair of G3 Tickets which I think are 89. That's not too big. 70mm is so five minutes ago. On bigger days or in heavy corn gone bad (mash potatoes) I bring out the biggies: Dynastar Legend Pro Riders - 97mm. Yesterday at Whiteface I saw a guy RIPPING up the wind buff crud on a pair of Igneous - 120mm underfoot! Looked like a couple of ironing boards strapped to his feet! Fatter skis can be a handful until you adjust but anything less than 80 - no thanks. Go Phat!  |
89 is definitely great for those big days! i have a dynastar intuitiv big that is 89 at the waist and it simply RIPS on natural snow. not so much on the groomers, but for pow and natural snow it's killer. took em' for a skin to the top of the cat yesterday and turns were incredible coming down the wildcat trail. those pro riders are pushing it for EC. i'd love to give them a rip though! don't think i would use them much at all though.
but as an everyday ski, the fatter stuff doesn't work for much other than natural snow. you get into 90+ and you can forget about the groomers. tips bang in the bumps gets to be annoying with the wider skis too.