| I agree - I am a big fan of fat skis. I have a pair of Seth Pistols (189cm long and 95mm under foot) and love them when I go out west or to South America. Big burly skis feel stable and controlable, constantly waiting for your input. Its a reassuring feeling compared to smaller skis, such as my Rossi 9S slalom skis. The Rossis are overly hooky, refuse to stay stable going fast and straight and just don't give that encouring feeling.
Most maganizes are saying that with recent advances in ski design and materials you can +5mm under foot and not feel like you are losing any edge control. In other words, the K2 Public Enemy skis of this year should has the same performance on the hard snow even though they are 5mm wider under foot than the ones that I have. A number of 90 to 95mm skis are marketed as all mountain now, while 2 years ago anything over 90mm was a 'powder' or 'big mountain' ski. I just wonder if anyone has that first hand experience of this. |