I'm new to the boards and here's my first question. I just bought a pair of Atomic Metrons M10 in size 164. After talking to a couple people about it, most seem to think I should have gone with the 171s. So my question is, what will be the difference between them? I'm 5'11 about 200 pounds and have been skiing about 8 years. Most of the terrain I ski is the black diamond groomers, but I'm slowly trying to do more glades. I'm also trying to improve on the bumps, because I'm not good at them at all yet. I thought I should go a little shorter because I thought it would help improve my weaker abilities, and I assume I'm sacrificing a little speed. I didn't think the Atomics could be slower than the 6 year old Elan X carves I have. So I'm trying to decide if I should go with the 164s or offload them and move up. Any feedback is appreciated.
thanks,
pwong313
thanks,
pwong313