gmcunni
Active member
i used to think 100mm or more was a fat ski but as i contemplate a new 1 ski quiver i'm thinking ~95.
What do you consider a fat ski these days?
What do you consider a fat ski these days?
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How fat is fat?
- Thread starter gmcunni
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You can either call Dan
or read this thread
http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=106511&highlight=Egan
or read this thread
http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=106511&highlight=Egan
gmcunni
Active member
Dan Egan doesn't take calls from gapers like me
Stop whining about 5mm you look fine the way you are 
billski
Active member
Depends what you're skiing.
SKIQUATTRO
New member
i think the boots make your skis look fat
drjeff
Well-known member
After seeing what was under people's feet and leaning on the ski racks last week during a big powder week in Utah, my definition of how fat is fat went up by a good 20mm or so! One had to be seriously bow legged to ski on some of the sticks that folks had out there!
One had to be seriously bow legged to ski on some of the sticks that folks had out there! 
snowmonster
New member
I used to think that anything over 90 was fat. Then, I got a 100 waisted ski. Thought it would be unwieldly and that it would be my powder ski. It became my daily driver. Now, I see anything over 105 as fat. It's all relative, I guess.
gmcunni
Active member
After seeing what was under people's feet and leaning on the ski racks last week during a big powder week in Utah, my definition of how fat is fat went up by a good 20mm or so!
this pic from Magic over the weekend is what got me thinking that my definition of FAT was old.
I called Dan for you. He said 110mm and up is fat and if you kill it, you can still carve them on hardpack 
BenedictGomez
Well-known member
Wow. I think that there are many people that ski in the east 95% of the time that are skiing on skis way too fat (like several in that picture) for what our conditions are 95% of the time.
o3jeff
New member
this pic from Magic over the weekend is what got me thinking that my definition of FAT was old.
They had a couple pairs of those demo skis(the all yellow ones) in the little ski shop in the lodge that they were selling for $650 iirc.
hammer
Active member
Would not have minded having one of those instead of the all-mountain skis I was on...couldn't get any float out of them and I couldn't chop through the tracked out stuff either...this pic from Magic over the weekend is what got me thinking that my definition of FAT was old.
Sure that technique had something to do with it but it did look easier for people on the fat skis.
Bene288
New member
My new Theorys are 95. When I saw them in person I thought they would turn like a toaster. Not true.
gmcunni
Active member
what binding did you go with?
Abubob
Well-known member
Its amazing how quickly things have changed. Only a couple years ago I have a tech at the demo shop at Waterville tell me that the Watea 85s were a powder only ski and wouldn't let me try them. Idiot - I thought but not wanting to get into an argument tried something he approved of. Now that's a front side groomer width. I wonder what he is thinking now?
mondeo
New member
I have 66, 84, and 94 in my quiver.
The Watea 94 is in no way an every day ski in the East. Maybe if you don't like changing directions very quickly, I might see it, but advances in ski tech don't change physics. Wider is slower, no way to get around it.
The Watea 94 is in no way an every day ski in the East. Maybe if you don't like changing directions very quickly, I might see it, but advances in ski tech don't change physics. Wider is slower, no way to get around it.
SkiFanE
New member
Not that you asked me, but I just bought my first midfats (91 - fat to me lol) and got Look Pivots..they're back. Have some on my SL skis and love them, so got some for these. So far so good, no early releases - but have when needed to - I cranked the din up a bit, but seems to be just right.
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