campgottagopee
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Holly crap---a lot of mumble jumble in this thread---here's my .02 simply put.....
Buy him something that is in the "all mountain cruiser" catagory. You can't go wrong, I promise. These types of skis are just what the claim to be---good at everything. You can ski bumps, groomers, hard-n-soft snow, trees, steeps etc.
As for height, weight vs. length of ski, well, that's all crap. Just look at World Cup skiers. You've have some seriously big/strong dudes rippin it on 160's, why, well because of how stiff the ski is torsionally. That's what will allow someone who's bigger ski a shorter ski. I'm 6'4", 250 lbs and ski 178's (nordica top-fuel) thats 123-78-108 w/r18. I've skied the nordica world cup doberman slalom ski at 155. Very, very, very stable but you needed to be on edge at all times---not the type of skiing I like to do.
Anyway, hope that helps. Remeber, just look for all-mountain cruiser/expert catagory and you'll be good.
Buy him something that is in the "all mountain cruiser" catagory. You can't go wrong, I promise. These types of skis are just what the claim to be---good at everything. You can ski bumps, groomers, hard-n-soft snow, trees, steeps etc.
As for height, weight vs. length of ski, well, that's all crap. Just look at World Cup skiers. You've have some seriously big/strong dudes rippin it on 160's, why, well because of how stiff the ski is torsionally. That's what will allow someone who's bigger ski a shorter ski. I'm 6'4", 250 lbs and ski 178's (nordica top-fuel) thats 123-78-108 w/r18. I've skied the nordica world cup doberman slalom ski at 155. Very, very, very stable but you needed to be on edge at all times---not the type of skiing I like to do.
Anyway, hope that helps. Remeber, just look for all-mountain cruiser/expert catagory and you'll be good.