una_dogger
New member
Looking for input from the women skiers on the board (or guys with knowledge of women's skiis!) -- I'm in the market for my second pair of downhill skiis -- I'm skiing blues with ease, blacks comfortably, and some double blacks (yippee!) and need an upgrade from my first pair of skis (Salomon Ambers 138cm). I'm 5'0, 130#. I'm pretty athletic, and although I ski conservatively, I will try anything.
I'd like a ski that has really good edge grip on steeps, agile and responsive on tight turns/jump turns. Stability at speed is a plus -- but response and grip are bigger factors for me. I'm looking for an all mountain ski because I really like skiing the ungroomed stuff and want a ski that can handle it when we get powder here!
This past weekend I demo'd K2 Burnin' Loves(149cm) and had the following impressions:
Plusses:
-easy quick turns on groomers
-very stable at speed
-busted through late day crud very well, put out some pretty huge rooster tails!
-edgy on ice
Cons:
-heavy
-tails felt heavy and "draggy" as the groomers got pushed around.
-hard to manueuver on ungroomed -- skied them on Lost Princess in Oz (Sunday River) and had issues with getting them turned around moguls and also --difficult to describe-- but caught tips crossing a few times when I first got into that slope. Managed to work it out but was unhappy with them, couldn't really get them to "respond" quickly. They just felt, "dead". My Ambers move with me, they react very quickly. Yes, they are shorter, but I don't think that's the whole story....
I switched back to my Ambers for sunday and I really like the way they spring when I ask them too, but they are not so stable/edgy on the steeper stuff I'm skiing these days and I think that's where they are holding me back. I have to really grind them in to hold an edge on the steep stuff -- but they do their job, but I have to make a gazillion turns--they get skiddy on longer turns on steeps/icy surfaces.
I'm hoping to find Atomic Heaven's Gates to demo this weekend.
Has anyone tried them??
Thanks for your input. Any advice will be appreciated!
I'd like a ski that has really good edge grip on steeps, agile and responsive on tight turns/jump turns. Stability at speed is a plus -- but response and grip are bigger factors for me. I'm looking for an all mountain ski because I really like skiing the ungroomed stuff and want a ski that can handle it when we get powder here!
This past weekend I demo'd K2 Burnin' Loves(149cm) and had the following impressions:
Plusses:
-easy quick turns on groomers
-very stable at speed
-busted through late day crud very well, put out some pretty huge rooster tails!
-edgy on ice
Cons:
-heavy
-tails felt heavy and "draggy" as the groomers got pushed around.
-hard to manueuver on ungroomed -- skied them on Lost Princess in Oz (Sunday River) and had issues with getting them turned around moguls and also --difficult to describe-- but caught tips crossing a few times when I first got into that slope. Managed to work it out but was unhappy with them, couldn't really get them to "respond" quickly. They just felt, "dead". My Ambers move with me, they react very quickly. Yes, they are shorter, but I don't think that's the whole story....
I switched back to my Ambers for sunday and I really like the way they spring when I ask them too, but they are not so stable/edgy on the steeper stuff I'm skiing these days and I think that's where they are holding me back. I have to really grind them in to hold an edge on the steep stuff -- but they do their job, but I have to make a gazillion turns--they get skiddy on longer turns on steeps/icy surfaces.
I'm hoping to find Atomic Heaven's Gates to demo this weekend.
Has anyone tried them??
Thanks for your input. Any advice will be appreciated!
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