How many skis in your quiver?

[thinnmann]

Rossignol Phantom SC80 185cm ... only ski I want or need

plus I'm not rich enough to have like multiple kinds of skis so I just got the one that is best at everything (except dense moguls... the tail is too long)

If you are patient, know what you want, and are a little handy at ski maintenance, you can have your quiver and eat it too.... eBay. The most I have paid, including shipping, for any of the 6 pairs of skis I use is $207.50 - and that's an outlier in November 2010 - for my 2010 Phantom 80's with demo bindings. (Love demo bindings!) Winning bids for my skis are usually under $100. Have kept costs for wife and even the kids' racing skis under $225, including bindings. I have even re-sold eBay purchased skis for more than I have purchased them for, after skiing them for a couple of seasons. It takes the right timing, photos, knowledge, and a communication of love for the ski in your descriptions.

Start here and keep looking... Bid in the last 15 seconds. Yea, you lose sometimes, bidding like that....

 

[Cannonball]

6-7ish

Snowboards:
Arbor Element 164: 4 days on it so far, still working out it's slot in the lineup
Inca 163: Does everything superbly, but really excels when things get bulletproof.
Salomon 500Pro 164: Put this up for sale recently along with another board. The other one went and I'm glad to still have it. Screaming fast carver. May get split soon.
DouTone Splitboard 163: Technically in the wife's quiver, but I like to ride it when she lets me (TWSS!!)

Ski:
K2 Public Enemy 176: AT setup
Dynastar Huge Troubles 185: On piste setup Haven't been on 'em yet, upgraded by pawning my Big Trouble 176s which I loved.
Fischer Crown Outabounds 176: XC/BC setup

 

[Vortex]

I have used all four this year. A pair for woods and fresh snow, a gs ski, a pair for sl, and rock pair.

 

[AngryHugo]

Just two at the moment:
Dynastar Mythic Lengend Pro Riders 88 and
Liberty Helixes

I'm currently shopping for a pair of deep powder skis, so we'll see....

 

[bdfreetuna]

Phantom 80's with demo bindings. (Love demo bindings!)

Hell yeah I got the 2009 Phantom 80s how you like those skis?

And why are you skiing on anything else when you got Rossi Phantoms?? :-o

 

[thetrailboss]

6 for me:

Head Joe 105 Powder Skis
Head Monster 102sw
Head Monster iM76
Volkl Tigershark 12 Foot Powerswitch
Head Monster iM75srf
Atomic PrimeX

3 for my wife:

Atomic Century Powder Skis
K2 Burnin Loves
Karhu Backcountry Skis

 

[o3jeff]

3 Fischer Progressor 9, Salomon Enduro 84, Fischer Watea 94. Think in the next year or two will move up to something wider from the Watea. Enduro is now the everyday ski.

How do you like the Progressor 9's? Thinking I may need something in that category....

 

[jimmywilson69]

3

Volkl Super Sport 5 Star (early season/rock ski)
K2 Appachae Outlaw (everyday)
Watea 114 (Pow/Crud)

 

[frapcap]

3
Atomic Drive 7 Scandium: Great carvers for hardpack or groomed terrain. Usually bring these if I ski with friends who aren't interested in the woods or bumps.

Atomic Nomad Savage Ti: My favorite go-to ski. They do everything I want them to. They float well in the woods, flex well on the bumps, have a little rocker, but the length will lay flat when carving on a groomed trail.

Solomon X-Scream 9: Kinda inherited this pair from a friend who doesn't make it out to the East too often. Super easy to turn and very fast. Probably a little to long for me, but they're a blast to ride on.

 

[thinnmann]

Hell yeah I got the 2009 Phantom 80s how you like those skis?

And why are you skiing on anything else when you got Rossi Phantoms?? :-o

The 2010 Phantom 80's are probably the same ski with different topsheets. They do carve and they do love what we call powder in the east, and they are awesome in crud and spring conditions.

But when everything is hard snow and ice, Atomic SL or Blizzard SL skis win the day.

And when the woods and other illegal trails become available, I would rather be on the Dynastar 4800 rock skis, so I don't have to worry about damaging the P.80s.

And when there is a need for speed and the snow is perfectly groomed, the old Beta Rides are a lot faster and more stable at speed, with a 21' turn radius.

And once in a while, when I just want to look like the Silver Surfer and give my legs a smooth recovery day, I pull out the Colorado-made Volants.

 

[Cheese]

And when there is a need for speed and the snow is perfectly groomed, the old Beta Rides are a lot faster and more stable at speed, with a 21' turn radius.

I think you mean 21 meter but that is the side-cut radius, not the turn radius.

 

[ALLSKIING]

4

 

[wa-loaf]

How do you like the Progressor 9's? Thinking I may need something in that category....

Right now I have a race tune on them so am only using them for race league. They are great carvers. My Enduro's are competent carvers so they're my main ski now.

 

[thinnmann]

I think you mean 21 meter but that is the side-cut radius, not the turn radius.

Hmm... IDK... Isn't it the same thing?

 

[Glenn]

2

1 carver
1 twin

Looking to add something in between,

 

[Skimaine]

Volkl Bridge - sees most of the action.
Volkl AC3 - firm conditions / rock skies.

 

[gmcunni]

i have more ski jackets (4) than pairs of skis (1).

 

[Cheese]

Hmm... IDK... Isn't it the same thing?

I don't know if you're yanking my chain or seriously think that the R# of a ski indicates a turning radius. In case you've been misled into believing it's the turning radius, lets take a look at how far from the truth this actually is:

R=21m

If a turn is a 180* change in direction, diameter is probably a better measure of how much distance the turn will take. The radius spec on your ski is 21m so the diameter is 42m. Since we're in the US, people tend to calculate things in feet so I'll translate that you're saying the distance it will take you to turn from left to right is 137.8 feet per turn. A GS ski is a slow turning ski, but not so slow that you can't even fit a turn in between the width of the trail. 21m is obviously not the turning radius.

Now let's tighten up that turning radius to a slalom ski:

R=16m

Again the diameter is 32m for a 180* change in direction so the distance for a single turn if 16m was the turning radius would work out to 105 feet. Even at this reduced turning radius a skier couldn't stay inside the width of a trail. 16m is not the turning radius.

If you look at a ski flat on the floor, an arc forms from the middle of the ski to the tip. If you continue this arc for 360* it forms an imaginary circle. The radius of this imaginary circle is the side-cut radius and that would be the R# spec for your ski. It's just a measure of the side-cut.

 

[2knees]

i have more ski jackets (4) than pairs of skis (1).

do you swap out jackets based on the conditions?

 

[gmcunni]

do you swap out jackets based on the conditions?

conditions or fashion statement.

1. northface shell. my fav, good to mid-20s
2. costco special softshell - good down to 10-ish as long as it isn't snowing or excessively windy
3. old columbia titanium - snow or extreme cold or windy
4. Victorinox Swiss Army jacket - same conditions as the columbia but it is red and i'm not usually a red kind of guy. occasionally when i'm feeling flamboyant i'll put it on.


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