dlague
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To start - I am about 6' weight 195
I have what I consider a One Quiver ski. I ski on a pair of Rossignol Phantom 87's 179 cm (few years old now) that my wife won at a ski movie after she bought $20 work of raffle tickets. Turns out I was looking for a new ski and that one fit the bill perfectly IMO. I have enjoyed them a lot! This ski has an incredible side cut so it carves up groomers really nice and handles ice with out much problem. The shovel is pretty wide so it floats pretty well too on crud and powder alike! They generally do well off-piste as well when the conditions are softer or powder! In harder days in the woods where it is a little more bumped out they tend to be too stiff. Dimensions - 130/87/116.
However, back in January, I skied a few runs with Savemeasammy. He asked about skiing hurricane and since I generally limit my bump skiing (torn ACL three years ago) opted not to that day. Well that kind of bugged me a little and inspired me to ski more bump terrain this season. I really enjoyed it more and more as the season progressed, but the skis I have are certainly not suited for it. I can put the tip on one bump and the tail on the other and not flex them very much. As a result, hitting a bump slightly off was like riding a bucking bronco. Don't get me wrong, I love the stiffness especially on hard surfaces and at speed. They ski nicely on bump runs with a little more spacing.
Now as I research new skis, I have read when it comes to mogul skis that narrower is better to allow for better transitions from edge to edge. Another aspect to many bumps skis that I have found is being longer and having softer tips. Narrower, longer, softer! Some of the skis that I have read about (2014) are Dynastar Twister, Hart f-17 Classics and Volkl Wall Mogul to name a few. Now this all flies in the face of everything else I have been looking at since I want the ski to do it all!
Here is where the problem lies. On any given day, I could get of the lift and start down a groomer then decide to head into the woods for a while then pop back out somewhere on a groomer - you could even throw in some short bumps runs in that mix. I never really set out to do anything specific I like it all. So.... How many people bring multiple sets of skis? If you do then technically you are aiming at a specific type of skiing depending on the planks that are on your feet! That seems to be too much work. So what do you look for if you want a ski that does pretty good in the bumps, yet are technically wider for off piste skiing, do well at speed and carve pretty well! A few that I have considered so far are Blizzard Bushwacker, Line Prophet 85/90, Volkl Kendo or Bridge, Rossignol Experience 88 or Rossignol Soul or Sin 7's - there are others too!
Am I washed up trying to find a single ski? Or get a separate bump ski, and keep it at the base a do targeted bumps runs when I wish?
BTW we have a set of ChopStix 131 under foot for those real powder days.
I have what I consider a One Quiver ski. I ski on a pair of Rossignol Phantom 87's 179 cm (few years old now) that my wife won at a ski movie after she bought $20 work of raffle tickets. Turns out I was looking for a new ski and that one fit the bill perfectly IMO. I have enjoyed them a lot! This ski has an incredible side cut so it carves up groomers really nice and handles ice with out much problem. The shovel is pretty wide so it floats pretty well too on crud and powder alike! They generally do well off-piste as well when the conditions are softer or powder! In harder days in the woods where it is a little more bumped out they tend to be too stiff. Dimensions - 130/87/116.
However, back in January, I skied a few runs with Savemeasammy. He asked about skiing hurricane and since I generally limit my bump skiing (torn ACL three years ago) opted not to that day. Well that kind of bugged me a little and inspired me to ski more bump terrain this season. I really enjoyed it more and more as the season progressed, but the skis I have are certainly not suited for it. I can put the tip on one bump and the tail on the other and not flex them very much. As a result, hitting a bump slightly off was like riding a bucking bronco. Don't get me wrong, I love the stiffness especially on hard surfaces and at speed. They ski nicely on bump runs with a little more spacing.
Now as I research new skis, I have read when it comes to mogul skis that narrower is better to allow for better transitions from edge to edge. Another aspect to many bumps skis that I have found is being longer and having softer tips. Narrower, longer, softer! Some of the skis that I have read about (2014) are Dynastar Twister, Hart f-17 Classics and Volkl Wall Mogul to name a few. Now this all flies in the face of everything else I have been looking at since I want the ski to do it all!
Here is where the problem lies. On any given day, I could get of the lift and start down a groomer then decide to head into the woods for a while then pop back out somewhere on a groomer - you could even throw in some short bumps runs in that mix. I never really set out to do anything specific I like it all. So.... How many people bring multiple sets of skis? If you do then technically you are aiming at a specific type of skiing depending on the planks that are on your feet! That seems to be too much work. So what do you look for if you want a ski that does pretty good in the bumps, yet are technically wider for off piste skiing, do well at speed and carve pretty well! A few that I have considered so far are Blizzard Bushwacker, Line Prophet 85/90, Volkl Kendo or Bridge, Rossignol Experience 88 or Rossignol Soul or Sin 7's - there are others too!
Am I washed up trying to find a single ski? Or get a separate bump ski, and keep it at the base a do targeted bumps runs when I wish?
BTW we have a set of ChopStix 131 under foot for those real powder days.