Suggestions?

[Rushski]

A friend's wife has given me the task of figuring out what skis to buy him. Will obviously tell her that we can't just buy him a pair of boots for multiple reasons...

He's 42, probably 200#, about 6'. He has been skiing on 215cm (not a typo), K2 Super G skis. He is sort of old school form-wies as he is a long radius, not quite swivel-hips, but very controlled and skis fast. He did try my Fischer RX8s last season and didn't have any problems.

Thinking a GS cut, maybe or maybe not race ski. 175cm should be fine.?.?.?

I would rather try to get him to the Loon demo for Ken Jones on the 10th, but may not be able to have her wait to buy him the skis.

 

[Glenn]

That sounds about right to me. Some places will let you demo a number of skis for about $50 a day. Usually, it's done at the ski shop on the mountain. They'll give you a credit of $50 if you buy the skis there. The nice thing about that, you don't have to wait for demo day or wait in lines on demo day.

 

[billski]

I wouldn't feel good about this if I was you. It can only come back to haunt you if it doesn't work out. A good ski shop will let you buy equipment and exchange it later. We do this ALL the time at our club. So I'd suggest find a good shop with a really decent selection, buy some skis and bindings (unmounted). She can wrap em up, gift them, he will be thrilled and the day will be good.