What skier type are you?

[Marc]

Type II I guess only because of my experience but well on my way to Type III....


I love going fast, I love steep stuff and glades and... bumps are coming. If experience is taken out then I have always been a Type III at heart.

I'm same as you Greg, 165 lbs, DIN = 7.

 

[Lostone]

I always rate myself as a II.

If there is doubt about releasing and not, I favor the hike and having the legs to do so.

:idea: Guess I'd have to be added to the groomer boomer group... unless there is powder.

You put powder under me and I'm this * holds up two fingers * close to skiing! :beer:

 

[SkiDog]

Re: Type III

Well, I can say that I am a Type III skier for sure. At the same time, I would never reccomend my release settings to anyone I like to ski the steepest stuff I can find, and oftentimes a release, for me results in a long steep climb to retrieve gear and usually under less than ideal conditions. I prefer for my skis to NOT release 9 times out of 10 DIN = 11

Mine are 10 or 11 as well....i'm 6'3" 200-210lbs...
Also 9 times out of 10...I don't want those things to come off my feet. All I can say is they've released when the needed to..



M

 

[Sky]

I'm a III, more for the speed than anything else.

I just bumped my level up last year. I'm modest. I figured I was a good level II...but my ski pal (an excellent skier) intervened while I was getting set up for a demo last season. He had no doubts about my level...so I figured I'd go with it.

 

[dmc]

I'm a type IV

 

[ga2ski]

type IV - alpine
type II or III - tele

 

[Brettski]

I'm a type IV

And here, all the while, I thought you were a type A

And being a level III doesn't mean very much.

I saw a rating system of 0 - 10...

I'd be about an 8.5

 

[JimG.]

I use AT bindings, Fritschi Freerides specifically. DIN goes up to 12, I have them set at 10.

They're set to come off only when they really need to, and when they really need to they do release. That happened twice last season, both times in the woods in powder when a ski slid under a piece of deadfall.

So, "really need to" means if they don't my leg will splinter into a million pieces.

Works for me .

 

[dmc]

I'm a type IV

And here, all the while, I thought you were a type A

haha.... No... Not type A... Maybe a type 110100100

 

[Vortex]

I have recetly discovered (last season) that setting the bindings to release is a good idea. I have always set them at the highest level and did not worry.... Well my stupidity has lead to some caution. Type 3.

 

[castlerock]

I'm a type IV

Nahh, you are just "stereo"type(d), you ski at Huntah!

 

[dmc]

I'm a type IV

Nahh, you are just "stereo"type(d), you ski at Huntah!

Good on... Snowbird boy...

Still planning on another Sugarbush outing...

 

[awf170]

I would say I'm two going on three...

 

[smootharc]

According to the DSM-IV (mental disorder diagnostic book)....

http://www.psychologynet.org/dsm.html


....I am classified as an S-IM55.8890 skier with a secondary diagnosis of
P-FT888.7.

In layman's terms, I'm a sick, ski addicted puppy who identifies with ski bums and vagabonds, dreams incessantly of trees and steeps, and would knock his grandmother out of the way for first tracks on a powder day. I've barfed on liftline skiers after hard nights, and forged a season's pass at Vail in '74, where I skied for free until being busted in April. Though I paid my debt to society, I'm considered dangerous, and have been banned from ski areas in California, Colorado, and British Columbia. I'm also....

Sorry....uh-oh....gotta go....wife's calling and it's my turn to give the kids a bath...

:dunce:

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

Type III
Ski aggressively.
Normally higher speeds.
Prefer more difficult, varied terrain.
Favor higher than average release/retention settings. This corresponds to a decreased releasability in a fall in order to gain a decreased risk of inadvertent binding release.

I never cared much for those ratings. By the Type 3 defination any advanced skier could put themselves in that category. Chris Davenport, Seth Morrison and me are all 3's? Don't think so. There needs to be a 4. BTW I'm a 3+ 8)

 

[ALLSKIING]

I would say I am a type lll. Although I had a small problem with vertigo last year on long steep trails. But it was not the steepness it was the length of the trail..go figure :-? Hope I got that solved this summer.

 

[tirolerpeter]

Skier Type?

The type of skiing I do depends upon many factors. When snow conditions are right, and I am with others who ski aggressively, I am definitely a Type III. I prefer to ski most energetically when there is fresh snow of some significant depth. After a powder dump I will gleefully throw myself down the most radical steeps and bumps. I won't do that when it is icy. I see no percentage in dropping my 59 year old carcass onto frozen surfaces. As for binding settings; I weigh 165lbs and generally use a DIN of 7. At that level I do not step out of them, but they do release when I take a fall. I have to either set them myself, or sign a waiver to get the 7 setting. It seems that my local shop will not go over a 5 for individuals over the age of 50. That is just not safe for me. I tried it, and stepped out of them on a double black. I went right down to the base and cranked them up.

 

[Charlie Schuessler]

Type III (Modified)

* Ski aggressively without anger (my grin usually arrives before I do).
* Normally ski at higher speeds than most skiers however under control, however not as fast as R.
* Need difficult, varied terrain, steep bumps preferred, on the lookut for gladed trails that are "in-bounds."
* Since 2001 Favor lower than industry average release/retention settings.

 

[bvibert]

I'm a type IV

And here, all the while, I thought you were a type A

haha.... No... Not type A... Maybe a type 110100100

:lol:

 

[skibum1321]

I have them adjust me to a III+. I'm 6'2" 180 lbs. so that means my dins are cranked down to about 9.
(Just in case I need it my blood type is O+ - take note if you are too )