Ratbrothers
Diva in Training
Hi lovely divas, am a little nervous cos this is my first ever post But I've been following the gear posts for a while, and have gleaned some great info to help narrow down my choices for new skis. Thank you all! After a week of demo-ing a few 2017 skis thought I would offer my thoughts on the ones I tried. Hopefully it will be useful to someone else!
As background I'm 49 years old from New Zealand and have skied since I was 19, some years lots, others a little, and others none. I'm 5ft7, athletic build and 75kg. Have skied NZ, Canada, Japan and US resorts. In the good old days I skied 2 metre straight skis (Rossignol 4S were my favourites). For the past four years I've been totally addicted to my Volkl Kenjas. Most of my skiing is on piste and fairly fast (60-90kph according to the Ski Tracks app). But after spending one month per year skiing the northern hemisphere for the past four years I'm becoming more adventurous and interested in venturing off piste.
Hoping this frames up where I'm coming from in my quest for new skis!
I'm at Snowmass for 3 weeks and after doing some pre-trip research I decided to try the latest Volkl Kenja (which I was pretty convinced I would end up with), the K2 OohLaLuv (my husband and his cousin are both K2 lovers), and the Armada Victa 87ti.
The K2s were great skis, super quick into a turn and an easy ski which you could put onto an edge and handled speed no problem. A drawback for me was that the front of the skis were too soft for my liking, and I think this had them turning a little quicker than I wanted, especially on faster steeper runs.
I was excited to try the latest release of my beloved Volkls! Weirdly I found them quite heavy and not so easy and fun as previous seasons. This left me puzzled and interested to try something else.
Not having too much hope that the Armadas would be serious contenders I was super excited that they were sooo fun to ski! Lightweight, held an edge super well at speed and travelled confidently over pretty much everything I threw at them. I decided these were my favourites so tried them over 2 days - in fresh snow, chop/crud and harder pack/groomers.
So no prizes for guessing that I'm now the proud owner of a pair of Armada Victa 87ti skis. Love them!
As background I'm 49 years old from New Zealand and have skied since I was 19, some years lots, others a little, and others none. I'm 5ft7, athletic build and 75kg. Have skied NZ, Canada, Japan and US resorts. In the good old days I skied 2 metre straight skis (Rossignol 4S were my favourites). For the past four years I've been totally addicted to my Volkl Kenjas. Most of my skiing is on piste and fairly fast (60-90kph according to the Ski Tracks app). But after spending one month per year skiing the northern hemisphere for the past four years I'm becoming more adventurous and interested in venturing off piste.
Hoping this frames up where I'm coming from in my quest for new skis!
I'm at Snowmass for 3 weeks and after doing some pre-trip research I decided to try the latest Volkl Kenja (which I was pretty convinced I would end up with), the K2 OohLaLuv (my husband and his cousin are both K2 lovers), and the Armada Victa 87ti.
The K2s were great skis, super quick into a turn and an easy ski which you could put onto an edge and handled speed no problem. A drawback for me was that the front of the skis were too soft for my liking, and I think this had them turning a little quicker than I wanted, especially on faster steeper runs.
I was excited to try the latest release of my beloved Volkls! Weirdly I found them quite heavy and not so easy and fun as previous seasons. This left me puzzled and interested to try something else.
Not having too much hope that the Armadas would be serious contenders I was super excited that they were sooo fun to ski! Lightweight, held an edge super well at speed and travelled confidently over pretty much everything I threw at them. I decided these were my favourites so tried them over 2 days - in fresh snow, chop/crud and harder pack/groomers.
So no prizes for guessing that I'm now the proud owner of a pair of Armada Victa 87ti skis. Love them!