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Diva in Training
I'm sure this might be far too repetitive for most readers, I apologized- first post and was really excited to find this site!
Started skiing last year in earnest (well sort of, I have 2 kids under 5, so earnest has meant switching off for a few hours here and there throughout a ski weekend!) . Leaned to ski in HS, never progressed past beginner, and now it is 20 years later.
Bought some end of season/sale gear last year for a good deal and both the sales gentleman (who was definitely a veteran skier) and my husband thought that it would be fine to buy a ski that maybe was a little longer than I was used to so that I could "grow into it" with my skills.
Great in theory but I think my skills could maybe come along faster if I had little skis that I could control better. I'm 175cm tall, I'm skiing rossignol pursuit 12 ti- entry level ski, correct?
I had SUCH a tough time in the snow last weekend- I was in crap conditions, all man-made snow, with a layer of ice from a sleet storm mixed in and all chewed up (but hey, its a small mountain in VA- Wintergreen- so its just what you get). It felt like I was skiing in an icy sand and all the bumps and piles made me kept almost losing it.
I haven't mastered the hockey stop in these and thus I can't really turn both tips at the same time- which proved a mess in these conditions. I was pizza-pie all over the place on their very mild greens and blues! my 5 year old basically caught up to my skill level!
I felt pretty lousy because we had spent a week in VT (Smuggs) with extended family so I was able to get out 5 days for at least a couple hours each day and by the end I was skiing some of their blues- albeit turning a lot, taking breaks on runs to "strategize" how to not go too fast on each section. But, feeling pretty proud of myself for trying. We got dumped on one day with a foot of powder, which also threw me for a loop- I've never skied all that and ungroomed bc it was falling so fast, so I was falling and even getting stuck on turns, but it was actually kind of fun that day, because I was at least learning something new!
I still had the problem of not being able to turn as easily as I would like in VT, with both tips going at the same time, but the conditions were so beautiful and the runs wide enough that I was able to sort of work around it.
So this is an epic, long post (so sorry, I'm just excited to have found this site). But I'm wondering if I should be on skis that come to my chin, as I've read in other places? Getting the tape measure out this morning said my chin is like 154cm from the ground (barefoot).
I'm OK with buying a set of sale/ non fancy skis at a shorter length
Started skiing last year in earnest (well sort of, I have 2 kids under 5, so earnest has meant switching off for a few hours here and there throughout a ski weekend!) . Leaned to ski in HS, never progressed past beginner, and now it is 20 years later.
Bought some end of season/sale gear last year for a good deal and both the sales gentleman (who was definitely a veteran skier) and my husband thought that it would be fine to buy a ski that maybe was a little longer than I was used to so that I could "grow into it" with my skills.
Great in theory but I think my skills could maybe come along faster if I had little skis that I could control better. I'm 175cm tall, I'm skiing rossignol pursuit 12 ti- entry level ski, correct?
I had SUCH a tough time in the snow last weekend- I was in crap conditions, all man-made snow, with a layer of ice from a sleet storm mixed in and all chewed up (but hey, its a small mountain in VA- Wintergreen- so its just what you get). It felt like I was skiing in an icy sand and all the bumps and piles made me kept almost losing it.
I haven't mastered the hockey stop in these and thus I can't really turn both tips at the same time- which proved a mess in these conditions. I was pizza-pie all over the place on their very mild greens and blues! my 5 year old basically caught up to my skill level!
I felt pretty lousy because we had spent a week in VT (Smuggs) with extended family so I was able to get out 5 days for at least a couple hours each day and by the end I was skiing some of their blues- albeit turning a lot, taking breaks on runs to "strategize" how to not go too fast on each section. But, feeling pretty proud of myself for trying. We got dumped on one day with a foot of powder, which also threw me for a loop- I've never skied all that and ungroomed bc it was falling so fast, so I was falling and even getting stuck on turns, but it was actually kind of fun that day, because I was at least learning something new!
I still had the problem of not being able to turn as easily as I would like in VT, with both tips going at the same time, but the conditions were so beautiful and the runs wide enough that I was able to sort of work around it.
So this is an epic, long post (so sorry, I'm just excited to have found this site). But I'm wondering if I should be on skis that come to my chin, as I've read in other places? Getting the tape measure out this morning said my chin is like 154cm from the ground (barefoot).
I'm OK with buying a set of sale/ non fancy skis at a shorter length
. I don't mind taking the hit, as long as it helps me actually have fun. I suppose it might mean new bindings too, maybe I'll get lucky and see if my local shops have anything shorter that I can just transfer bindings to? They have been used maybe 12 times! 
