hamster on skis
Certified Ski Diva
Please don't laugh at me -- I'm looking for new skis for my husband (who likes skiing but not as much as I do).
We ski about 20 days a year, mostly East Coast (Sugarbush, VT), with about a week in Utah (Alta, Solitude..) in recent years. I would say husband is at the lower end of advanced -- good on groomers but less happy following me and the kids off piste. His (very) old skis are Volkl AC 20 which are very clearly inadequate for two reasons - 1) it is an intermediate ski and he could use better skis now 2) it's too narrow for Utah. Looking for one-quiver ski that would handle East Coast ice but also be reasonable & let him improve in trees, bumps, and powder. Some popular skis -- Blizzard Bonafide, Nordica Enforcer etc might be the answer but I'm also worried they might be too much ski for him. (Are there some similar but somewhat more forgiving skis?) Also not sure about the width: would Brahma be way too narrow for those Utah trips? Would Enforcer 93 be more appropriate that Enforcer 100? (Husband is 5'9", 185 lbs and not super athletic.)
I love my Blizzard Black Pearls (bought them sight unseen a couple years back) and would love to find a "similar" ski for husband.
Demoing is not a great idea, unfortunately -- hard to demo "in all conditions" (and we don't ski enough to dedicate a ski week to demoing.) Last spring he wanted to demo and was talked into trying a Volkl RTM (84 I think) which he said was really ripping icy groomers but was clearly not a one-quiver ski.
I would have posted this on epicski but now that it's closed, trying the divas before registering for pugski.
Thank you!
We ski about 20 days a year, mostly East Coast (Sugarbush, VT), with about a week in Utah (Alta, Solitude..) in recent years. I would say husband is at the lower end of advanced -- good on groomers but less happy following me and the kids off piste. His (very) old skis are Volkl AC 20 which are very clearly inadequate for two reasons - 1) it is an intermediate ski and he could use better skis now 2) it's too narrow for Utah. Looking for one-quiver ski that would handle East Coast ice but also be reasonable & let him improve in trees, bumps, and powder. Some popular skis -- Blizzard Bonafide, Nordica Enforcer etc might be the answer but I'm also worried they might be too much ski for him. (Are there some similar but somewhat more forgiving skis?) Also not sure about the width: would Brahma be way too narrow for those Utah trips? Would Enforcer 93 be more appropriate that Enforcer 100? (Husband is 5'9", 185 lbs and not super athletic.)
I love my Blizzard Black Pearls (bought them sight unseen a couple years back) and would love to find a "similar" ski for husband.
Demoing is not a great idea, unfortunately -- hard to demo "in all conditions" (and we don't ski enough to dedicate a ski week to demoing.) Last spring he wanted to demo and was talked into trying a Volkl RTM (84 I think) which he said was really ripping icy groomers but was clearly not a one-quiver ski.
I would have posted this on epicski but now that it's closed, trying the divas before registering for pugski.
Thank you!