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Angel Diva
As those who follow the NH/ME 2018-19 thread know, a few Divas went to the Sunapee Ladies Day Extravanga on 3/12/19 that included demo skis organized by the Bob Skinner ski shop. Turned out to be one of the best demo days I've ever done. I had a chance to check out 6 models, with enough time on each to get a pretty good feel for whether or not they were fun for me on hard pack groomers. The weather cooperated with sunshine and good northeast conditions. The groomers were good all day. For those comfortable with normal icy conditions for ungroomed terrain in the northeast, I think it was a good all day as well.
There were plenty of options to choose from. The brands included Rossignol, Volkl, Head, Nordica, and Blizzard. A rep for Blizzard was around. Not sure about the other brands. It was possible to get advice for those women who were less familiar with demo'ing. There were several tents set up with people available to set up bindings, so never had to wait after choosing a pair of skis. While there weren't skis for petite skiers who wanted to try out lengths under 150, there were enough shorter lengths for me to have more choices than time. There were quite a few options around 170cm as far as I could tell. Not sure what was available much longer than that.
I stuck to demo'ing skis on blue groomers for the most part. Took most of the runs on the same blue run, which was pretty empty so it was easy to do short, medium, and wide turns.
The Ladies Day included over 100 women, perhaps 150+. Registration was $35 for the day, with the option of a $25 day ticket.
@diymom , @MissySki , @Abbi , and @newboots also were at Sunapee for the Ladies Day. I think we all had a good time demo'ing.
There were plenty of options to choose from. The brands included Rossignol, Volkl, Head, Nordica, and Blizzard. A rep for Blizzard was around. Not sure about the other brands. It was possible to get advice for those women who were less familiar with demo'ing. There were several tents set up with people available to set up bindings, so never had to wait after choosing a pair of skis. While there weren't skis for petite skiers who wanted to try out lengths under 150, there were enough shorter lengths for me to have more choices than time. There were quite a few options around 170cm as far as I could tell. Not sure what was available much longer than that.
I stuck to demo'ing skis on blue groomers for the most part. Took most of the runs on the same blue run, which was pretty empty so it was easy to do short, medium, and wide turns.
The Ladies Day included over 100 women, perhaps 150+. Registration was $35 for the day, with the option of a $25 day ticket.
@diymom , @MissySki , @Abbi , and @newboots also were at Sunapee for the Ladies Day. I think we all had a good time demo'ing.