skigirl
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I did a marathon DEMO day at my ski area Thursday. I was exhusted when I finished my day. I skied on 10 different pairs of skis.
Conditions packed powder groomed with 5 inches of fluffy powder on top.
Background: Ski instructor for 25 years.
I skied on too many skis to remember the lengths of all the skis, I am sorry about that.
Nordica Olympia, Fat ski: FUN. This ski surprised me, it turns very easily and just floated through the powder. It also did whatever turn size I asked of it. You do need a wider stance because of the width but it is very user friendly. Divas out west you should look at this ski.
Elan Mag Wave, all mountain, 152cm 10 meter radius: easy to turn, prefered side to side S turns. I did get bounced around a bit at speeds in the beaten up powder dispite the fact that it is wide in the tip and tail. A fun ski.
Fischer Vision Breeze, 155cm 14 meter radius. I really liked this ski. It skis a lot like my Vision 70 very easy to turn, very forgiving, nothing bothered it it just kept turning no mattter what I asked of it.
Volkl Teirra, replaces the AC3: Pure GS ski. Fast smooth ski right down the fall line in a GS turn only. Prefers to be ridden on rails. Not forgiving.
Atomic Mama metron womens: This is weird to explain but this ski prefers to be skied from the talis. Don't get forward at all and you must ride rails. It would do Big S turns and run the fall line. Fast, Smooth, and stable. Not forgiving.
Salomon Siam Origins 154cm 11 meter radius: Pure slalom ski. Just like the Atomic it needed to be skied out of the tails, don't get forward. The Rep even told me to not get forward on it. Slalom turns straight down the fall line off the tails. It did not like any other turn. I was told Atomic and Salomon are owned by the same owner now. That might explain the wierd tail thing.
K2 One Luv: Pure GS ski. One speed. One turn.
Blizzard, an intermediate ski, sorry I don't remember the name, a slow ski that again only liked one turn and one speed.
Head Great Thang: Slalom ski, fast short turns right down the fall, ride the rails.
Goode Red: 155cm, Nice ski with turn options and speed options.
I am sorry to say this but I was left less than impressed. The only 2 skis that were really fun were the Nordica and the Fischer. I found that most of the skis were really ONE TURN and ONE SPEED. I skied them all very well and had fun but none of them jumped up made and me feel like I would want to ski them all day. My favorite ski is still my new Fischer Vision 70. If you have any questions let me know.
skigirl
Conditions packed powder groomed with 5 inches of fluffy powder on top.
Background: Ski instructor for 25 years.
I skied on too many skis to remember the lengths of all the skis, I am sorry about that.
Nordica Olympia, Fat ski: FUN. This ski surprised me, it turns very easily and just floated through the powder. It also did whatever turn size I asked of it. You do need a wider stance because of the width but it is very user friendly. Divas out west you should look at this ski.
Elan Mag Wave, all mountain, 152cm 10 meter radius: easy to turn, prefered side to side S turns. I did get bounced around a bit at speeds in the beaten up powder dispite the fact that it is wide in the tip and tail. A fun ski.
Fischer Vision Breeze, 155cm 14 meter radius. I really liked this ski. It skis a lot like my Vision 70 very easy to turn, very forgiving, nothing bothered it it just kept turning no mattter what I asked of it.
Volkl Teirra, replaces the AC3: Pure GS ski. Fast smooth ski right down the fall line in a GS turn only. Prefers to be ridden on rails. Not forgiving.
Atomic Mama metron womens: This is weird to explain but this ski prefers to be skied from the talis. Don't get forward at all and you must ride rails. It would do Big S turns and run the fall line. Fast, Smooth, and stable. Not forgiving.
Salomon Siam Origins 154cm 11 meter radius: Pure slalom ski. Just like the Atomic it needed to be skied out of the tails, don't get forward. The Rep even told me to not get forward on it. Slalom turns straight down the fall line off the tails. It did not like any other turn. I was told Atomic and Salomon are owned by the same owner now. That might explain the wierd tail thing.
K2 One Luv: Pure GS ski. One speed. One turn.
Blizzard, an intermediate ski, sorry I don't remember the name, a slow ski that again only liked one turn and one speed.
Head Great Thang: Slalom ski, fast short turns right down the fall, ride the rails.
Goode Red: 155cm, Nice ski with turn options and speed options.
I am sorry to say this but I was left less than impressed. The only 2 skis that were really fun were the Nordica and the Fischer. I found that most of the skis were really ONE TURN and ONE SPEED. I skied them all very well and had fun but none of them jumped up made and me feel like I would want to ski them all day. My favorite ski is still my new Fischer Vision 70. If you have any questions let me know.
skigirl
