I'm so glad to have found this board! For the past week, I've been pouring over the buying guide issue of Ski magazine trying to figure out what kind of ski would work best from me. Here are the vital stats:
Thirty-eight, 5'9", 145 lbs.
I ski in Tahoe mostly at Sugar Bowl and Squaw.
Like others that have posted on this board, I used to ski 30-50 days a year in my teens/early twenties. The last few years have been about 20 days, but this year will probably drop to 10-15. Hard to believe this will be my 32nd season.
I can ski anything, with varrying degrees of competence.
I'm an advanced/expert skier who is not nearly as aggressive as I once was--though I still have my moments.
I mostly ski black diamonds/double black diamonds, but rarely venture in the trees. I'm also not a big deep powder skier (I know, shoot me). I DO, however, like the bumps. And that seems to be my difficulty. It is very hard to determine which skis will perform better in the bumps, yet still peform well as a all mountain ski. Also in Tahoe we have quite a bit of icehard snow (which according to Ski Magazine the Lotta Luv's aren't as good with); as well as our beloved "sierra cement."
My current skis are about 5 year old Volkls. They were the first "parabolic" (do they even use that term anymore?) skis I purchased after coming off 200cm+ straight skis. Stubbornly, I insisted on 187's which are way too long and don't turn well at all.
I'm leaning towards the Burnin' Luvs, what do you all think?
Thirty-eight, 5'9", 145 lbs.
I ski in Tahoe mostly at Sugar Bowl and Squaw.
Like others that have posted on this board, I used to ski 30-50 days a year in my teens/early twenties. The last few years have been about 20 days, but this year will probably drop to 10-15. Hard to believe this will be my 32nd season.
I can ski anything, with varrying degrees of competence.
I'm an advanced/expert skier who is not nearly as aggressive as I once was--though I still have my moments. I mostly ski black diamonds/double black diamonds, but rarely venture in the trees. I'm also not a big deep powder skier (I know, shoot me). I DO, however, like the bumps. And that seems to be my difficulty. It is very hard to determine which skis will perform better in the bumps, yet still peform well as a all mountain ski. Also in Tahoe we have quite a bit of icehard snow (which according to Ski Magazine the Lotta Luv's aren't as good with); as well as our beloved "sierra cement."
My current skis are about 5 year old Volkls. They were the first "parabolic" (do they even use that term anymore?) skis I purchased after coming off 200cm+ straight skis. Stubbornly, I insisted on 187's which are way too long and don't turn well at all.
I'm leaning towards the Burnin' Luvs, what do you all think?
