I am 49-- 155 pds and ski a very heavy (demo binding) Apache Recon 160. I ski the whole mountain but am not as proficient as I would like in the really steep or big bump playgrounds.
I take lessons in a women's program and feel that Ihave hit a plateau.
I just can't link those turns on moguls in steeps so 2 sundays ago I demoed a volkle Fuego 154
Boom - I was linking 18 to 20 turns on a run that previously I was able to link 5 or 6 . I took the pretty red skis off into some crud and they felt pretty stable as well.
I returned this week and demoed 4:
Roxy foam-cored Broomsticks didn't feel confident and I took them off quickly.
The Legend -Dynastar - felt OK but the length- 158- was too long for me in the bumps - they didn't have a shorter one.
Rossignol Attraxion V- Really hated- resorted to slip sliding on a run I had been on 3 times (my demo run)
Soloman Topaz: this was my first demo of the day. Felt pretty fine, and I assumed all skis were good.
My last demo was to try the Fuego again. Is it possible to just like a ski? Are there pheremones in wood core construction? This ski inspired me again and by now I was tired.
It seems to me, by my experience that the width underfoot should not inspire confidence in the crud or on soft/hard mixed up bumps in the steeps, but.......
Does anyone out there have a reason I should not like these skis?
I really am an all mountain skier but often end in the bumps as there are fewer people on those runs and, they are a challenge.
Sorry I posted this in the wrong Forum at first.
I take lessons in a women's program and feel that Ihave hit a plateau.
I just can't link those turns on moguls in steeps so 2 sundays ago I demoed a volkle Fuego 154
Boom - I was linking 18 to 20 turns on a run that previously I was able to link 5 or 6 . I took the pretty red skis off into some crud and they felt pretty stable as well.
I returned this week and demoed 4:
Roxy foam-cored Broomsticks didn't feel confident and I took them off quickly.
The Legend -Dynastar - felt OK but the length- 158- was too long for me in the bumps - they didn't have a shorter one.
Rossignol Attraxion V- Really hated- resorted to slip sliding on a run I had been on 3 times (my demo run)
Soloman Topaz: this was my first demo of the day. Felt pretty fine, and I assumed all skis were good.
My last demo was to try the Fuego again. Is it possible to just like a ski? Are there pheremones in wood core construction? This ski inspired me again and by now I was tired.
It seems to me, by my experience that the width underfoot should not inspire confidence in the crud or on soft/hard mixed up bumps in the steeps, but.......
Does anyone out there have a reason I should not like these skis?
I really am an all mountain skier but often end in the bumps as there are fewer people on those runs and, they are a challenge.
Sorry I posted this in the wrong Forum at first.
Does this happen? YOU BETCHA. Although some of us haven't been altogether as lucky as others and have yet to experience this glorious feeling. GO GET THOSE SKIS. NOW.
Great choice! I love my Fuegos 
I blame it all on SnowHot!
