SkiJunkie513
Diva in Training
I demo'd a bunch of skis last year and bought some Rossi Saffron's (162) that I have taken from the Mid Atlantic to Jackson Hole to Vail to Monarch. We recently moved to CO and the more I ski on these skis, the less and less I like them. I absolutely bought them too short...demo days here in CO are done and now it seems like demo options are kind of limited.
I'm 5'5'', 135-140 and I ski pretty much everything with a strong bias towards back bowls, trees, and bumps...mostly because my husband can't appreciate a fun groomer zoomer! We charge pretty hard but I'm a newer powder skier having just moved from the east coast (what, you mean you don't always need to lay the ski on edge?!)
Last winter I demo'd the 2015 kenja (162) and found that it may be too long, the rossi temptation 88 (hated it), and the Salomon lux 83 (was ok) and the saffrons. This weekend I got to demo the 2016 volkl kenjas (156), the rossi savory 7 (170), Salomon RKR (men's in 170). I fell in LOVE with the kenja and firmly established that I am probably just not a rossi girl. I'm probably the only person who doesn't like the Saffron or Savory....
That said, nowhere seems to have a good selection of other all-mountain wide stuff to demo, especially from local manufacturers...which is where I would love some advice! I'm thinking probably something in the 90-100 range, but closer to 100..even a little wider. Would love any perspectives on the Atomic Vantage 95C, Icelandic Oracle, Icelandic Maiden, RMU Apostle, and the new fully rockered Aura...not sure how i feel about a fully rockered ski as a daily driver but it seems to really rip from what testers are saying! I'd hate to have a monster set of planks just to have some effective edge though...would make trees trickier...
Thanks!
I'm 5'5'', 135-140 and I ski pretty much everything with a strong bias towards back bowls, trees, and bumps...mostly because my husband can't appreciate a fun groomer zoomer! We charge pretty hard but I'm a newer powder skier having just moved from the east coast (what, you mean you don't always need to lay the ski on edge?!)
Last winter I demo'd the 2015 kenja (162) and found that it may be too long, the rossi temptation 88 (hated it), and the Salomon lux 83 (was ok) and the saffrons. This weekend I got to demo the 2016 volkl kenjas (156), the rossi savory 7 (170), Salomon RKR (men's in 170). I fell in LOVE with the kenja and firmly established that I am probably just not a rossi girl. I'm probably the only person who doesn't like the Saffron or Savory....
That said, nowhere seems to have a good selection of other all-mountain wide stuff to demo, especially from local manufacturers...which is where I would love some advice! I'm thinking probably something in the 90-100 range, but closer to 100..even a little wider. Would love any perspectives on the Atomic Vantage 95C, Icelandic Oracle, Icelandic Maiden, RMU Apostle, and the new fully rockered Aura...not sure how i feel about a fully rockered ski as a daily driver but it seems to really rip from what testers are saying! I'd hate to have a monster set of planks just to have some effective edge though...would make trees trickier...
Thanks!