Narrower longer skis for powder?

[MissySki]

Oh I know..... If you, @ride_ski , @lisamamot like them, I trust they are good. On a website today it described them as good for non aggressive or light skiers. Okay I fall into the light category, but I thought, wait, you guys are all good skiers and somewhat aggressive so trust you!

I describe myself as more of a finesse skier than aggressive.. so that would still track. I could see why it wouldn’t be a great match for a heavier and/or very powerful skier type given how light it is. I ski aggressive terrain, but my goal is to try and gracefully dance with the mountain more than charge down it. I consider ex racer types as the description of aggressive skiers though, and that definitely isn’t me haha.

 

[marzNC]

I just want something that I won't hate once everything is skied off, that's a little easier to ski than what I have.

When I was demo'ing skis during the Alta Demo Day in early April pretty regularly, there often wasn't any powder around. Made it easy to check out how wider skis did on groomers. For example, several years ago I didn't like the DPS Yvette 112 on groomers at all but found that the Zelda 106 was fine. At the time I would enjoy renting the DPS Nela 100 for a rare powder day after flying to SLC.

When a Diva offered a deal on lightly used Zeldas, I bought them. A few years later, I learned that my regular Alta instructor didn't want to do a powder lesson for my friend--over 6-foot man--on skis wider than 100 underfoot.

Working on fundamentals on groomers in recent years has meant I can carve the Zeldas in a way that wasn't possible when I bought them. For those type of lessons, I'm on my Stockli Stormrider 85 skis (bought 2017).

 

[floatingyardsale]

So, I don't know what I like.

I took my Atomics out today in stormy powder whiteout wind and put in a solid half day that involved mild trees and chasing small children and mostly figuring out that powder turns are so gentle and subtle that it doesn't really feel like turning.

And my knees have never felt better.

Maybe I'll bid on a Coalition ski bc they're pretty.