Hello:
I am new to this forum and struggling mightly with deciding on what skis to buy/demo to ski here in the East. I'm 47, 5'2'' and about 105 lbs. I have been skiing since the late 1980s with a break for about 5 or 6 years in the late 1990s. The last pair of skis I bought in the early 90s were atomic 9.18 and recently decided to try out new skis, primarily b/c my 8 year old child is starting to go into trees and areas where I can't follow him with my long almost straight skis! We mainly ski grooms of blue and some blacks.
At someone's advice I tried the Dynastar Exclusive Active but they seem to chatter a lot at high speeds, but they were good on some bumps which I normally don't and can't do (but will need to do if I want to keep up w/ my child!). I also tried the Volkl Tierra, which I liked a lot on the grooms, but have been told not so good on bumps or trees and require constant attention. Thought about the K2 one luvs or burnin luvs, as well as the Volkl Sol at the advice of a few friends.
Bottom line, I need a good all around ski that will let me carve on the grooms (and go fast when I want to!), but also lets me follow my child into the trees! We ski mainly in the East, so not too much powder which I assume would require a whole different ski!
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!
I am new to this forum and struggling mightly with deciding on what skis to buy/demo to ski here in the East. I'm 47, 5'2'' and about 105 lbs. I have been skiing since the late 1980s with a break for about 5 or 6 years in the late 1990s. The last pair of skis I bought in the early 90s were atomic 9.18 and recently decided to try out new skis, primarily b/c my 8 year old child is starting to go into trees and areas where I can't follow him with my long almost straight skis! We mainly ski grooms of blue and some blacks.
At someone's advice I tried the Dynastar Exclusive Active but they seem to chatter a lot at high speeds, but they were good on some bumps which I normally don't and can't do (but will need to do if I want to keep up w/ my child!). I also tried the Volkl Tierra, which I liked a lot on the grooms, but have been told not so good on bumps or trees and require constant attention. Thought about the K2 one luvs or burnin luvs, as well as the Volkl Sol at the advice of a few friends.
Bottom line, I need a good all around ski that will let me carve on the grooms (and go fast when I want to!), but also lets me follow my child into the trees! We ski mainly in the East, so not too much powder which I assume would require a whole different ski!
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!
