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Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I have a friend, 5'9 170, non skier, male and cheap. He's willing to give skiing a go,but is very put off by spending money, especially before knowing whether or not he'd like it.
Eager to make a convert, I tell him that I'll take him to a teeny tiny place that isn't too far with 12 dollar beginner rope tow tickets. I'm planning on buying him a lesson to avoid him figuring it's a waste of money and thinking he could teach himself just as well, and ending up cracking his skull, cracking someone else's skull, or just not having the best experience and spending all day on his face with snow in his pants.
He saw some looong old straight skis at a yard sale for 5 bucks and wanted to get them to avoid paying for rental skis. I convinced him not to go for those, but he's still reluctant about paying to rent in order to try skiing out. Which brings me to my question. With him being a lighter male beginner, would he be alright to give skiing a try on the skis I learned on, 158 cm female specific beginner/intermediate skis with the bindings moved back, etc? And just for theory purposes, if not my friend or my skis in particular, would a male beginner need to get started with unisex skis, or would he be able to get started with the right pair of female specific skis just as well?
He's being super cheap, I know, but I think once he has a good experience on skis he'll see that it's worth spending money on. He's the kind of person who's super cheap but spends on things that he's already into, not just practical stuff. Example- car stuff like rims and tinted windows.
Back on track, I've heard of advanced lighter men on burly women's skis, etc, but never really heard anything about a guys starting on womens skis. What do you guys think?
Eager to make a convert, I tell him that I'll take him to a teeny tiny place that isn't too far with 12 dollar beginner rope tow tickets. I'm planning on buying him a lesson to avoid him figuring it's a waste of money and thinking he could teach himself just as well, and ending up cracking his skull, cracking someone else's skull, or just not having the best experience and spending all day on his face with snow in his pants.
He saw some looong old straight skis at a yard sale for 5 bucks and wanted to get them to avoid paying for rental skis. I convinced him not to go for those, but he's still reluctant about paying to rent in order to try skiing out. Which brings me to my question. With him being a lighter male beginner, would he be alright to give skiing a try on the skis I learned on, 158 cm female specific beginner/intermediate skis with the bindings moved back, etc? And just for theory purposes, if not my friend or my skis in particular, would a male beginner need to get started with unisex skis, or would he be able to get started with the right pair of female specific skis just as well?
He's being super cheap, I know, but I think once he has a good experience on skis he'll see that it's worth spending money on. He's the kind of person who's super cheap but spends on things that he's already into, not just practical stuff. Example- car stuff like rims and tinted windows.
Back on track, I've heard of advanced lighter men on burly women's skis, etc, but never really heard anything about a guys starting on womens skis. What do you guys think?
