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Looking for a playful pow/all-mountain ski

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traylortrash
Posts: 1935 - Karma: 2,450
I live in CO and I already have center-mount park skis and skis that can handle basic all-mountain (ie groomers and such).  I'm looking for a ski I can use mostly for pow but can hold it's own on all-mountain.  It would be nice to have it be soft, because although I like to charge, I want a fairly playful ski.  I was looking at the JPvsJulien and the Line Lizzies.  I've heard some people say the the lizzies tend to dive in powder, and I would get the SFB's, but I'm worried that at about 5'5" (will have grown a little bit by ski season) 182s might be a bit much for me.  This is also my concern on the JPvsJuliens, is 178 too long?  I do really like 08-09 JPs though...
Also, I am only like 110lbs (once again, probably a little bit more by the ski season), so something that's really stiff wouldn't be ideal... 
Jul 24 2008 2:07AM
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QuazBotch
Posts: 3909 - Karma: 223
I'm 5'6" and 115 pounds. Take a look at the Salomon Gun. The 174cm Gun was pretty good all around when I demoed it. Agile enough for bumps, lots of float in powder, not unreasonably stiff to be playful. A lot of heavier guys find them to be noodles, but a lot of lightweight skiers seem to dig them.

Hellbents are probably the best things ever in pow (I wish I tried the Pontoon out) but they are heavy. Riding the 179cm in pow/crud was awesome, but it took a lot of effort to jump around with them on my feet. I don't think the 169cm is much lighter.



You could also look into women's skis. The K2 Missbehaved (169cm) and Faction Heroine (178cm but super light) were both fun when I tried them.
Aug 7 2008 11:40PM
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