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My Girlfriends Mom wants Skis and asked me to Help her Find SOME
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k so yea she wants skis and i dont know much about anything besides park skis. i told her to demo some and see what she likes. she mainly just rides down groomers and sometimes goes off to the side in trees a little bit and stuff. shes not a super strong rider and is more just average. anyone have any reccomendations? i really dont know what to do
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id suggest a volkl attiva tierra or k2 lotta love or burning love off the top of my head, but im sure there are many more that mach that criteria
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give her the rossi B-Squads for women. tell her to straight line everything
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I'd look into the K2 one luv, a little better for an intermediate lady. But if shes better than decent, the other mentioned would be good. The Volkl Tierra would probably good too, but look into the Sol as well. The Rossignol Attraction 3 or 5 would also be good (I've talked to tonnes of intermediate ladies that love the 5). Every company makes a ski that would be probably be suitable for her by the sounds of it.
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my GF has K2 One Luv's and she loves them, plus they arent a bad looking ski at all.
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My girl uses the One Luvs... She loves them. It helped her improve her skiing.
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My gf went with the volkl bridge.
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haha i hav sum atomic punx skis. there guyz skis but watevs
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Don't know where u ski. Consider Armada Cantika - womens do anything. The Armada ARW is more solid for park & hardpack. Volkl has a lotta womens skis / twins
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line celebrity or pandora pandora if she kills the pow pow haha
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Well considering she is an Average rider and you always want to buy a ski thats one level higher than you to advance with. I know that my wife STARTED out on a K2 sweet luv a few years back, but needs more now. Its about the same as a True luv or One luv. And if she isnt burning up huge GS turns on groomers, throw the Burnin luv out too.
But for someone who wont be skiin switch or itting massive jumps, i would not go with a Twin Tip, its just not neccasaary. The flat tail will give you much more stability and thats what every intermediate skier needs. That being said my recomandations are-
Nordica Olympia Conquer- An all Mountain Ripper!!!! My wife demoed this last fri and loved it. On groomers it was fast and stable, in powder it (sometimes up to Knee deep) floated well. It was slightly heavy but that def. added to the stablity of this ski. (07/08 year model same as 08/09 so if you can find it, get it, these are pricey and most shops are about 1000 bucks wit binding)
Volkl Attiva aurua- Another all mountain ripper, little lighter, smaller waist, does okay in about 5-6 inches of fresh and handles like a monster on the groomed.
Number one Freeride womens ski- the Volkl Aura is a seriously sweet ass ski. My wife bought these and they are serious. With a 94 mm waist they FLOAT but you can smear turns sooooooo easily on the groomers.(unlike Phat luvs) they handle great everywhere and are by far the lightest of any womans skis. a lot of people use these as an awesome AT or Tele setup. About 699 for this years model or 550 for last (Flat, No binding) and they are the same ski except the top sheet. Super stable and super easy to ski on, even a beginner could pick this up and rip. I never knew my wife could rip lines like she was the day she demoed these. She was actually keeping up with me and almost showing me up (its time to step up my game i guess)
Of course the Lotta luv and tough luv are great skis also, just heavy as hell, crappy bindings, and way to much dough. bot are anywhere from 850-1000
Anyways that being said, DEMO DEMO DEMO, no matter what if you demo you cant go wrong, because in a single day you could ski two or three skis and decide easier. Usually shops will take off whatever you paid to demo from the price of the skis if you buy from their shop too.
Good luck
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i would get the one luv with the system binding, Its gonna be a nice ride and with the system bindings all of her energy is going straight to the core making it an easier skiing ski.
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The Rossignol Attraxion I or III isn't a bad ski to look at.
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