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Seeing as you're obv. new to this site, ill help you out.
for most girls, depending on how much you weigh i'd say go with a ski
length from about a high 150's length to a mid 160's length depending
mostly on how you're going to use them (get a longer length if you're
aiming to do all-mountain stuff, and jump lines, get a shorter length
if you're more interested in jibbing rails and boxes) this also depends
on the ski, as some skis are stiffer than others, and can therefore be
used in a little shorter length.
this might seem a bit long to you at first, but with twintip skis, you
can ussually size them a little longer than you would a more
traditional directional ski setup. These reasons being, A: the tail on
twintip skis ussually negates about 4 or 5
cm from the true running length of the ski, and B: you're probably
going to want to centremount them, and want as much ski tip as possible.
luckily for you, you likely dont need a really high binding retention
setting (din setting) at this point, so you probably dont need a
binding with any more than a 4-10 or 4-12 din range. I'd recommend
something like a Look px12, a Marker Griffon, or a salomon STH12. You
can get away with less, but those bindings would be some of the better
binding setups for you to use.
A good place to check out skis might be D-Structure.com. They have two
stores, in Quebec, and San Francisco, and have some really sick deals
on skis right now (they have several options going for 199.99 right
now, and even less for some of last years skis)
For boots, the best thing you could do for yourself is to find a pair of boots that fit the vague shape of your foot well. The best way to go about doing this is to go to the nearest ski shop to you (by ski shop i mean a place that specializes in ski equipment - not Sports Authority or any of those big box stores you might see)
At any specialty ski shop, you will probably find an accomplished bootfitter who knows how to work with ski boots and can help you find the right fit for your foot. Most bootfitters are trained well in figuring out the right boot for your foot from the selections they have in stock. Even if everything they have is ill-fitting, they can either re-shape the boot that they have there, that best fits you, OR they can recommend something else from another store in the area that might carry a different brand more catered to your foot shape and size.
I do not ever recomend buying boots online, because unless you have tried them on in store, and know exactly how a certain boot fits and what size you need, you're likely to find a boot that doesn't fit correctly, and/or might size yourself in too big of a boot.
boots are usually sized much smaller than you wear your shoes, and are usually sized in mondo point, which is based on centimeters and not standard shoe sizing. For example, I wear a size 26.5 boot, which when translated into US shoe sizes, comes out to an 8.5. I personally would never in my life would I wear normal shoes any smaller than a 9 or 9.5, and the ones i'm wearing right now are actually size 11.
Poles are the easiest thing out there, and in my honest opinion, don't really matter a whole lot as long as the grip is comfortable, are the right length, and they don't weigh a ton. The best way to size poles is to flip them upside down, put your hand underneath the basket, and hold the pole a forarms length in front of you. If your bent elbow is at about a 90 degree angle, then thats just about the size you want. I personally have some old poles I found in a bargain bin for 20 bucks that are actually really nice poles, but if you're really into how your poles look, then feel free to spend what you want.
thats about all the basics i can run down with for now. PM me if you have any questions.
