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This may be a bit long, but I have always helped others with gear questions I can answer and would really like any help I can get with this.
My info:
I am about 5' 11'' and about 155 pounds, build pretty lean but trying to gain a little for ski season but I doubt I will be weighing over 160.
I have always been an inbounds skier but am looking to get probably about five to ten backcountry days in this year.
I spent last season at big sky MT and ski Jackson and summit county as well and hope to make it to utah this winter.
I have never owned a fat ski until last year and had some 04-05 Line Mo ships 182 (97 waist). They took a couple days of getting used to them but then I loved them on pow and choppy snow.
I can ski anything inbounds with speed, have a very small bag of tricks in the park, and have hit drops up to about 20 to 25 feet. As with any season i want to get better this year and ski better than the year before.
I want a ski that will be good for pow and a little backcountry jibbin. Looking at 105 waist skis and up and thinking in the lower 180 length range
Thoughts on some skis
Obsethed: Might be a little thin and heavy
Hellbents: Seems like overkill and also heavy, I hear you wheelie out of landings a lot
S7s: So Expensive, and 188 might be a bit long
JJs, Might be a bit thin and I've heard bindings tend to rip out
Moment night trains: just looked at them for the first time today
Please any help would be sick!