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Ski Recommendations For Taller People

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MasterQuickster
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I'm 188cm, or basically 6'2, around 160 lbs.

I spend around %80 of my time in the park

Within the park I ski about %75 rails, and the remaining %25 Jumps

In terms of ability I guess I'm intermediate/advanced. I in terms of rails can 270 on, k-fed, disaster, etc. In terms of jumps I'm okay, I can 7, cork 3, nothing crazy.

Outside of the park I pretty much just rip groomers and bumps to the park, I have dedicated pow skis so that's not a factor.

I'm on a pair of old 174 Rossignol S4's, edges are non existent and they are definitely way to short for me. I hate landing switch doing bigger spins on these since it's unstable at this size, they're fantastic skis, it's just I've grown way out of them. I'd probably ski more jumps if I had a better fitting ski.

In terms of flex I'd like to try something flexier than the S4, so I can press and butter easier. I know you size shorter if you primarily ski rails, plus I'm not a heavy guy so I can go shorter, but I pretty aggressively so I'm not really sure were to begin looking.
Nov 11 2013 7:41PM
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Julian.F
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ON3P. check em out
Nov 11 2013 8:11PM
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MasterQuickster
Posts: 3 - Karma: 15
Don't have the $krilla, I should have noted that. My budget is 500, MAYBE 550 stretching it thin.
Nov 11 2013 8:34PM
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FreeVillain
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im 6'2" and have the 185 arvs really stable with the width and size but still soft as shit. It takes almost no effort to butter. Maybe try the arv ti that came out this season since the arvs seem a little bit soft for what you want and the ti is much stiffer but i love mine.
Nov 11 2013 9:46PM
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pooptrack
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OP they don't make the ARV so you may have trouble finding them, but solid ski.

Other options in your price range:

K2 domain

K2 recoil

K2 park skis measure short, my 179 domains were 183-184ish so it should fit well

Line chronic in a 185

Also volkl wall in a 185, but since you said flexy this may not apply, I don't really know anything about this ski though. Most people on NS say it's stiff but they could be exaggerating since I occasionally see people do presses, etc. on them. Your call.

I've skied the domain and loved them, you can butter, press, nollie, shuffle, pretty much all the silly fun stuff really easily. Holds an edge very well, and never chatters. Only complaint is that the "Jib Rocker" makes the ski's boring when carving, there's no camber or barley any so you don't get any sort of rebound when turning. Also the bases are the slower extruded kind, but require less maintenance.

The recoil is the step up, it has a sintered base, camber and rocker and isn't totally symmetrical. It's a more "serious" ski. I've flexed them before and honestly to me they seem only slightly stiffer in the nose and tail compared to the domain.

Chronic sits somewhere in the middle of the recoil and domain, flexier than the recoil, less so than the domain, and it has camber.

Good lck
Nov 12 2013 3:12AM
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