Ok, so Im only 16, and have skied a bit in the past, but have only gotten serious about it in like the last two years (like this is the second year I've bought a season pass). At this point, I would say I'm a pretty good skier, at least in terms of all-mountain, like I can do pretty much most runs on my mountain pretty comfortably.
But see heres the thing, I would really like to get into park, and get better at slashing the deep stuff, but the problem is, I can't afford to buy better skis, or basically any ski gear atm. All my ski stuff (boots, skis, poles) are all second hand, and were bought for cheap. The boots fit horribly. (unbuckle them each run)
The skis I have are these older (2009) K2 Apache 78 cm waisted, stiff full camber, integrated marker binding type of thing. Now these things can really lay trenches on the groomers, and aren't too shabby in the choppy stuff. But I really want to get into park, but the only problem is that these skis are ridiculously heavy, not even close to bi-symetrical, and have a ridiculous amount of uneven swing weight. Like its not even funny how heavy these things are. Pic for reference-
Now my real question is- Is my gear actually holding me back? Or am I just being a whiny pussy?Because whenever I go into the park, all I can do is straight air the jumps, and I feel like there is no way I could ever actually throw a 3 or even a 180. (actually I've kinda 180 off side hits before. Kinda.) Rails also seem pretty much out of the question, due to not even being able to spin at all. Or pop.
TLDR - Skis crappy directional skis; aspires to by Tammy Walnuts; is OP just being a whiny little bitch?
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