Replying to Fat skis bad knees
Hi all,
I'm looking to (finally) upgrade from my beloved 2004 Volkl v-pros, and I'm hoping to get something a little wider and more up to date. I had my eye on the Black Crows Atris in 184, but they're 108mm wide and I recently heard that wide skis can be pretty hard on your knees if you're not in super deep powder. Does anybody know if this is the case? I've had 3 ACL surgeries in the last 10 or so years, so I'm a little wary about messing up my knees again. Ideally I'd like to just have one ski for inbounds and backcountry/sidecountry stuff, so a ski I can only use in powder doesn't really seem like what I'm after right now.
Any other suggestions would be appreciated, as I'm obviously way out of the loop on new gear these days. I'm 6'0" and around 200. Not a super aggressive skier, but I used to be able to handle pretty much anything inbounds before my legs exploded. I'll be mostly skiing in New Mexico and maybe Colorado for the foreseeable future.
Thanks!
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