lfloyd10Need help deciding on what ski I should pick in need of new setup. I am 6’4, 195, ski the east coast, just ride park, my setup right now is honey badgers 177, way too short and too soft.
Do I go prodigy 2.0 189cm or Poacher 184cm
Any other suggestions?
Sort of depends on the type of skiing you like to do. But that said, my guess would be that you don't like soft flappy skis much. So I would assume big air is more the thing. What I like in that dept is a ski that holds edge very well so it feels planted on carving take offs and solid on landings. So I prefer something stiffer. I don't spin much these days as I'm getting on a bit, but do on occasion and switch land now and again. My favourite ski ever is the Atomic Theory from 2012. That was a genuine one ski quiver and awesome park ski to boot. Had plenty camber under foot, was nice and stiff, and no rocker worth talking about. It didn't waste the effective edge by tapering off into the tip or tails, so it could carve like a GS comp ski IMO. Really solid all round performer. It was a directional twin tip with a wider front end over the tail end so it floated pretty well in deep pow. For me it is the best ski I've owned, and was gutted when the binned them from the line up in favour of selling people more than one plank to do the job.... pain in the arse.
I currently have the following:
1. 185cm Volkl Revolt 87mm
2. 186cm JSkis Masterblaster
3. Armada ARV96
All of the above are stiff, I would say in the order presented. Now, I prefer riding a more directional twin tip ski, but you don't get so much of that these days, and I hate the obsession with stupid flappy tips and tails that ARE NOT IN CONTACT WITH THE SNOW..... so are doing fuck all of any use most of the time. So none of the above have much rocker, but for sure I think the JSki and ARV96 would be better without the rocker and the tapering away from the effective edge that both skis suffer with... apparently people need lots of help to ski properly in powder.... this is mostly because people don't learn to ski properly first. And the ski industry would like you to believe that rocker will make you a ski movie star in five minutes, or that somehow this will make the ski "more surfy", or "less hooky", or helps you initiate turns" and insert other statements that indicate you don't actually want a hard skiing ski, cause you aint got the technique....
I have just purchased a set of Head Oblivion 94mm in the 184cm length again. These are supposed to be about the longest effective edge around and a directional park ski, which IMO is also wide enough underfoot to make it pretty handy off piste as well. Most importantly it also seems to have not much rocker going on, and zero tapering away of the effective edge at tip and tails. I'll be receiving them this week sometime, so will have a better idea once they actually arrive.
