Comments on: How To Select Your Next Pair Of Skis – 2024

By: Eddy B

Eddy B — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 17:08:22 +0000

In reply to Richard Kunz. How do you demo skis?

By: Jerry Bopp

Jerry Bopp — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 21:35:19 +0000

In reply to Charles Golson. I’m 78 with 2 replaced knees, ski 40 + days and have no issues with narrower skiis. Wish to hell people would quit trying to baby us

By: Peter Hogan

Peter Hogan — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 13:33:00 +0000

In reply to Tim Neal. Good point. I followed on to the Realskiers website and found the reviews definitely slanted towards strong (and young) expert skiers. Us older skiers need more tailored advice.

By: Peter Hogan

Peter Hogan — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 13:26:44 +0000

In reply to Richard Lambert. The summary provides no useful information but Realskiers provides too much, full of jargon and not geared towards older skiers. I always imagine the ski tester as some athletic 33 year old who leaps off cliffs. That's not me. Also, cost matters because not all of us want to drop $1000 on a pair of skis. What I would like to see is reports from older average skiers describing their experience with a new pair of boards.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 17:15:19 +0000

In reply to Charles Golson. Well and good for groomers but in deep snow I find a width closer to 100 much easier to manage than an 82 or less

By: Roger Steeby

Roger Steeby — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 04:58:15 +0000

For 8 years I skied on the all- mountain Atomic Crimson Ti, 178, 88 mm underfoot and loved them. Two years ago I thought at my age ( then 72 ) if I was going to buy a new pair of skis, now was the time. I bought the Stöckli Stormrider 88, 175 all-mountain skis in Davos. Definitely the best ski I’ve ever owned. Holds the edge in all conditions and is a little lighter than the Atomics thus easier to initiate a turn.

By: Tim Neal

Tim Neal — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 13:03:28 +0000

I hope readers don’t take this list and go buy a pair of skis from it without trying them first. The contradiction between the statement “Most of the selected skis have relatively soft flex” and what is actually listed here is both jaw dropping and laughable. All of the “power picks” and most of the “finesse” picks are some of the stiffest skis on the market! Hardly what could be considered soft flex. I’m not saying that seniors couldn’t ski on these skis as I’m 70 and ski on the Kendo 88’s just fine. But to mislead people who might not know better with recommendations that are so far away from what they are presented to be is appalling.

By: Thom J

Thom J — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 22:10:01 +0000

If you ski the midwest you want a good piste ski that is quick and maneuverable. My recommendation is the Rossignol Hero Elite. Ditch thew water skis, these are allot more fun

By: Bill D.

Bill D. — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 14:27:42 +0000

One additional variable which can greatly influence how a ski feels, is the way it is tuned. Ideally, all skis would be tuned to a standard such as 1° edge and 1° base. That is fairly common, but certainly is not adhered to, and thanks to QC variation, any given ski can simply be “wrong.”
DeTuning can calm down a frantic, or too-stiff ski, a bit. For example, two years ago I bought 163 CM Head e-Rallies. 78 width underfoot and a very responsive ski, but too responsive and stiff for my relatively light weight, 148#, 5’8″.
The edges were a “normal” 1/1, certainly not too severe, but unless I was skiing them aggressively, which is good for about half an hour, they were just too responsive, like terriers on the scent of some wild game. So I softened (detuned) the tips and tails and that calmed ’em down. Now we get along well. They will still produce a high G slalom turn, but they don’t demand it as much.

By: Don Lorenzetti

Don Lorenzetti — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 01:20:44 +0000

In reply to Peter M Hogan. Very accurate review and report