When skis went from straight to ‘parabolic’ the sizes came way down. Then a couple years later a few heroes decided to turn up their tails and get real cool. However, the idea of the skis being much shorter failed to accommodate the fact that these fancy new twin tips work better with a tail as long as the nose. As a result, a twin tip ski should be much longer than a directional ski with a flat tail. You just gain all that extra length in the tail as it grows to match the front half of the ski. I’m 167cm tall and the shortest ski I own is a 175. Most of them are 182-194 and the nose of the ski is still roughly comparable to that length for a similar height skier on a traditional ski. I’m fairly convinced most freeskier types are on skis significantly too short, not the other way around. Curious to hear what size skis you all are on compared to your height!
**This post was edited on Apr 6th 2022 at 11:41:18am
**This post was edited on Apr 6th 2022 at 11:42:09am