One more ski help thread.

hael

hael

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I am looking for a new pair of skis for this season, and my dad wants me to buy them at GI Joes.

What they've got: Salomon Temptress, Mynx, 1080 Thruster, and Dynastar Trouble Makers.

I'm 5'4" and about 150 (ew, I know.) I'm looking for an all-mountain ski for Mt. Baker. I am about 70 or 80 percent ungroomed, off trails, and looking to start doing the park a bit this year.

do you think any of the above skis would be good for me.
 
And if it helps, right now I'm riding a pair of 162 Rossi Saphirs, 114/83/85...they're basically groomer cruising skis...they're more my mom's style than mine.
 
oh shit nvm then. i dont really know any of the other skis but go for the ones that are about at your forehead and with like a 85-90mm waist.
 
get something that is stiff

so you can charge and ski crud and such

i would suggest public enemys but you didnt list them
 
maybe a 169 k2 nancy if you can find them. these would really excel in the deep stuff and if you are fairly aggressive. Plus you could mount them a bit ahead of recommended so they ski shorter. They wont feel much longer than the rossi sapphire as with the twin tip you lose so much length.
 
rossi make the scratch girl bc which is 90mm in the waist, it comes in a 150,160 and 171 and they should be super cheap right now. and its still the same ski for next year.
 
line celebrities, rossi scratch Girls BC(dont know this years names)Head Fat Thang i think, then again, you dont always have to buy a girls ski, they are just made slighty light for what i know

 
no.

get K2 missdemeanors in 169-great ski..pretty much an all around ski. park, grooms whatev.

for something a bit fatter get the k2 nancy. nice ski for pow..mmm pow
 
i think the missys would be a bit too thin for baker. i'm lookin for something more around a 90.

the nancys would be good...but i dunno.
 
since you ski so much pow/ungroomed, i think you might want something a bit fatter than any of the skis you mentioned in your original post. amongst the ones you listed, the best one for you would prolly be the mynx. like it's been said, the 169 nancys would be great. also, the 165 armada arv or 165 line celebrity would definitely be skis to consider (if you could get them at that shop - not familiar with it). i have the 165 arv's if you have any questions.
 
go as fat as you can, itll help on those gnar days. i used rossi scratch fs's for baker for a whole season, including tit deep pow at baker, so as fat as you can as i first said.
 
line celebritys or the shadows the shadows are real nice ive used em. real light snappy and some width but park orented. but celebrity is similar but also wider body for all mountan and both have very good pricing
 
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