Perfect height for skiing!?

[PowFun]

Someone might think that this is quite silly, but there are some logic to this. When you are shredding in the park doing jumps and spinning, wouldn't you also think that the taller you are the more problem you have staying in balance while doing corks and spins? I'm just curious about this. So what do you guys think would be the most ideal height for freeskiing? I'm also curious which pro's you know of that are the tallest?

 

[CrotchKiller]

being tall means you have further to falll

 

[3dressedupasa9]

5"9 i dunno

depends on your wheight

 

[APAUK]

6 foot. that means you are kinda heavey so u carry farther on rails and farther in the air

 

[POW-WOW]

Bobby Brown is 6'2" and as we all know he throws down.

 

[TheDavisMobile]

Bobby Brown is 6'2, Nick Martini is about 6'5, but on the other end Simon Dumont is 5'8 and so is Henrik Harlaut. So basically, it doesn't matter at all after you find your own balance.

 

[DERS.]

yea and im 8' fall.. there is no perfect height for skiing... look at springs hes like as tall as fuckin mutumbo and he still can throw down.

 

[PowFun]

I found a little piece about this aswell. Thanks for answers btw.

 

[Elmo.]

there are more pros that are shorter for sure. bobby and martini are kinda exceptions. but the smaller you are the lower center of gravity u have so your balance is better. its science kids

 

[PowFun]

http://www.theskichannel.com/news/skinews/20091204/Tall-pro-skiers-give-hope-to-fellow-giants-of-the-slopes

 

[emilyiscool]

if simons 5'8 why does everyone call him short, im like 5'3 i always thought i was kinda average :/

 

[crab_pretzel]

id agree with this

 

[Imagination]

Naw mayne, I study this shit.

Bobby Brown is 6'2"

Nick Martini is 6'3"

Simon Dumont is probs 5'6" or so

John Sriggs is 7'1"

Henrik Harlaut is probs 5'5" or 5'6"

Liam Downey is 6'5"

There ya go.

 

[RubberSoul]

how tall am i, 5'11"? yeah, 5'11"

 

[Parks.]

I mean when you look at dumont who's 5'8 and then Bobby brown who's like 6'3 I think you can kinda tell that it doesn't really matter

 

[.nasty]

spriggs is over 7 feet tall?!? jesus christ...

 

[Myfirstname.]

Sounds about right, except according to the link posted above, and meeting him a couple years ago, Spriggs is 6' 5". Definitely not over 7 feet haha

 

[.nasty]

well he definitely looks like a giant in this pic.. haha

 

[HeathR]

haha yeah he is tall but not a giant.

 

[Kangbang]

For a guy he is short. You are a girl. You are normalish height for a girl.

 

[LC.]

It's all relative. Companies don't make all skis long enough for tall people though, so 5'6 to 6ft is ideal.

 

[idskithat]

average height for men is 5'10 and average height for girls is 5'3 im pretty sure

but i think being small could almost be an advantage, being able to tuck up smaller for faster spins n what not

 

[disastertourism]

Because 5'8 is short for a guy.

5'3 for a girl is kinda short too, I'd say like 5'5 is more average for a girl, but I'm really tall so idk.

 

[Stickity]

FUCK

i hate being short

 

[RIP_leos_shack]

We'll see if all the 5'2" Koreans throw down hard in the Olympics then there might be something to be said for being short.

 

[BieberHole69]

Simon Dumont is 5'8"? hahahahahaha. he/websites list him at 5'7" therefore meaning that he's more like 5'5" or 5'6".

 

[loganimlach]

hahahahahahahha i laughed so hard at that.

 

[NJurkiewicz]

It doesn't really matter and whoever was talking about the Koreans throwing down I loled hardcore!