Setup for new skier

[CrapBandit]

My brother is going to transition to skiing from snowboarding and I'm pretty sure he's committing. He asked me what to buy and all I told him so far was to go to a boot fitter and get properly fitted for a boot first. Since we are going to Mammoth, I told him to go to footloose and get fitted proper. He doesn't have a lot of cash so I want to tell him to lean towards freestyle boots like full tilt, dabellos, atomic, etc...., not the rental crap so he won't have to buy boots again in the future. Next on the list for him are skis and bindings. He is 5'7" and around 125-130 lbs so I'm thinking some 170-176 skis and 10 din bindings. Thinking about telling him to pick skis out from this page http://www.evo.com/shop/ski-snowboard-sale/ski/skis/park-pipe/mens/size-r_170-179-cm/s_price-asc.aspx.

Would it be okay for a new skier to buy a park set up? Personally I think it will be fine as long as he learns the basics and learns. Open to gear suggestions and comments.

 

[stupendous-man]

he should rent a setup and take lessons his first few times skiing imo, just to make sure he likes it. if hes hooked, then think about buying gear. also if he is still growing, dont go all out and get fitted if he will grow out of the boots in a year (unless you really want to spend money like that). make sure he can at least do parallel turns and hockey stop before even riding through the park. if he does get twins, it will be way easier to learn if they are mounted at recommended (usually -5cm from center).

 

[CrapBandit]

Sounds good man, I'll go skiing with him soon and assess his dedication. He's done growing for sure so he should get fitted if he wants to buy new gear. Worse comes worse, if he doesn't like skiing after buying everything, I can scoop up his skis.