yo the poor kid is a string bean and just startin in the park and you wanna put him on 181s? that's not even nice, peeps on here are used to being/dealing with for the most part experienced skiers in which case you generally want as long as you can get away with, but if he like hasn't even learned 3s and stuff yet he might like some "shorter" skis, and 174s still wont be all that short. And assuming the skis last like two seasons by the time he needs new one's he'll have two years of park under his belt and will be ready to get some bigger sticks. for now he doesn't really need 181s