Why do we use big skis?

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by big do you mean long? Because ski lengths have dropped nearly 30cms in the past 10 years

a 181cm all mountain ski is big enough for the same stud who used to rock 205s or 210s

by big do you mean wide? Because if your agruing width, then you are freaking clueless, width helps everything from pow to crud to rails...

maybe you should snowblade?
 
getting biger skis is stuoid, just get skis that fit you. Most likely people on this site are getting biger skis because they are mostly in the age group of 15-18 and still growing, thus needing bigger skis.
 
Big skis help for skiing outside of the park(which some of us do), and for hitting bigger jumps. The only advantage I see to having short skis is that it'll be easier to spin off rails or ski urban stuff.
 
longer skis are able to handle high speed better, that's why racers still ski some long sticks. Also it's why the b4 comes in a 195, and most other big mountian skis come in something over 185, while park skis don't.
 
Im 6'4 almost 6'5, I need a big ski. Thats why I use them, plus bigger is better. And theyre a lot more fun
 
If you like to make short radius turns and carve and stuff than sure get small skis but big skis are better at everything else.
 
if oyu dont know why youre getting bigger skis then why are you getting bigger skis dont conform without a reason
 
obviously it is a relection of one's penis size.......

or they are more stable, float better, make you ski harder, and just all around make you feel more badass.
 
yea dude if yo can cnotrol the wider longer skis there way better, I think they make rails more fun, way more stable landings, way better im pow
 
simple: float & stability.

plus the simple fact that anything that wasnt either really stiff or over 185b length will die if i crank it.
 
I'm 6' and i ride 167s. They're up to my nose. I don't like skis that are too long because they're harder to do up-slope rails. Ride what you want man.
 
im like the opposite^^. I am like 5' 5" and I ride K2 179cm, which I think is really a 187cm? Im not sure, I heard K2 measures differently. anyway I like longer skis because they feel more stable to me and in the air they feel smoother and faster....or maybe Im just weird. Im not sure.
 
my "park" skis are 184s and thats like 3 inches above my head! but i have testicles the size of alaska!
 
right,i bought my invader in june in 178 anf they were to big then, but i grew 2 1/2 iches since then, and they are perfect now, about 1-2 cms taller than me
 
If you ski a lot of powder big long fat skis are what you want. Much easier and more fun in powder. I ski 195 Volkl Gotamas. 105mm wide under foot 2 feet of pow skis like a groomer. If you don't ski much pow don't get big fat long skis as it will be more difficult and less fun on groomers. Always go twin tip though.
 
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