by oldschool » Thu Jan 11, 2018 11:33 am
Ok, my recent trip to VT confirmed a few things - I need to move up to a wider ski for keeping up with my kids in the glades when the powder is calf to knee deep and especially when it's been tracked some but not completely as the transitions in that situation and on piste where it's not been skied out is a female dog on my current way olde-tyme rig. Currently skiing leather Merrell two buckle Comps, R8s and K2 Piste Pipes that are 183s at 110, 75, 98 or so. It's a decent rig that gets me down a lot of stuff. Been looking to pick up a pair of T2 Ecos at some point to drive harder. A lighter ski would be pleasant too now that I'm getting older. I guess my question about this is if, like Go Fish, I'm looking to set up a fat rig for just the very occasional use, I might do that off any wide pair of skis I can find second hand. More to the point - when going wider, do you shorten the ski up, keep it the same or go longer. Skiing 183s I would not like to go longer in the bumps.
oldschool