r/skiing • u/Cute-Local6298 • 1d ago

Can i get some more help please

I recently asked you guys for first skis advice but quickly realised i needed my own boots and bindings

firstly i’m 189cm-190 tall wearing af1 so like 187 without shoes and my weight is in the 72-76kg range

ski level: gonna be honest, i like skiing off piste can ski through a not so dense forest, do a small shoot go under the lifts, but i won’t look so gracefull doing anything. As groomers stand in Eu i can ski red slopes comfortably. And can decently ski backwards on green to maybe blue slopes

My usual ski terrain is powder 40%, not so groomed groomers for the most part, and a little ski park action once every ride, I would love a ski that i can learn a 360 on and do some rails/ jumps with, but also ski normally

My current top picks are the atomic bent 100 for 400€ and the armada arv 100 from 2023/24 for 320€. the bents are 184cm and armada 186cm. i don’t want to get smth to big as it would make some stuff way harder to do, and high speed is not really my passion. Thought i would like not to buy my own boots for now i would love some recommendations for all these items including bindings. also my local shop had these: Ski K2 Reckoner 102 2025 for 400€ and bindings for another 140€/ some faction Faction Studio 2 24/25 for 220€ these are the bindings: Marker Griffon 13 ID Black

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u/evelynsmee 1d ago

I don't understand why you would not buy boots first. They are so much more important than the ski.

Personally, I got my skis after renting that type and knew they were the ones for me, I don't know if I'd want to buy without having a feel for them if I could avoid it, although I did end up buying them online in the sales. I've rented the bents and K2s in the Alps, don't know about the others but I imagine they're available in a lot of places.

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u/Cute-Local6298 1d ago

which option did you end up buying?

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u/evelynsmee 23h ago

I got blizzard Sheeva 9s - I'm a woman. On paper Rustler's are the men's/ "unisex" version but I couldn't tell you what they ride like.

I did like the Reckoners and Mindbenders. Didn't like the Atomic Bents personally but that could well have been because they're men's anyway. Kept falling over, got infuriated and swapped them by lunchtime 😂😂

It was actually the blizzards I swapped them for, or more accurately the shop staff at Val Thorens were like try these and see how you get on. I trotted back down the path to the snow, and knew within like 3 turns they were the favourite things that had ever been on my feet and I'd be buying them. Took a photo, went online on the sales when I got home

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u/Dharma2go 1d ago

Boots first. Skis can be demoed from off-mountain rental shops, from sporting goods dept stores, from smaller resorts. I get it, skis are sexy, boots aren’t, but new skis are not going to help you ski better. The right boots will.

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u/olhado47 1d ago

Go to a ski shop to start with boots, and talk to someone there.

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u/Cute-Local6298 1d ago

gonna be perfectly honest, I don’t have the opportunity to test them and the odds of me getting to high end resort to test them out are lower than 15% so it’s gonna be a blind buy