What’s the best ski for a playful all mountain skiing style?
I’m a intermediate to advanced skier. I’m 199cm or 6’6 and weigh around 90kg (200lbs).
I mostly enjoy skiing green, blue and red slopes, jumping around and all around riding playfully. I like to go fast, but not fast like riding down steep blacks and carving. I almost never ride blacks as I don’t really enjoy the feeling of being down the mountain in a minute, I spend my time like i said jumping on snow piles, riding on the side of the track and having fun with the easier slopes really.
Last winter I actually started riding park more, something that I’m definitely going to keep on doing the following ski seasons, but will still ride mostly slopes. I expect to ride around 30%-40% park and 60%-70% slopes.
Since I’m on the taller side and skis are usually more made for one specific part of the mountain, so the most promising skis for my skiing style seem to be the 1000 skis, only problem is they’re relatively expensive and their largest size might be a little too small for me (186cm)
Are there any other skis that you guys could recommend that could suit my style of skiing best? I’m willing to pay anything up around 800 dollars max.
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u/CaptainFacePunch 32m ago
Other guys are gonna clown on you (maybe rightfully) but an honest answer: Nomad 95s. The closest thing to a unicorn do-it-all ski, and the most “playful” feel I’ve ever skied.
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u/flamindrongoe 4h ago
Alright hive mind, my current platform's energy transmission is suboptimal. Need to crowdsource the objectively correct one-ski solution for a dynamic, forward-thinking skier.
The required performance envelope is simple: I need a damp, chargey chunder-buster with two sheets of titanal that's also an incredibly poppy, playful, and buttery freestyle weapon. It must lay deep, locked-in trenches on boilerplate with a massive effective edge, but also be surfy, slarvy, and pivoty in pow with a progressive rocker profile and a low swing weight.
So, what's the unicorn ski with the perfectly calibrated sidecut and VMT that synthesizes these paradoxical traits? I'm looking for that intuitive-yet-powerful feel.
Don't say demo. I'm here for data, not feelings. What's the consensus?