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Need help with new skis!!!

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10/30/09 at 5:37pm
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I am finally tall enough for an adult pair of skis. The problem is I cannot find the skis that I want. I am about 5'5" and am an advanced skiier. Here are the skis I am deciding between:

Salomon Lord/Czar/XW Lab 09 (What is the difference between them?)

Line Blend 09

Rossignol Bandit B78/B83 (Why is the B83 more expensive, are they better)

I mostly ski piste, but I ski off-piste often too. Could anyone recommend other all-mountain skis that are either twin-tip or at least halfway curved up like the Bandits? (I don't so jumps with them, I just like to screw around and spin and go backwards sometimes.)

Thanks for help!

(Also, what size? I want them big on me so I can grow into them and have them for many years to come. I am tired of getting rid of my skis every other year.)

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10/30/09 at 8:07pm
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Welcome to Epicski!
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Originally Posted by Hoondiggi95 View Post

I am finally tall enough for an adult pair of skis. The problem is I cannot find the skis that I want. I am about 5'5" and am an advanced skiier. Here are the skis I am deciding between:

Salomon Lord/Czar/XW Lab 09 (What is the difference between them?) A lot of difference the Czar is a Big Mountain ski, most likely not the ski for you, the Lord is a pretty all mountain ski, would be a pretty good choice for you, dont know much about the XW Lab 09

Line Blend 09 Also a good ski but its made more for tricks and stuff (sorry for the bad explaination) More of a powder ski than the Lord, but less of a powder ski than the Czar

Rossignol Bandit B78/B83 (Why is the B83 more expensive, are they better) the B83's are more expensive because they are a wider ski which takes more material thus making it more expensive, but they aren't a twin so you cant do all that much skiing backwards

I mostly ski piste, but I ski off-piste often too. Could anyone recommend other all-mountain skis that are either twin-tip or at least halfway curved up like the Bandits? (I don't so jumps with them, I just like to screw around and spin and go backwards sometimes.)

Thanks for help!

(Also, what size? I want them big on me so I can grow into them and have them for many years to come. I am tired of getting rid of my skis every other year.)
 
Some other skis you might want to try out are: Line Prophet 100 or 90, Volkl Bridge, Armada ARV
More information would be a lot helpful like...
What do you weigh? (sizing a ski has more to do with what you weigh not how tall you are)
Where do you ski? (east coast, west coast, Europe)
What is your skiing level?
How much do you ski off piste? (20% of the time, 30% etc.)


hope that helped, and I will give you some more advice if you answer these questions

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10/31/09 at 7:50am
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I think that I am just going to go with the Salomon Lords because they are a twin twip all mountain ski and they would fit what I want to do perfectly.
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10/31/09 at 8:09am
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yea, that sounds like a pretty good ski for your needs
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