I am leaning on renting the next few weekends a different ski per day (I have boots so the price isn't really bad), as there are so many good options that people are suggesting and now my curiousity is more peaked as to whether or not my skiing/ confidence on the mountain will change with different skis. I hadn't thought about Dynastars before, and like the sound of the Idyll but am not finding a rental shop in Morzine that carries this. Though I am still curious to see if I can come across a Volkl Sol skier who likes to ski at a slower pace on these. I think the reason I must have all old models listed from last year is bc I was looking at skis on discount, so it makes sense. I find it so much better to hear from different women who have actually tried these skis themselves than a man in a ski shop who seems to be trying to push the best deal I could get (the Sol's DO seem like a good deal, however like someone said they are from last year so I'm sure anyplace that has these left will have good deals). Thanks so much everyone for all of this helpful information. Not sure how helpful that was, but there you have it FWIW.ĮTA: Here's a link to my reviews at the time: I haven't tried any of Salomon's newer skis for women, so I don't know how they 'd stack up. As for my Salomon Opals, I absolutely love 'em two seasons later on pretty much any and all terrain - maybe a model to consider if you can get your hands on them, though they also do love speed. I haven't tried the Sols or the Dynastars that MSL recommended. Maybe it was the tune, but they wouldn't grip the hardpack. I had the opposite experience with the K2 Burnin Luvs, which I recall seemed to slip out on turns and felt skittish and unstable. I found the Cloud 9s to be great intermediate carvers - very forgiving at all speeds and easy to turn, gave me that "rockstar" feeling - though I never demoed them in more snowy conditions so I'm not sure how they'd perform in powder, crud or bumps. What I found at the time, IIRC, is that the Atomic D2s were extremely heavy but I absolutely loved the Cloud 9s - they were in strong competition with the skis I ultimately bought, Salomon Origins Opals. I'm intermediate-ish and reviewed a couple of them in demos back in '11. I am most comfortable on blues everywhere, here and in europe.Ī few of those models are a couple of seasons old. Oh, and I don't know if it makes a difference in stature, but I am about 173 cm tall and 57 kg, and not as strong or flexible as I once was. Any advice on the Sols or any of the other skis based on my level? They did well when the conditions became icy late in the day, but I still am such a tense skier and am finding my turns to be very 'Z' shaped rather than 'S'. This past weekend I skied on a new pair of Atomic D2 73's. I am able to get my hands on the cloud 8 and the others perhaps, but the sale on the sols only lasts a bit longer and they only had one left in my size. I cannot seem to find a place on the mountain that has the sols to try, or the cloud 9. After looking online, it seems I keep coming across these volkls, some k2's burning love, the atomic cloud 8 or 9, or the dynastar exclusive activ lite. A local store has a great deal on a pair of Volkl Sols 2012. We will be skiing in the french alps this winter each weekend and I would like to buy some skis. After all these years returning, I find that I am still an intermediate who is now a bit more fearful, and still would love to ski with a bit more finesse and closer skis. Now I am skiing with my family (2 young kids learning to ski) and almost 40. I am a returning skier after many years (the last pair of skis I owned were long skinny harts in high school skiing on the east coast).
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