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buckeyenut
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 first off. new to the community so I apologize if this is in the wrong place.

Intermediate skier, 5 10" , 190 just getting out there after about 3 years:   used to ski 5-10 times a year for about 5 years. I ski only Ohio and New york but hope to make it out west soon: Generally ski in my share of crud, seldom have any many more than a few inches  of powder i'm skiing. more often than not pretty groomed stuff, etc.  I saw what appeared to be some decent skis at a swap and sorta made an impulse buy: the following cost me $325

Volkl motion P50 motion , powered by titanium: 163 cm with / 103/63/92: Marker motion 1200 bindings. the yappear to have some telescoping adjustment for boot size. not sure if standard for this binding or possibly an easy adjust rental binding.

the boots are salomon energizer 90, 8 impact :seemed to fit decent.

Interested in thoughts on the equipment value, do thy seem like a good fit for my level and what I ski?  Want to make sure I can control these without risking life and limb. Seemed like a decent value but I can always try and turn the m back over if need be

Any feedback would be appreciated

thanks

Nov 14 2009 4:51PM
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skiseemore
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gear talk and 163 is tiny
Nov 14 2009 4:56PM
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dom_uk
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Im afraid this site is probably not the best place to find information about piste skis as its fairly freestyle/offpiste focused. I think you'd be better off looking on epicski for reviews or something similar? and for next time a thread of this kind would go in Gear Talk but welcome anyway!
Nov 14 2009 4:57PM
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*TURBONERD*
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waaaay too thin and small for you. i'm 5 8 and ski 171
Nov 14 2009 5:22PM
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2_fadez
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i think you might be stuck with the skis man. since you got them at a swap, there is probably no return policy since you pretty much bought them from some random person. a 170 would be better for you because of the lack of powder and how big you are
Nov 14 2009 5:29PM
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snakepirate
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yeah bro, too tiny.  I would try to sell those ASAP and get something a little bigger.  Something mid to upper 170's.  I have some K2 public enemy 179's , You can see the pictures under my profile if you want.  I am 5'11 210 pounds and they seemed a little too small for me.  They might be good for you if you wanted to buy them for that same price shipped.  Then you could try to sell those. 
Where in Ohio do you live?  I live out west but I lived in Cleveland for four years going to school and skied brandywine a few times.  These tore it up out there.  I love these skis.
Good luck with your dilemma.
Nov 14 2009 6:02PM
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