Take a look at the ON3P woodsman. Or even the line Sakana or the new blade especially of your not worried about powder performance.

CatdickBojanglesTake a look at the ON3P woodsman. Or even the line Sakana or the new blade especially of your not worried about powder performance.

Will do, appreciate it

I’d target something no wider than 100mm under foot if you’ll be skiing primarily on the east coast. Look into ON3P, though their skis are heavily rockered for the most part and don’t perform great on East Coast boiler plate.

find a flex profile that you like and start reading about/comparing skis within that category. It’s difficult to go wrong if you know more or less exactly what you’re buying.

Love my sick day 104s. Sturdy for groomers but light enough to swing around (i personally like 360s on side hits, off rocks etc.) Altough the durability isn’t comparable to on3p’s, they’re nice and light (full wood core)

Shewlur...I’d target something no wider than 100mm under foot if you’ll be skiing primarily on the east coast. Look into ON3P, though their skis are heavily rockered for the most part and don’t perform great on East Coast boiler plate.

find a flex profile that you like and start reading about/comparing skis within that category. It’s difficult to go wrong if you know more or less exactly what you’re buying.

For sure, without the ability to test anything yet it’s hard to understand from reviews what the flex rating is.

mostly looking for something that is fun in the trees but won’t tire me out after a full day of riding.

thanks for the call out

PoubtvLove my sick day 104s. Sturdy for groomers but light enough to swing around (i personally like 360s on side hits, off rocks etc.) Altough the durability isn’t comparable to on3p’s, they’re nice and light (full wood core)

Where do you typicality ski?

_Dirty_Where do you typicality ski?

I normally take them out on big mountains and when there’s fresh snow (killington, sunday river, mt snow, loon, jay peak)

PoubtvI normally take them out on big mountains and when there’s fresh snow (killington, sunday river, mt snow, loon, jay peak)

ah so beastcoast. No issues with the hard packed conditions we typically see? How about crud conditions?

hows maneuverability

Ice is not so good because they are on the playful side of the flex “spectrum.” However, they have some sort of carbon strands in them so they will hold a nice edge on hard packed groomers. I’ve also never had any issues with choppy snow, they’re able to rip right through

_Dirty_ah so beastcoast. No issues with the hard packed conditions we typically see? How about crud conditions?

hows maneuverability

_Dirty_Getting back into the game after a 15 yr hiatus, been ridden the single board in the meantime. I plan to ride the board on Pow days but going to ride skis on pretty much all other days.

been looking at the Kore 93, Kore 99, and Sick Day 94. I’ll be ridding every thing from groomers to glades and hitting side hits however, will not be in the park.

looking for a pair of skis that can be as close as possible to do it all. Open to any other suggestions also.

VT skiing, so conditions for the most will not be the best.

Thanks in advance

As someone who took a hiatus of similar length on the darkside only to come back to skiing to teach my kids how to ski at a young age I'd strongly recommend getting to a demo day at a nearby hill this spring. I've gone through a couple pairs in search of the perfect ski. I had an idea of what I was looking for when coming back but trying a few different pairs at a demo day helped immensely and directing my search.

mystery3As someone who took a hiatus of similar length on the darkside only to come back to skiing to teach my kids how to ski at a young age I'd strongly recommend getting to a demo day at a nearby hill this spring. I've gone through a couple pairs in search of the perfect ski. I had an idea of what I was looking for when coming back but trying a few different pairs at a demo day helped immensely and directing my search.

Good call, thanks for sharing

Check out the K2 Mindbender 99. Rock solid, sturdy ski that charges hard.

I ski the same locations as you mentioned. After using various widths ( 94-106) as daily drivers over the years, I wouldn't recommend anything over 100MM as a one ski option. My opinion for the east coast is you have two setups.

SoAnGI ski the same locations as you mentioned. After using various widths ( 94-106) as daily drivers over the years, I wouldn't recommend anything over 100MM as a one ski option. My opinion for the east coast is you have two setups.

Thanks, that’s why I was looking at 93/4/9 options 99 being the widest I’d go. Is there a considerable difference between a 93/4 and 99?

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_Dirty_Thanks, that’s why I was looking at 93/4/9 options 99 being the widest I’d go. Is there a considerable difference between a 93/4 and 99?

**This post was edited on Feb 18th 2020 at 11:13:55am

I my opinion yes. Anything with about 6mm difference is where I can feel the difference. I prefer around 95mm for everyday for our east coast conditions and anything +100 for new fallen snow. I'm currently on the Bdogs=94 and ON3P =108 the this season.