Skibro67676Hi, I’m an intermediate skier and am 185cm and 230lbs (I’m heavy because of weight lifting ). I mostly do groomed runs, these often end up with a lot of crud because I end up staying late. I also do some park skiing, mostly jumps and some boxes here and there but slowly want to get into rails once my box game is good. I do want to explore other portions of the mountain as I get better, trees and other off piste stuff. I live on the Canadian west coast and mostly ski local mountains.
As I do like hitting side hits, the park and being playful in general but also like carving groomers I'd say I'm kind of looking for a compromise between these things. I'm guessing I'll have to go quite a bit stiffer as I am a lot heavier than the average skier?
What Skis would you guys recommend I look at?
so to clarify: west coast, tall and heavy, looking for skis that are capable in shitty conditions, beginning to explore more off-piste terrain and progress in the park?
you’ll want something relatively stiff and snappy with a directional twin shape. I would be looking at the following for these purposes:
moment Wildcat 101: @hot.pocket could tell you more but this line (the Wildcat line) in my opinion, is the standard in which all “playful chargers” should be compared to. The thing fucking rails on groomers, it’s balanced in the air, it’s strong in chop and chunder, and it’s playful enough to ski in the park.
Faction Prodigy 2.0: this ski is recommended a lot for a lot of different people, because it works. I ski one as my park ski because it’s supportive and has a lot of energy. It’s got really good edgehold which I personally think is an overlooked quality in an all mountain ski, and it’s overall capable in just about any conditions other than really deep fresh snow. The 3.0 could be an option for you too, but it may be a bit much to throw around in the park at first.
these recommendations are based on my experiences as someone who’s 182cm and 200 pounds. If you can get your hands on the Wildcat, do it. The thing is unbelievable.