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Short skis and height?...
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Hmmm...been reading a lot of short ski flaming recently (I'm 5'11" and ride 169 PEs). I guess short skiers get ripped on in the park, but for technical perfection, shorter seems to be used by most people. Especially between moguls and stuff, plus
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im 5'10 and have 165s and 172s. but im also super light.
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Sorry got cut off.
Weight is more tied to ski length than height too, at 160 I am not the heaviest 5'11" person, and 169 give me a good response. I have GS skis that are long and full on GS:11 racers that are quite big, but for an all around ski (I like moguls a lot) whats the deal with ripping on length?
Jake
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dude im 5'11, 140, and i ride 169 pes
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5'7" 135lbs
179 everyday
190 charging/pow
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I hate short skis in moguls, you can't go fast with them. Actually, you can't go fast anywhere with short skis without being totally out of control. I can see some sort of advantage to having short skis for small stuff in the park, but once you try to do something bigger or *gasp* ski the mountain, the pros are going to be outweighed by the cons. For reference I weigh 155 and I ride skis between 185 and 190cm.
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hmmm... i am 5'4 and i ride 168 gotamas, 170 ar5s, 176 mik ds and i'm about to get 179 made'ns. when i skied bumps, i rode 170s. i am missing something here about short skis?
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5'10 and going 180 butters
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i say it all depends how u like the length im like 5'6 and rode a 180 and loved it so its all personel opinion eh?
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^^this is true. if your just stsaring out, go a tad shorter, but the more expierenced you are, it seems like you can handle longer
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