What skis should i get???

would you like a soft ski or a stiff ski? are you wanting an all mountain ski or a park ski? what's the biggest jump youll be hitting?

a ski with medium flex. preferably all mountain but i spend a lot of time in the park, about 50:50. I'm quite new to free skiing so the biggest jump i'd hit at the moment would be maybe10-12 foot at the max...

Have you considered atomic punx? Never tried them myself but from what people say they're an extremely light, soft fun ski, would probably be good seeing as your so light, try and demo them somewhere

Get the Osama pro's buddy, just wait till they release them in december! they'll be worth the wait

Check some of the end of season sales. For kids your size, there are tons of cheap options available. A good site to check out might be the EVO Store, they are a pretty sick company, and they have some good options. You're going to want something about 155 cm, or longer if you expect to grow this summer and want something to ride next season as well.

http://www.evo.com/shop/ski/skis/twin-tip/kids/size-r_150-159cm.aspx

Since you are going to be growing soon, and growing a lot for that matter, you should spend less on skis, and more on bindings. When you outgrow the skis, you can take your bindings off and put them on a newer/larger pair. If you have only mounted your skis once, you can sell them used to make some money back.

For bindings, I would look into some Rossignol FKS 140s
http://www.rossignol.com/US/US/fks-140-xxl_RC1A005_product_ski-men-bindings.html

Or Look Pivot 14s
http://www.backcountry.com/look-pivot-14-ski-binding

Both of these bindings should work for your weight and ability level, although I'm not sure if you're shoe size is big enough quite yet. They also have a DIN range that will allow room for growth, and probably be useful into your late teens. These bindings will also be safer for your knees as you are progressing on jumps and rails, which is really important, especially while you are still growing.

You can probably find either of these bindings used for cheaper, and this would help keep you in the 450 dollar price range for Skis+Bindings.

When I was 12, I was skiing on non-parabolic Rossignols, and I wasn't even considering hitting jumps. With you're early start, I expect you to be spinning your age in no time, so, post Vids of your first Dub 12 soon.

I agree with everything except that bindings. At his weight right now he's probably not even at a 5 din, or maybe 5ish max. So he'd be right at the low end of the DIN range for either the FKS or the Pivots which wouldn't work out well.

Din calculator said about 5.5, but as I said, I don't know if his BSL is long enough to even be applicable on a din calculator like that. When I made the transition from 12 to 13, I went from about 72lbs, to 100lbs, and then from 13 to 14 I gained another 20 lbs. Since the season is almost over, it's gonna be next year till this kid uses the bindings and skis, in which case he will have grown into the pivot style binding.

If he's going to be skiing on them tomorrow, then I would agree that it's probably too much binding. I just wouldn't want to have this kid drop 450 on skis and bindings, just to hit his growth spurt.

why would his bsl have anything to do with whether the binding fits?

It was a factor in the calculator I used; different BSLs give different recommended DIN settings.
I'm assuming a different length boot will put different amounts of strain on a binding, sort of like how changing the position of a fulcrum changes how much force a lever puts out. The longer the boot sole length, the higher the DIN will need to be for the binding to hold the skier.

Please don't quote me on any of this, I'm not a shop tech. It just makes sense in terms of classical physics.

Oh, right. Yeah that's correct about the longer the boot the more of a lever it acts as, I thought you meant if his boot was too short it couldn't be physically mounted.

I see your point, but it does depend on a lot of things, like his BSL, weight, and how aggressive he rides.

I just personally would be a bit cautious using them if he's sitting even at 5.5 DIN, but they would last that's for sure..