Member of the Month

PartyBullshiit
March, 2024

Online

Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post. Register to become a member today!

Please help...wife finally wants to ski

profile picture
bryce2000
Posts: 2 - Karma: 12
So for Christmas I want to get my wife some skis, binders and boots. I have no idea what to buy. Kinda on a budget and want to get the biggest bang for the buck. My wife is 5’5” and 120 lbs. She doesn’t do to much powder mostly prepped runs. She’s pretty good. Definitely not a beginner and not advanced. Anyway if someone could send me some good pointers. I looked through eBay but noticed there is a classified ads section on here if someone thinks there is something that might work for her. My budget is 350 for the skis and bindings and I’ll buy the boots new. Anyway any help would be appreciated.
Dec 9 2018 10:16PM
2 0
profile picture
Cryptno
Posts: 176 - Karma: -11
Have you checked level nine? They have all of last year's and previous year gear dead stock. They have all sorts of flat skis for under 300 and I'm pretty sure they all have a like a 79 dollar option for bindings. From my experience with my skis the service is really good too. Sorry if this wasn't much helped, just figured I'd give you the best place to budget skis that I have seen
Dec 9 2018 10:23PM
5 0
profile picture
Non_State_Actor
Posts: 4602 - Karma: 15,956
bryce2000So for Christmas I want to get my wife some skis, binders and boots. I have no idea what to buy. Kinda on a budget and want to get the biggest bang for the buck. My wife is 5’5” and 120 lbs. She doesn’t do to much powder mostly prepped runs. She’s pretty good. Definitely not a beginner and not advanced. Anyway if someone could send me some good pointers. I looked through eBay but noticed there is a classified ads section on here if someone thinks there is something that might work for her. My budget is 350 for the skis and bindings and I’ll buy the boots new. Anyway any help would be appreciated.


Where do you ski?

What skis do you have?
Dec 9 2018 10:54PM
1 0
profile picture
bryce2000
Posts: 2 - Karma: 12
We ski in Utah. I usually just rent though. What is a good brand?
Dec 9 2018 11:01PM
0 0
profile picture
Non_State_Actor
Posts: 4602 - Karma: 15,956
bryce2000We ski in Utah. I usually just rent though. What is a good brand?


Are you shopping for both of you? I'm guessing you're not a park skier? And that you're at least 30? Maybe late 20's?

Have you only used general rental skis? Evr demoed anything?

What type of skiing are you/is she interested in most?

I gathered by your first post that you're shopping used/demo skis?
Dec 10 2018 2:11AM
4 0
profile picture
Rum_Ham
Posts: 1449 - Karma: 4,481
Get some demos for the season and invest the savings in getting her good fitting, comfortable boots (go to a bootfitter).
Dec 10 2018 2:40AM
2 0
profile picture
Cryptno
Posts: 176 - Karma: -11
bryce2000We ski in Utah. I usually just rent though. What is a good brand?


There really are no bad brands , you just have to find the ski for you. I would go talk to a ski shop about what they would recommend and then look for something comparable at your budget.
Dec 10 2018 11:44AM
2 0
profile picture
cantman
Posts: 1 - Karma: 16
If this were my wife, I'd ensure her boots were fitting correctly as the utmost primary concern (fitted by a highly recommended boot fitter/Brent Amsbury/Matt Schiller-Both in Park City) and would worry about skis and bindings secondarily. Get her feeling good in the boots and the rest will be icing on the cake.
Dec 10 2018 12:59PM
6 0
profile picture
SofaKingSick
Posts: 8906 - Karma: 57,364
as people have said, yeah, spend the lion's share of the budget on getting her fitted for boots that fit her. that is huge

then, idk i would probably say to call Level 9 and see if they are interested in helping you pick out some skis and bindings for her. Level 9 is super helpful and friendly in my experience and they have great deals

have fun!
Dec 10 2018 1:09PM
2 0
profile picture
OregonDead
Posts: 6790 - Karma: 23,498
Boots that fit are top priority. Don't just buy boots off the rack either. Get custom insoles and heat molded liners at least and probably some shell work. Cheap skis from a prior model year are a good way to go. You can probably score decent skis and bindings for like $250 - $300 total if you hit the closeouts hard. If you have good boots you can be comfortable and have fun on just about any ski.
Dec 10 2018 2:41PM
4 0
profile picture
suup
Posts: 1485 - Karma: 4,366
bryce2000We ski in Utah. I usually just rent though. What is a good brand?


i reccomend checking out secondtracks or levelnine if youre in the salt lake or ogden area
Dec 10 2018 6:20PM
0 0
profile picture
Woos
Posts: 832 - Karma: 1,566
What kind of skiing do you do dude?

This is a freeskiing website for the most part but I get the vibe that you and your wife are just entry level skiers that go occasionally and ride groomers?

Also it's more about the model of the ski than the brand of the ski and it's very important that the ski is meant for the type of riding that you/your wife does.
Dec 11 2018 2:30PM
1 0
All times are Eastern (-4)