OK, so there's been lists of skis, but what were the favorites?
Recently, I'd still have to say the Snow Ranger for versatility, VR17s for ice and Asteroids for the deep.
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OK, so there's been lists of skis, but what were the favorites?
Recently, I'd still have to say the Snow Ranger for versatility, VR17s for ice and Asteroids for the deep.
my old p30 RC
verstatile (pfff. i made em versatile)
or my gotamas.
insane, just as i like em straight and fat. and that weird tail that i hated at the begining, that i loved once i saw the size of the rooster tail ! didn't mind the softness, then again, i didn't ski ANY chop.
I'd prolly laugh if I tried them new today, but the original orange Salomon 9000 2s was a helluva ski. It did anything, went anywhere. Definitely up there on the all-time scale. I could get all red-hooded-sweatshirt about it. I really could.
Salomon Force 9s
Lost one in deep snow @ Telluride, turned the other into a shot ski and lost it quickly thereafter.
I definitely had the most fun on my Atomic Red Sled 223's. Waaaaaaaaaaaa! Vroom! Faster than shit. I still pull them out on the occasional blue ice day...
Rossi 4S Kevlar...the teal ones...oh yeah baby, I learned to ski on those...droppin in all kinds of parallel and shit. That was prior to my moovin out west...after that, I'd say the most fun I had on any pair of sticks were Solly 2s Equipes circa 1996...pre phat revolution. They were the last boards I tagged 100 days in a season on, and that was my last season in the San Juans..no school only skiing, bumpin chairs and spillin drinks.
161 Salomon 1080's. Seriously. It was like the first year they were sold in the states at retail locations and they were awesome. The first time I landed a 540 I fucking freaked out. Thanks, dad.
207 K2 TNC. What a blast that ski was....
Wish I could mention an old time fav, still have my Elan RC from the 80's in a 195.
My Dynastar In 74's have been my fav to date.
The old red XXX
My first fat ski
I totally agree. I went faster on those exact skis (207's, even) than on any before or since. They were serious fun.Quote:
Originally posted by milkman
207 K2 TNC. What a blast that ski was....
tnka
Almost with Schmear....not the orange ones, but the pink Salomon 9100 Equipe skis that came out a year or 2 later. Pr 8 in the 3S model which was like a 201 or something I think. Loved competing in bump comps on those against guys on 185's. I was sooo cool too because I had a 311 sticker on them before anyone had ever heard of them ;). The plastic tips were great for popping off if you landed tails first and smacked your tips down on the ic, er I mean, the Pennsylvania powder ;)
Most hated ski:
'01 Bandit XX. First ski I bought when I moved out west. I've hurt myself so many times on these suckers I can't even count. At least they impacted me hard enough the last time so that they broke too.
I still keep them in my garage so I can laugh at their broken-assness and bitch slap them as I walk by. Fuckers. :mad:
Cut 11.5's.
And the Equipe 2s.
The Morrison's. Blue ones. First "big" ski. Loved 'em. Still have 'em but they're all busted up with blown out edges and reverse camber tips.
My Head bumps & powder were *very nice* in those aforementionned things, and scary at full speed.
My Dynastar equipe have been my favorite all-around skis for a long time before I went to shaped.
drC
k2 xplorers. say what you will about k2, but these skis were ahead of their time, still have a few pairs kicking around...
Cut 11.5's changed my life.
digging the B3's now.
Also props to the original g40's.
190 K2 Totally Piste from Feb-Apr. 99
190 Olin Outer Limits from Apr. 2000 to Jan. 2002
180 Volkl V-ex from Jan 2002-present
Before that I pretty much sucked and skis didn't matter much. The 99-00 season I was stuck on the TP's but knew I was missing out... so they weren't a favorite.
Overall, its got to be the 194 Dynastar Bigs.
My first pair of skis - 150cm Atomic ARC . My parents bought them for me when I was 11. I broke them halfway through the season.
I've had 12 pairs since.:D
I used my 195 K2 612s for 10 years and loved 'em. But the 190 Olin Selkirks I've been using the last few years have to be my favorite all around skis so far.
haha! this was the first, and to this day the only ski that i've bought brand new. this was '92 or 3. thanks to k2 shop form. they were a 204 but were definitely longer i believe. anyways...this was my only pair of skis, it was dumping hard in steamboat and i was skiing every day. i could have taken out a pair of demos but we didn't have much. no cut skis, no pow skis, just high end gs/slalom skis. those tnc's have seen a freakin' ton of powder days (3 seasons worth) and i always thought that they were the shit for pow. :rolleyes: i thought they could blast through anything and hold up to any speed you wanted to take them.Quote:
Originally posted by iceman
I totally agree. I went faster on those exact skis (207's, even) than on any before or since. They were serious fun.
i can only imagine what it would have been like on some fatties. :D
Ficsher SCSes :D Cause all my pair of DH skis suck balls (untill I get my PEs Mounted :p)
I'm limiting myself to 3
Bilzzard V20 Thermo RS
K2 GS Electra
Flame Big/Arnos (thanks DLSB, those are getting mounted this week [stockpile/]
Funboy, go get those Axioms in Ski Swap.Quote:
Originally posted by BakerBoy
Cut 11.5's.
And the Equipe 2s.
They are almost the same thing. I gots a pair last year, they the shizzzzzzz
you are welcome !Quote:
Originally posted by Foggy_Goggles
I'm limiting myself to 3
Flame Big/Arnos (thanks DLSB, those are getting mounted this week [stockpile/]
ah ah ! i hated those, i skied them for 5 days. found them too small and too turny.... switched for a 194 (aha ! the one telenater recommended, but i still have..) also too turny, i found that the tip caught on too quick in wind crusted shite.i got rid of the 194 withing 15 riddin' days) i think they'll be my new telemark setup.
Fav skis? Haven't met them yet. But had a lot of fun ones over the past 30 years...
For sheer snow-hugging weight and stiffness: Head 360s (combined with Head Air boots and Burt retractable bindings, for a total of about 20 pounds per leg)
Unabashed 1970s hotdog trendiness: K2 Cheeseburgers (never did buy the "Fries" poles)
Best mogul skis for the lean back technique: Rossignol Exhibitions (the color alone was worth the price of admission)
Most unforgiving lawn darts: Fischer C4 Comps (the original Austrian Terminators)
Finest pow skis back when "thin was in": K2 255 Softs (technicolor noodles)
Coolest technology that never really worked: Hexcel Race (can't get enough of that honeycomb)
First modern skis: Salomon Xscreams (198 cm you girly skiers)
Best modern pow skis: That would be a snowboard :p
Most recent pawn shop specials: Salomon 1080s (Hey, they were cheap!)
(Plus about 50 other pairs of skis not worth mentioning.) :)
K2 extremes, yes before extremes were extreme.
Blizzard Thermo SL. The quickest ski around in its day. I loved being a precocious kid on 200cm SL skis. And that Miami Vice teal color...that was so money.
Volkl Snow Ranger. The first midfat, the best midfat for about 5 years, and probably the most bomber ski of all time. My bases are half epoxy and they still have all their flex and camber. Hits that would explode any other ski have left only a tiny edge compression, and the layer of metal on the bottom means no core shots. These skis deserve a medal for all the battles I've put them through.
solly x-mountain- i also loved the snowrangers, but never owned a pair. x-mountains were the first ski i laid a trench, and floated the pow on. fun fun.
New school= Igneous FaGS
Old School= Dynamic VR 17. The old brown ones with yellow letters. They were the first skis that gave me that serious G-force rush of a railing carved turn.
Honorable old school mention to the Winterheats.
@ 150# back then any ski 210cm or longer. float in the pow and on fire down the groom,bumps well that was another
story. :confused: Now I've been reduced to skis half the size. A mere shadow of my former self. :rolleyes:
fav skis of recent memory: original coors topsheet model k2 threes, sold to me by ulty_guy. thanks again. they are so clutch for skiing icy moguls at seven springs, especially because they're only 178's. these define the phrase "beater skis" in my book, but are rad-i-cool because the bases have a coors logo on top of a rocky mountain backdrop. for some reason the coors skis are perfect on president's day weekend when i bust out the reversible blaze orange/treebark camo jacket, pants and mittens with the trigger finger hole.
older school favorite skis: power 8 salomon force 9, 3s. they were rad and cool because of the matching yellow rear entry boots. these skis officially signalled the end of the neon era for me, at least until neon becomes retro and cool once again. and when that day comes, i shall be ready...
I'll probably get flamed for this, but Olin Mark IV Comps. Great NOT because I think they were good skis, but great because I experienced so many firsts on them.
Those skis took me from perma-wedge skiing to hitting anything on the mountain (Mid-Atlantic mountains, heh, heh). With them, I experienced my first true powder day, my first trip out West, my first tree skiing run, and my first sampling of air.
Granted, the skis were complete noodles and couldn't hold an edge on hard snow to save their lives, but I just have so many good memories of times spent on them that I can't separate the memories from the skis.
heh :) i knew they'd found a good home.Quote:
Originally posted by acostiga
fav skis of recent memory: original coors topsheet model k2 threes, sold to me by ulty_guy. thanks again. they are so clutch for skiing icy moguls at seven springs, especially because they're only 178's. these define the phrase "beater skis" in my book, but are rad-i-cool because the bases have a coors logo on top of a rocky mountain backdrop. for some reason the coors skis are perfect on president's day weekend when i bust out the reversible blaze orange/treebark camo jacket, pants and mittens with the trigger finger hole.
edit- i too was suprised at the quality of the print on the bases. impressive.
Atomic ARC 225s--freshman year in college they learned me reel good on what i was still doing wrong and fixed it real quick.
AK rockets 200cm--my first fats. skied sooo much good snow on those. busticated em 2x. Sacrificed one half of the pair (snapped) to ullr (didn't work).
Iggy FC 195s 240RA. got them as a blem pair out of the factory for short money. my first igneous, got about 160 days on them but frikkin destroyed them. nothing like doing the traverse into the ronde while you're missing 12" of edge under each foot and dragging another 6" of edge like a busted muffler.
Iggy FFFs 190 240RA. steroids for your feet. once i had to retire the FCs they were my daily drivers for about 60 days.
BONUS--favorite bindings:
When i was 11 i got a pair of 175 elan RCs with a pair of marker m26s (??) used out of the used gear section of my local shop. The bindings promptly broke (they were ALL plastic) so they replaced them with a pair of brand new look3d forzas (uber-day-glo) with a 4-10 din (identical binding to the zRaces except for the light spring). I've used them at least 1 day every season since then (12 and counting) on rock skis or something (they're currently on the FCs).
now - 188 dynastar Big (flame/arno w/ swallow tail)
then - K2 KVC comp - the snow glowed under the flourescent bases!
Another vote for the Rossi 4SK (teal) and the Billy Motherfuckin Johnson RED SLEDS
Way back when: Dynastar Coupe de Monde SL
Back then: Dynastar Coupe de Monde G9
Now and Overall Favorites: Gordy-stock XXX's (haven't tried my Gotamas yet)