Recommend Resort Daily Driver

[adrenalated]

RAX, beater

[MrMan]

Brahma's with 2 sheets of Titanal suck in bumps to me. The new carbon Brahma CA might be better though, I'll grant that, and I'd like to test drive a pair.

https://www.evo.com/skis/blizzard-brahma-ca

Yeah different strokes.

[galibier_numero_un]

RAX, beater

^^^Kind of my take.

Skis groomers in low tide , likes 205's in crusty bumps on Pali, doesn't bond with GPOs, likes BGs but not Wrens. WTF?

No one is going to come up with a ski for him.

... Thom

[adrenalated]

^^^Kind of my take.

Skis groomers in low tide , likes 205's in crusty bumps on Pali, doesn't bond with GPOs, likes BGs but not Wrens. WTF?

No one is going to come up with a ski for him.

... Thom

I actually just wanted to give North shit, but I'll admit I am a little surprised by him not liking Wrens.

I too greatly enjoy skiing longboards in bumps, but I usually go for men's lengths (210+ )

[North]

RAX, beater

Fair suggestion, given my affinity for airplane turns on straight skis. I'll add RAX and Sled Dogs Snowskates to my demo list.

[MrMan]

No one is going to come up with a ski for him.

... Thom

Yup, definitely not a dentist. Helmet and goggles probably don't fit like two peas in a pod either.

[North]

I actually just wanted to give North shit, but I'll admit I am a little surprised by him not liking Wrens.

I too greatly enjoy skiing longboards in bumps, but I usually go for men's lengths (210+ )

Guys! My Wren statement was heavily caveat-ed, and they're on the list. Breathe. I'm not discounting the minuscule possibility that no ski makes frozen bumps in Phoenix/Spellbound super enjoyable. Jury is out for now.

And I have wasted far too much of my company's time searching for 210+ straight skis on Craiglist and Ebay. Guess I'm stuck with the pre-pubescent sizes until I pick up El Chup's GS boards in January.

[adrenalated]

And I have wasted far too much of my company's time searching for 210+ straight skis on Craiglist and Ebay. Guess I'm stuck with the pre-pubescent sizes until I pick up the El Chup's GS boards in January.

Them fuckers are hard to find! I haven't been on longboards in a few years sadly, last ones I skied were Lemon Boy's 222 Buzzards. Those things are fuckin' great.

[galibier_numero_un]

Them fuckers are hard to find! I haven't been on longboards in a few years sadly, last ones I skied were Lemon Boy's 222 Buzzards. Those things are fuckin' great.

There's always the 215cm Spaulding Formidables which I donated to Larry's ski museum. I was never man enough to consider venturing into bumps with them ;-)

... Thom

[PB]

So, given: RESORT and DAILY DRIVER

Unless you have discovered the resort that can guarantee fresh snow every night, or even every other night, why the fuck would you think that anything over 90 mm would be applicable, you ignorant sluts????

[uglymoney]

So, given: RESORT and DAILY DRIVER

Unless you have discovered the resort that can guarantee fresh snow every night, or even every other night, why the fuck would you think that anything over 90 mm would be applicable, you ignorant sluts????

I agree for hard snow and I am ignorant as fuck for sure. OP was asking about 95 to 100 though. Too much gap between 88 and 116 for me. I size the length of my hard snow skis down though. Maybe that is why my Brahma fall down for me sometimes.

Everybody needs a pair of skinny skis to rip cord and ice. I figure that is a given.

So it depends how you define daily driver. To me it is something that can handle hard, soft, slush. Not great at anything but keeps things moving top to bottom.

[bakershole]

On3p Wren 98 is my ski for that niche. Targhee is my home mountain so there are many soft snow days that I am on something wider.

[XavierD]

If you can have more than one pair of alpine skis why waste one of them on something 95-105mm?

If you mostly stick to the groomers - 17/18 Brahma
If you want to spend more time on firm off piste or moguls - Wrenegade 88

Legend 96 (despite being in the cm of mediocracy) is a fun fucking ski but might be a bit turny for your tastes. One of the few skis over 90 I’d recommend. Excelles in variable spring snow in a variety of terrain. Rips quick to medium turns on firm.

[neufox47]

Kendo, bmx88. Both rip bumps, groomers, firm and all conditions that arent deep.

[tipdive]

Fischer Pro MTN 86 (175 or 182)
Fischer Pro MTN 95 (178 or 186)
Kastle MX 89 (180)

[Lindahl]

If you can have more than one pair of alpine skis why waste one of them on something 95-105mm?

If you mostly stick to the groomers - 17/18 Brahma
If you want to spend more time on firm off piste or moguls - Wrenegade 88

Legend 96 (despite being in the cm of mediocracy) is a fun fucking ski but might be a bit turny for your tastes. One of the few skis over 90 I’d recommend. Excelles in variable spring snow in a variety of terrain. Rips quick to medium turns on firm.

While I also really like the 85-90 width if there’s no fresh snow (and you can have more than one pair)...

I’m preferring 105ish underfoot for most resort powdays out here. As always, depends where you ski, but with light and dry snow that rarely gets PNW deep, the modern 100-105 shapes float and stay loose enough just fine. And, when shit gets tracked out towards the end of the day, its way more comfortable skiing 105 than 115. Think alpine wind buffed 6-8” powder day.

Save the 115-125 for the big powder days - width depending on the shape and how long the untracked lasts.

[Andyski]

Dale's Pale Ale.

[Jonny Snow]

I haven't heard enough opinions in 2017, so I'm soliciting some in the category of daily driver skis. What are people into these days? I'm tempted to try something narrower than the 108mm resort skis I currently own. Maybe 95-100mm? I don't ski many resort pow days anymore - too frenzied and stressful. My most fun non-pow days of the past 2 seasons were on 205cm straight skis doing my best Scot Schmidt impression. Beer was involved but I stand by that assessment regardless. Maybe I should wear denim and work for Pit Viper?

Currently own (will be in GS soon):
-184 Line SFB (the blue/white ones with camber) - fun to carve, a bit squirrely in chop. I'm officially done pretending a "playful" ski will help me learn park tricks.
-186 Cochise (OG version) - I've had fun days on these, but generally the lifeless feeling is uninspiring

Who has an opinion?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Stockli-Sto...m/192331639223

Very hard to ski bumps on but rips the shit out of everything else.

[Banh Mi]

^What about Trees?

Looks like the price went up on those..


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[doebedoe]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Stockli-Sto...m/192331639223

Very hard to ski bumps on but rips the shit out of everything else.

You think a good recommendation for a dude who skis 184 SFBs and 186 Cochises is 192 stormriders? Did it occur to you that what you like has nothing to do with whats right for the OP?

[creaky fossil]

I dunno, replace "Snow" with "Ellsworth" and you have a match.

[japanada]

Rustler 10s, 4frnt Devastators or Kore 105s. All pretty different, but cover each ski style pretty damn well

[Jonny Snow]

You think a good recommendation for a dude who skis 184 SFBs and 186 Cochises is 192 stormriders? Did it occur to you that what you like has nothing to do with whats right for the OP?

Did it ever occur to you that the OP likes to ski bumps on 205's, and not everybody is a pussy?

[undertow2]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Stockli-Sto...m/192331639223

Very hard to ski bumps on but rips the shit out of everything else.

Must resist...! I have Stockli XL and today that ski is the silkiest snow feeling ski I have ever been on and just flat out kicked ass... Need to say it again - must resist...!

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[jckstein]

Rustler 10s, 4frnt Devastators or Kore 105s. All pretty different, but cover each ski style pretty damn well

what style would you say the Rustler suits?