New to PNW requests skis to buy recommendations

You'll note that I still mount them with an archaic binding system, to try to gain favor with both the old-schoolers and the new-schoolers.

You'll note that I still mount them with an archaic binding system, to try to gain favor with both the old-schoolers and the new-schoolers.

Yeah like putting a record stylus on a MP3 player.

OK, so I'm in the market for new boards, too (a semi-anual thing).  I can appreciate phat for dedicated powder sticks, but generally vizualize skis from the one-kwiver perspective.  Ski builders and retailers are no doubt extatic to have their market incrementally getting fattened-up, but I have a hard time accepting that phat is an everyday ski - guess i should be demoing more.  Aren't 'skinnyr' skis more turny - moguls, trees, whatever?  I also find that there are conditions where being 'in the snow' can be better than being 'on the snow'.  I'm <80 underfoot now, looking to maybe go to 90 or so, but don't presently think I want more.  I like my beer phat, but that's about it..

As you can see, I'm also working on my new-skool spelling skills..

For what it's worth, I would happily ski my Kailas year-round, if I had to -- they're great in all conditions, from ice through corn to powder and chowder. But I've long ago accepted that I like to have a quiver, so I usually ski Insanes through the winter, when the chowder is thickest.

Aren't 'skinnyr' skis more turny - moguls, trees, whatever?  I also find that there are conditions where being 'in the snow' can be better than being 'on the snow'.  I'm <80 underfoot now, looking to maybe go to 90 or so, but don't presently think I want more.  I like my beer phat, but that's about it..

No. The "turnyness" of a ski is traditionally a function of the side cut and turn radius, not it's width. Less side cut= longer turn radius= less turny.


semi-annual, as in spring and fall?

No. The "turnyness" of a ski is traditionally a function of the side cut and turn radius, not it's width. Less side cut= longer turn radius= less turny. ...

yes, I'm aware, but I'm thinking of the edge to edge / quickness thing, which, despite what the physics might suggest, still seems to be affected by width..

"semi-annual, as in spring and fall? "