realskiers

John:

I would disagree with putting the UC in the same category with the other "Indie" skis that are designed as "lightweights".? I didn't find it to feel much different than my Head iM78 or SuperShapes and more substantial feeling than the Watea 84.?

However, I agree that Perry should go out of his way to demo.? ??
He skied my Watea's at Aspen last year and loved those, wait until he gets on a pair of UC Healers.
But 101 is a wide waist, and that's the real reason he should demo even more so than the length.

Perry: Part of John's analysis is also where you ski.? In my case that involves a lot of who I ski with, because Lynn is better than me in crud and powder and trees and we are always headed there, and she is floating her 120 lbs on 84mm waisted skis already.? If I didn't expect to spend 1/2 of my time off piste then I would have seriously considered a 90 mm waist (or probably just stayed with the 84's).