Message #19247

[bushwacka]

Josh,
I am curious to learn what a typical ski used by your peers (ha - if you have one) at the DCL competition. I would guess that in VT., L3 instructors would tend to be on something much more narrow, assuming the conditions would have been harder snow.

the guys in northern vermont are now adopting a 98mm skis as their everyday ski, but still keep skinnier stuff to teach on. The majority of the Examiners/DCL/and Level 3 in northern vermont ski in the woods and there for use what works really good most days there. I will always hold the firm belief that skinning on skinny skis is a self fullfilling prophecy that you will find hard snow because why would you try to find softer snow where your skis wont perform as well?  I have yet to be out skied by someone on carvers in the woods and Ill remain on my high horse untill that happens.

with that said most of the DCL candidates are not from here, alot are from smaller resorts and I got a lot of comment that my skis were the widest things they had ever seen for a couple of them they have never left the Mid Atlantic.