Message #5629

[jim-ratliff]

another thought.

Don't get skis with too small a turn radius, because they will feel "squirrelly" when skiing flat on the bases. It isn't really a big deal (they just wobble a bit and a bit of edge solves the problem), but for someone coming from relatively straight skis who may already have a bit of a bias against shaped skis, it is a behavior that "justifies their concerns".  The longer the turn radius (the less the sidecut) the less noticeable this behavior will be.  Probably don't want anything less than a 15m turn radius, or  at least certainly should demo some shorter and longer radius skis so she feels the behavior and knows whether its a problem or not..