realskiers

Svend- Just wanted to update you.  I did finally get to ski on the Magnums yest.  I thought that you would be interested because you are a relative newcomer as am I.  From reading this forum, I have taken to heart that it is probably better to ski on skis that are a little shorter in order to learn and reinforce good habits.  The problem becomes.....when am I good enough to ski longer skis, what will I notice etc.

Yest. the snow was soft, almost spring like conditions except their was no loud corn snow.  I am 6'2" 200lbs and ski fairly parallel.  Most people would say parallel but I notice a little stem move that creeps in at or just prior to release.  The SS magnums are 177cm, my RX8 and Monster IM75 are both 170cm.

The length was really no problem at all.  The skis are super stable and a lot of fun.  They are not quite as quick as the RX8 but they are definitely more stable and they are not at all sluggish.  The RX 8 is also very stable but once or twice when I really got going, I felt a little bobble.  The 177 also should give me more float when I go out west.  It was crowded enough that I spent most of the day skiing around others skiers.  I look forward skiing them when I can really let them loose.

The other benefit long term may be that they will give me more feedback when I do stem.  I noticed this yesterday a few times.  Perhaps if I ski more on these, then moving to the short skis will be a piece of cake (kind of the flip side of the argument above, you just have to have enough technique to make it work).  I would be interested in what the more experienced skiers in the forum would say about this.