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Hi,
First of all, I'm really impressed and thankful for this community. Y'all have excellent attitudes and dole out really helpful advice, so thank you for all I've learned so far!
So I bought super cheap starter boards (summit EZ, 95 cm, with direct mount bindings....) And I took to them right away. I'm fairly athletic and grew up inline skating in the states, moved to Edmonton, Alberta, got introduced to snow for the first time and went skiing with some ex-ski racers and coaches and while I kept up, I wasn't a huge fan. Bought these cute little Summits on a whim and I freaking love them. Thus far I've only taken them to local bunny hills in town (ice ice baby!) And they've been super fun and I have no problem putting them on edge and carving away. Sooooo much better than long skis. But I've noticed that any loose snow they feel not so great and just by reading here I don't think they'll be what I want them to be on some of the mountains (kicking horse, marmot basin, big white) and I want to be able to keep up with my friends and more importantly have fun on a mixture of terrains. Glade (tree) runs and some fresh powder, but not be totally hating life on icy groomers. I expect to get skiboards just for powder sometime before next season.
The kicker is, I'm short (5'2") and heavy (165ish). And I'm a safety weenie. Are the revolts something I should be looking at? I want stability, and to edge nicely on the groomers, but I don't want to sink in the glades. Am I asking too much? Any advice for a good all mountain board for a short girl to get so I can finish this season having a blast on some big mountains?
You guys/gals rock!
First of all, I'm really impressed and thankful for this community. Y'all have excellent attitudes and dole out really helpful advice, so thank you for all I've learned so far!
So I bought super cheap starter boards (summit EZ, 95 cm, with direct mount bindings....) And I took to them right away. I'm fairly athletic and grew up inline skating in the states, moved to Edmonton, Alberta, got introduced to snow for the first time and went skiing with some ex-ski racers and coaches and while I kept up, I wasn't a huge fan. Bought these cute little Summits on a whim and I freaking love them. Thus far I've only taken them to local bunny hills in town (ice ice baby!) And they've been super fun and I have no problem putting them on edge and carving away. Sooooo much better than long skis. But I've noticed that any loose snow they feel not so great and just by reading here I don't think they'll be what I want them to be on some of the mountains (kicking horse, marmot basin, big white) and I want to be able to keep up with my friends and more importantly have fun on a mixture of terrains. Glade (tree) runs and some fresh powder, but not be totally hating life on icy groomers. I expect to get skiboards just for powder sometime before next season.
The kicker is, I'm short (5'2") and heavy (165ish). And I'm a safety weenie. Are the revolts something I should be looking at? I want stability, and to edge nicely on the groomers, but I don't want to sink in the glades. Am I asking too much? Any advice for a good all mountain board for a short girl to get so I can finish this season having a blast on some big mountains?
You guys/gals rock!
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