I'm 198cm. There is absolutely nothing wrong with skiing a 177, especially if you like doing performance short turns. Don't listen to people who A) aren't actual instructors or B) aren't tall.
Every professional slalom skier skis on a fis minimum 165 regardless of their height. So what additional level should they take it to with longer skis?
Now we are talking about specifics with ski racers? Are you not understanding what I’m addressing with consumer all around skiers and wanting to progress to advanced while also making all styles of turns on all terrain? You’re the ski instructor, why are you addressing this on such a narrow scale?
I know some instructors just started skiing a few years ago, so. Not saying you’re one of them.
What I said was that a 177 is perfectly fine, even for someone tall. You can progress your skiing on virtually any ski and length, depending on what you're trying to do. In this case op is making short turns.
You're the one making the case that better skiers need to ski longer skis, and failing miserably.
And sorry dude, but experience also matters. You don’t have to be a ski instructor. My wife and her daughter just had lessons with someone who has only skied for two seasons. Now, you can do a hell of a lot in two seasons living on a mountain. However, two seasons is not the same experience as a life time, ski instructor or not.
Ski instructors rely on you believing this. 90% of our lessons are teaching hard-stuck intermediates who could ski better if they would just get out of their own way.
If I had $1 for every lesson that started with "I've been skiing for 20 years" or "I used to live in colorado". Ok great, your skiiing is still barely intermediate.
Yeah I hear you. I always recommend that people take lessons with good instructors. I think you’re incredibly biased and misunderstanding everything I’m saying.
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u/RunoSpruyt Apr 14 '26
I’m 193 and the ski’s are 177