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Originally Posted by billybek
My ski buddy has those and likes them.
How are you liking them?
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The wife took her first lesson in years and it was a good one. I didn’t hang around to watch. I took this on her last run of the day before we headed down the hill.
It was a small victory for her today by the big V
Then she promptly displayed a graceful recovery as she caught an edge. She stayed up though, which I was surprised by the hysterical laughter coming from her.
I gave her her space while I went exploring with the demo skis. After her lesson finished up and we had some lunch, I swapped out the demo set for another of similar design, Rossignol. Although they were shorter but they still were in the “range”.
Now I am unsure if the quality of the snow had something to do with it, but I felt as if they were a little squirmy coming down the slopes. The Rossi’s are still great skis,[emoji1360][emoji1360][emoji1360]. Just in my experience today, the Volkl nudged them out of the lead by a hair. Temps warmed up and it got a bit slushy in areas. In an attempt to be fair, I attempted to hit the same slopes with the same aggression/style levels. So I’m sure that had an impact on my experience.
At the end of the day, I probably would leave the Rossi’s on the shelf and prefer the Volkl’s. At least for now......[emoji848]
In all, another great day, especially since the slope is 42 miles away.
Cheers