Recommendations on old school classic skis that might be had on the super cheap nowadays

[escmanaze]

Hi Folks,

My little 17 yo nephew who weighs about 140 pounds is thinking he has taken Grandpa's 69" P6 about as far as he can take it. I think he's probably about right.

 

"Every time I cut the ski doesn't cut it just slips out from under me and I crash"

 

He's only freeskiing, so all he cares about is the turns and a ski that will really grip the turns. Maybe a ski that rides super deep then? He just doesn't care about cross-course speed. So my thought is that he might like a very aggressive, very skinny skis better than wide skis that are "fast".

 

His roughly $150 price range likely puts him in the ballpark of skis that are 10-20 years old and back then, I just wasn't paying attention to the waterski market so I have not clue what to recommend to him.

[LeonL]

There's a good selection of skis on ski it again in that price range, and some less than 10 years old.

[BraceMaker]

I have a 66" D3 nomad I do nlt need

[escmanaze]

@LeonL Thanks much for the input, and I am definitely looking on ski-it-again. However, I'm more looking to know what skis were really popular 15 years ago that everybody loved and couldn't get enough of. That way when I find one of those on ski-it-again I can buy a ski that everybody loved and avoid the skis that came out and were kind of duds that people didn't ski very well on.

 

Thanks

 

[escmanaze]

@BraceMaker Was that a popular ski back in the day that lots of people liked a lot? What kind of dough would you be wanting for it?

[BraceMaker]

@Horton probably best to comment as it was part of the ski tests back when they were in Waterski Magazine.

 

100+ shipping would do it easy. I might be able to scrape together a binding for it if you know his foot size.

[Chef23]

There is a 66" D3 Z7 for $100 that was a good ski. If you can find an HO A1 or A2 in that price range they would be good. The D3X5 was a big favorite in the day as well.

[BraceMaker]

In terms of Development the Nomad was fairly quickly superceeded. Rc rcx etc. I liked it. Never seemed to dump me in a turn or be unrulely.

[Chef23]

I am not sure that D3 really had a stinker in their progression. Some didn't hang around quite as long but I don't recall reading that people really disliked them.

[BraceMaker]

Agreed. But the original Nomads were somewhat hit or miss for people. I moved from a 9200 to a Nomad. Being that we're usually on somewhat rough water the nomad seemed more planted for me. I never felt a need to replace that ski although D3 usually has a few flavors in the works and I think people who didn't like the Nomad really liked the X7.

 

When I actually read his post what it reminds me of are Obrien Sieges - those things really trenched the tail.

 

 

 

 

[6balls]

D3 Nomad, Nomad RCX or RCX Pro

KD CR7 if you want to go back even further

[DaveD]

I would think that anyone here that has a 15 year old ski would pull it off their wall and give it to you. Unfortunately, I gave my X5 away last year so I can't help you.

[MISkier]

@escmanaze, Goode 9500. Probably 65.5” for a 140 pound kid.

 

Even a 9100 would be a solid choice.

[MISkier]

Here’s a 9500 for $170 with bindings.

 

http://www.ski-it-again.com/php/skiitagain.php?endless=summer&topic=Search&category=Slalom&postid=43237

[Chef23]

If I had anything kicking around I would send it for shipping. I gave my son's old A2 to an Eastern Region skier who had outgrown his ski.