kathfern 0 Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 Hi All I have a pair of Rossignol Sahpir 200 skis, (bought them a coupld of years ago) and am wondering if they are ok for skiing in Japan. I am only an intermmediate skier, and more likely to stay on groomed runs, but would like to test myself out in the powder as well. The skis are: Sidecut: 114/69/95 Radius: 15.1 (162) Thanks Kath.. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 From a purely simplistic point of view, if you ski them OK at Falls or Thredbo, then you'll be OK in Japow. Now, having said that, there will be plenty of people with far more detailed and technical stuff. However, unless you are loaded (in which case, I have an urge for you to buy me a set of powder skis - I'll let you know the cost when I get to Japan in January! ) you'll be fine on the planks you slide on at present. Fact is you can ski powder on toothpick skis if you are careful (and don't mind not seeing your feet or your planks). Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Plenty of good places to rent a pair of powder boards if there's a big dump. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Those will do just fine Kath. You'll be ripping the corduroy, and have plenty of side country to take on. If you really fancy it, then do as slippery says and hire some powder skis Link to post Share on other sites
journey_man 0 Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 If you are on groomed runs most of the time then fat skis aren't much fun, your skis are ideal for intermediate skiing but have enough width to play with the odd bit of pow. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 u should buy my atomics which are 130-105-120 at 180cm for 20,000 yen. It will cost you roughly 4000 yen to rent a pair of powder skis for a day. The Classifides section has been taken down cuz of spammers, but sure it will be up again soon and you can see the pic. Theyre bomber. Thats an excellent price for a pair of skis which are in fantastic shape. Link to post Share on other sites
me jane 0 Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 I hadn't noticed the classifieds had gone. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted September 15, 2008 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted September 15, 2008 Here is the news message we posted me jane http://www.snowjapanforums.com/ubbthread...html#Post284275 They'll be back up soon I would think. Link to post Share on other sites
me jane 0 Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 10,000 emails Link to post Share on other sites
kathfern 0 Posted September 15, 2008 Author Share Posted September 15, 2008 Originally Posted By: Creek Boy u should buy my atomics which are 130-105-120 at 180cm for 20,000 yen. It will cost you roughly 4000 yen to rent a pair of powder skis for a day. The Classifides section has been taken down cuz of spammers, but sure it will be up again soon and you can see the pic. Theyre bomber. Thats an excellent price for a pair of skis which are in fantastic shape. I think they might be a bit long for me, mine are only 162cm. 180cm - I could see myself getting into lots of trouble! But thanks anyway! Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Good answer! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Originally Posted By: kathfern Originally Posted By: Creek Boy u should buy my atomics which are 130-105-120 at 180cm for 20,000 yen. It will cost you roughly 4000 yen to rent a pair of powder skis for a day. The Classifides section has been taken down cuz of spammers, but sure it will be up again soon and you can see the pic. Theyre bomber. Thats an excellent price for a pair of skis which are in fantastic shape. I think they might be a bit long for me, mine are only 162cm. 180cm - I could see myself getting into lots of trouble! But thanks anyway! I've got a hacksaw I'll sell ya for a 6 pack of beer.....that should sort them out! Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 you need to think more progressively - as in youre going to grow into them... Link to post Share on other sites
JPchucky 0 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Originally Posted By: kathfern Originally Posted By: Creek Boy u should buy my atomics which are 130-105-120 at 180cm for 20,000 yen. It will cost you roughly 4000 yen to rent a pair of powder skis for a day. The Classifides section has been taken down cuz of spammers, but sure it will be up again soon and you can see the pic. Theyre bomber. Thats an excellent price for a pair of skis which are in fantastic shape. I think they might be a bit long for me, mine are only 162cm. 180cm - I could see myself getting into lots of trouble! But thanks anyway! I wiseman once said: Short skis suck, long skis truck!! Link to post Share on other sites
kathfern 0 Posted September 16, 2008 Author Share Posted September 16, 2008 lol why didnt I think of that Tubby! Do you think I would get the hacksaw through customs? Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 cb the sahpir is a girls ski thus selling the big skis to her really aint going to happen. Just take your skis with you. You can rent if you really cant ski powder with them. You can even buy in japan as it will be cheaper anyways than NSW Link to post Share on other sites
foreversnow 5 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 KF I bought my ski's when I was in Canada, I have since used them in NZ and when I went to Japan. I had no trouble with them but then on the other hand I also have NO IDEA!!! I was going to hire some powder ski's when I was there if required but didn't need to. There is a large ski shop in Kutchan that actually had really cheap ski's for sale. My suggestion is take your ski's and if you need hire a pair see what you think. If this is your first trip to Japan you will be addicted so don't worry if you have to buy some over there I'm sure you'll be back to use them again!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Originally Posted By: Fattwins cb the sahpir is a girls ski thus selling the big skis to her really aint going to happen. Just take your skis with you. You can rent if you really cant ski powder with them. You can even buy in japan as it will be cheaper anyways than NSW yeah, I blew over the part where she mentions her skis length...my bad Still a great deal though Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 kath, What he said! Link to post Share on other sites
ssar 0 Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 I have heard that, as a general trend, buying new skis in Japan is often not much cheaper, if not more expensive, than at places in Australia offering (reasonably) good deals. Also, what are people's thoughts on hiring performance/advanced skis in Niseko - (fyi: looking at buying K2 Apache Recon or Volkl Tigersharks as my next set, possibly). Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 read post number 6 Link to post Share on other sites
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