Recommendations for 2nd Ski (Start of a quiver)

Yes met Jay back in the mid 80's , he was a young trials rider doing some races I was involved with in NJ. Met again early around 2012 when he was running Garnet Hill Ski Center where I was a former now present groomer. Still see him a couple times a year as his / my friend Bob Ingram has a house at Garnet Hill. Fun to ski and bike with!
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I don't know skis or brands, but I'd say if you are looking for a fatter ski for NEW YORK, I'd go 96 at the waist with some rocker.
I use the Jski Masterblaster as my quiver of one. It is not super fat but may fit OP request for the next width with different function than the 70mm. You should think about it. Since you have a skinny ski, you could make an argument that you go wider, but we just don't get the type of snow that justifies 110 over a 96 even once a season IMO.

From time to time I have thought about building other skis into the mix, but this performs close enough for me as a narrow ski, and has eaten the (admittedly handful of) really deep powder days on the east coast, one or two storms in the 2-3 feet range over three or so years.

I took them to Copper CO two years ago, and they did great, including side country hike-to runs starting from something like 11,500 or 12,000 feet - no groomers get on those runs. I did fall forward on my first turn on the steep hike-to stuff but I think that was because my weight distribution was too east coast (90-10 outside/inside ski) versus a more even weight distribution of out west (or deep pow).

It has tip and tail rocker, but still engages well on all turns including groomers, even quite firm. My home mountain is Belleayre, which can get very firm, very quick.

It is 96mm underfoot. I think I ski the 172 or 176 (I am 5'9). It can hold groomers well (though on the super duper firm days, I would put money on your 70 mm).

For performance, the MB performs really well in powder, trees, bumps, but you can also easily ski groomers and steeps. I have skied two or three 2 foot plus storms, and these skis really ate it up. I don't think I had to lean back or do any of the 'tricks' you might need to do if you did not have enough float or rocker.

Another cool think about Jskis - you can ski them several days with a no ask return policy. When I bought it was three days, now it is five days. It is on the honor system. Also, you can call the company, tell them what you are looking for and they will recommend a ski type and size. Sales are directly through them online. I think the founder may have started and sold Head; if not Head, it was a different company.

Other than MB, I haven't skied them, but skied consistently with a guy who used Head Kore 88. The construction seemed great, probably lighter than MB. I imagine the Kore in 88 93 or 98 would be good too.

Good luck!
 
J skis are a great choice, especially the Master Blaster. It is comparable to the Stockli Stormrider with a much better price and they are made here on the East Coast. The company used to put on a few demo and customer appreciation days in Vermont. Don’t know how COVID has changed that. Either way I would demo some skis if possible. Even if you have narrowed your choice it will also help with choosing a length. 193cm is a big jump from 180cm. You need a lot of real estate for the longer lengths. I would recommend sizing down for East Coast skiing where there’s less room to run it out
 
193cm is a big jump from 180cm. You need a lot of real estate for the longer lengths. I would recommend sizing down for East Coast skiing where there’s less room to run it out
Quoted for emphasis. I am 6'1", down to 205lbs, and a ski it all expert skier focused on powder and trees. I never ski longer than a 186cm, and that is for twin tips (I go shorter with no twin, longer with a twin).

Don't be afraid of a bit more width. Add just a few mm's underneath and you open up to a lot of options in the 100cm range without having a dedicated deep powder only ski (here are my thoughts on some of them from last year). I've found that the narrower skis in a lineup sometimes don't perform as well as the wider skis in a given line, depending on how strong/big of a skier you are (I am a pretty aggressive skier and big boned dude, so take that statement fwiw).

Finally, it doesn't sound like you've skied on the type of ski that you are looking for. Getting yourself to a demo day (hopefully they have some next season!) will show you how dramatically different skis with the same dimensions can ski, even within the same brand and line. The differences can be so stark, that you can often rule out a ski after only a few turns.

Since your goal is a quiver, I would recommend finding a ski that specializes in soft snow and minimize your over lap. Skis like the Enforcer are intended as a one ski quiver skier with hard pack performance favored over soft snow (I do not have experience with the other skis you mentioned, though I have skied the Rustler 10 and that is going to be my next ski). If you want a soft snow, non-groomer ski, then get that type of ski... as opposed to a one ski quiver with hard pack bias that has significant overlap with your current ski.
 
Fan of the Head Kore line..i have the 117 and i can use it almost everyday if i want..i would check out the 93 or 99
 
Guys,

I appreciate the responses.

So the Kore 93’s will go on the list.

Re: width, I struggle what to do here. If the progressors are relegated to hard snow/low tide conditions, that means I’m going to be on the new ones quite a bit. Which is why I leaned towards skis which fall on the on-slope biased side of things.

For length, I’m not too afraid of long skis. Back in the day I rocked 205 Elans which I loaded up on the old red Gondi and threw myself down the then new Rumor with reckless abandon. Also, get of my lawn!, etc etc...

Flat footed with no shoes, the progressors come up to my eyeball. The SR 193’s would be just at the top of my head. The next size down is a 184. Which might be too short?

Around here, how do I go about getting a demo?

Thanks!
Marc
 
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I’m 5’7” 165 lbs and I sized up to 184cm Stormriders so I can use them out West. It’s a major size down from the skis I had living there. If I skied only East I could have sized down to a 175. You can almost get two pairs of J’s for the price of Stocklis. J’s and Shaggy's are reasonably priced, even their custom ones. Parlor has custom options too but they are high priced, even more than the Stocklis. I find the idea of a custom ski, domestically made by a small company very appealing. Especially since most have competitive price points and they help you navigate through the many options. I don’t have any info on demos for this year but I’ll hunt around and if I find anything I’ll post it
 
Just my $.02, but I'd think most of those skis in the lengths your looking at might be quite a bit of work in tight eastern trees and bumps-especially the 190+ versions.
 
So several comments on the 190+ lengths being too long. I’ll keep the lengths down.

The J’s look like they are either 181 or 187. Rustler 9’s are 180 or 188. Assuming I want the longer of those 2?

Dropping the SR’s; didn’t get approval from the budget director. So looks like:

J MB 187(?)
Enforcer 94 186
Kore 93 185
Ranger 92TI 185
Rustler 9 188(?)
 
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