I'm new to this forum and am looking forward to getting to know all y'all and talking skiing!
First, a quick question: What is (exaclty) steering? Just a brief answer will do. I'm new to all this but I think I'm getting the jest of it and want to confirm--or correct--my thinking with your answer.
Second, I lurked here for the last few days and did some reading about boots. I thought it was interesting because I was in the middle of getting fitted for boots. I paid particular attention to the thoughts about flexing causing rotation.
I decided on boots based on fit (first) for my level of skiing and goals. I asked the fitter to evaluate the various boots I was considering based on rotation during flex. The boots I decided on, Nordica Beast 10's, do not seem (to me or him) to rotate when flexed. Anyone have a different opinion on this particular boot?
Lastly, skis. Now that I have boots that (finally!) fit well, I am ready to investigate skis. While I can certainly appreciate why everyone suggests demo-ing, I don't get to ski very often and don't care to spend my precious skiing vacation time shopping. Thus, it's important to me to make a confident decision on a good ski to buy or--at the very least--have a (very) short list of skis to (try) to demo.
My short list presently includes:
K2 Omni 5.5
Atopmic C:9
Dynastar Omecarve 8
I ski blues fairly confidently, am beginning to eliminate the skidding (on rentals) from my turns, want to focus on carving, and want to be able to ease off into some powder from time-to-time. Certainly, I want to be able to ski with stability on crud and packed powder as well as groomed slopes.
Thanks a lot for any thoughts and feedback!