Line Blend Alpine Ski

I would mount them 2cm FOREWARD of the suggested mounting line on the ski, that would put them at 51/2 cm back from center, a good spot for a all mountain ski.

Yes the 183 would be fine, its actually about 179. as for bindings I am the same size as you and i use the look px14 and love them. the rossie sas140 wb is the same binding also the salomon STH14 is a excellent binding. as for weight thats about average for a fat ski.

-thanks willie you've been a really big help

Henry-- I bet you would have a hard time finding the speed limit on these unless you were charging big open lines, as for carving they lay down fat gs style turns at speed with no problem yet you can snap them quick if you need to, they can handle it all no prob, just like all lines slantwall skis.

-willie your absolutely amazing my friend, keep it up

The turn radius and ski stiffness are what you need to look at for "groomers"

The prophet 90 is an excellent backeast ski because of its metal, it does well on ice and hardpack and will do ok in up to boot deep powder, The blend is more of a freestyle ski that will float good in powder, ski off-piste,ski park yet still carve the groomers. The 90 will give you better groomer performance and the blend better powder/ off-piste. Both will work for you, just decide which is most important to you.

A friend of mine who is 6ft and 200lbs just got 183's and they seem ok for him. You could mount 1 inch back from center to make them ski shorter and you wouldn't loose to much pow performance, But if you are a real strong skier and are used to longer ski's keep them they will work better off-piste then the 178, I'm 5' 7" and ski 183 bacons as my all-mountain ski. the 178 running surface is about the same as a 174 ski so that might be to small. IMO i would keep the 183 and mount 1 1/2" back from center.

The line blends in 183cm are only about 179cm in length but are softer the the 100,s they might be to small for you. The 100,s come in a 186cm and might be better for you. How about prophet 130,s or the new motherships for 09, they might work for you also. or K2 obseths in 189cm.

I suggest going with the 178's, which should have plenty of float in powder if you are under 210 lbs. If you are over go for the 183's.

Other opinion: Go longer for your powder skis at your height. Unless you are a skinny rail, the longer skis will give you more float, but will be a tiny bit slower in turns.

go with the blends the are more of a freestyle ski and the 90,s are a freeride ski, meaning the blends will work way better in the park pluse they are 100mm in the waist so they float well in powder. the 90,s are stiff and are more of a groomer ski. 183cm is perfect for you as they are only about 178cm's same as my 182cm line bacons.

If you are planning on focusing your ability on spins / skiing backwards, get them mounted true to center.

Everything else is just a gradation. I like my skis about 3 cm forward from traditional mounting. This is just slightly behind the center mark.

Remember that realistically, there is no way you will spend half your time going backwards. I would go with 2 - 3 cm forward from traditional.

These will have a fair amount more flex than the prophet 100. The Blend is a "All Mountain" ski but still has quite a bit of it's design focused on park. The Prophet 100 is a true all mountain ski for someone who is really going to be skiing all that a mountain has to offer, also all of the terrain that a resort would have to offer (the 100 is for someone who would still be skiing more pow than the prophet 90).

Unfortunately, we do not have specific dates, the best thing I can advise is that you consistently check back with the website, every other day or so.

No, you sould get 178cm. You would out grow 168's before the end of the season. The running surface on 178's is 144cm's so thats about the same as a 173cm ski. If your worried about the length mount them 1 inch forward of the mount line, which would be 2 inches back from center.

Right now for your height you sould get 178cm, If you think you will keep growing or an advanced skier I would get the 183cm. Line skis tend to ski a little short.