Is Bigger Better? Pros Weigh In on Skiing's Hottest Debate

Gone are the days of skiers rocking 200-centimeter-plus planks, but a certain attitude remains amongst some sects of the expert recreational crowd. Bigger, they posit, is still better.How do I know? I’m one of them—or, at least, was one of them. Growing up, my friends and I leaned towards hopping on the longest and stiffest skis around. Barely 5’9”? No matter. Here’s the stiffest 188-centimeter ski we could find. Enjoy it. I’m not a large man, and, at some poi