Need some help on choosing a new pair of skies. I can't decide if I should go with the Karmas or the Foils. I'm 6ft but only 145lbs. I can pretty much ski anything. Usually ski more bc, not to much park. Could anyone help out.

Karmas fo sure if you dont ski much park

there is absolutely no question in this. Volkl versus a Solly?!?! Volkl Karma all the way. Never trust a foam core. The Karma is a dream to ski, it's gotta a really sick flex to it, holds really well on hard pack, cuts through crud, and has the width to float. hell it will even through down hard in the park, just a little hard to butter.

I was at a store today and apperently Volkl has been bought by K2 and soon the Karmas, as with a lot of skis will have a foam core in 2 years. Ride Armada

Thanks for the advice. Just bought a pair of Karma's. [Edited on 2/14/2006]

I HIGHLY doubt that K2 is going to put foam cores in volkls. For a couple reasons: 1) Volkl just built a brand new factory in Germany the year before they were bought by K2, therefore K2 would be stupid to move the manufacturing to China in a crappier factory, where the rest of their skis are made. 2) They would kill the brand, and they know it. Volkl has made a name for themselves as a very stiff, torsionally stiff hard pack holder, and that all comes from a wood core. People know this, and love volkl, and will continue to buy volkl. The best part about mergering two companies is that you get both of the customer bases into one company, so you get double the buisness. If they take the woodcore out of the volkls, they will lose that volkl buisness, because they have gone away from the very thing that volkl built all their buisness on. sure the wood core skis may be expensive, but i sell more of them at my shop than any foam core ski. K2 may be stupid enough to change something that drastic in volkl skis, but it would be a very stupid move from a buisness perspective

[Edited by jrmy_1 on 3/14/2007 at 6:53 PM]

i think the karmas would definitely be better just because im kinda sketched out about the idea of a foam core but hey i might be wrong sure wouldnt be the first time but i think the karmas look better the dumonts i dont think are an isoplex core but thats probably not what youre lookin for if you dont ski park but yea the karmas look pretty sweet

Buy the Karmas. There great, I was able to take them out west a couple of times, they handle all conditions well. I was really surprised how well the did in deeper pow, with a moderately narrow sidecut.