How do i know which skis to get if I buy online? What do you look for? I've only rented before..?

Purchasing skis or a snowboard on line can be difficult if you don't know what your looking at. What is your skill level and where will you be skiing the most? A beginnger skiier should get a board or skis that is shorter and stofter flexing than one that is a bit longer and stiffer. If you plan to ski in the real moutains out west, I suggest you get an all mountain ski that is not really strickly a beginner ski as you will progress faster in the mountains and will (hopefully) ski more. Once you find a ski look uo the manufactors web sight to see what type of skier the board or ski was made for. All new shaped skis are skied very much shorter than 10 years ago. For instance I skied a 203cm in the 1990's and now ski a 173 or 176 cm and can ski longer and faster than before with less effort.

i would recomend getting skis from a compony such as k2, salomon, rossignol, nordica, amarda. go onto the main website, and pick which ones. probebly all moutain skis!