Volkl skis is a company based in Germany although also has a manufacturing based in America in New Hampshire. Their products are available worldwide through many popular sports vendors and online retailers.
The Connelly and the Airhead skis are the most popular. They are brand name and extremely popular and well-known. They are good quality and will be a good buy.
It depends on what model of skis they are and how long they were used. If you go to a ski shop they can tell you and they might even buy it from you.
any cheap, all mountain skis would suit a beginner nicely.
Tiger Sharks are a good all mountain ski.
Burton for Snowboards. K2, atomic, salomon, rossignol, fischer, volkl, elan, nordica and dynistar are some popular ski brands. Some do snowboards as well.
Two. If a person practiced several disciplines of skiing he might have several pairs of skis - maybe all-mountain, powder and telemark skis - but when you are on the mountain you'll take one pair of skis with you.
You can purchase karhu skis at the following sites...bedrockandparadox.com/2010/12/13/karhu-guide-ski-review/ or www.backcountry.com/karhu-xcd-10th-mountain-ski
There are several great options for you. Line makes a twin tip called the Mastermind, K2 has the new Press. Salmon make two twin tip skis the more freestyle oriented Threat and the all-mountain version the Knight. Volkl has a really great new ski called the Alley. These are all really nice, light weight twin tip skis that are all sub $350. Check out the link below to skis.com as they are offering free shipping on all 2011 twin tip skis right now.
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For adult Elan Twintip skis, $200 is a very good price.
Check out the article in the link below with some great videos on all of the different types of skis available. It does a good job explaining what kind of skis to get.