the first AR5's fell apart like shit for a lot of people. its pretty similar to the first scratch fs(red and yellow one) as half the armada team used to ride 4 rossi which designed the scratch. its a good ski if u dont give it too much shit. The newer model is soooo nice though.
I ride fujas and love them. great flex to do hell butters,sick graphics, good width, fat strong edges. If your skiing a lot of park and do rails heaps then get fujative. if your skiing more all mtn and pipe more get AR5. In saying that the new fuja is slightly stiffer in tail so if now sick for pipe too. If it was me i'd get fuja as its such a fun ski!
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