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Foam vs wood

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madcrazy_skier
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hey i own a pair of teneighties with power foam and am about to buy tanner hall armadas. what's the big difference between wood and foam cores??????
Oct 11 2005 4:16PM
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VKarma185
Posts: 1162 - Karma: 12
foam is dead and not very resposive(compared to wood) whereas wood completely kicks foams ass all over the mountain
Oct 11 2005 4:18PM
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montageskier
Posts: 4725 - Karma: 126
Wood cores hold up longer then foam cores.
Oct 11 2005 4:22PM
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cannonlover69
Posts: 299 - Karma: 3
ya foam sucks ass
Oct 11 2005 4:23PM
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johanblaze
Posts: 4987 - Karma: 345
foam is much lighter than wood though.
Oct 11 2005 4:38PM
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skisquaw@420
Posts: 1802 - Karma: 13
wood, because it is natural, can be inconsistent but has more life and is heavier
Oct 11 2005 4:39PM
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lechef
Posts: 1111 - Karma: 36
defff woooddd
Oct 11 2005 4:40PM
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cool_catskier
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wow! this is my exact situation, ive got 1080's and im gettin rid of them and gettin ar5s. thats weird.
Oct 11 2005 5:01PM
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winterkid33
Posts: 2267 - Karma: 52
foam is lighter just as strong and more reliable............ for the first lil bit....... then the chemical bonds holding the foam together deteriorate and ur left with a flacid soft non responsive ski after 3-16 months (depending how hard you ride). wood weighs a lil more but will not deteriorate it will stay just as strong forever and its more springy. and its natrual so if you get lost in the woods for a long time you can eat ur skis core, i hear the poplar cores in lines can be quite good with some A.1. steak sauce Im not a fan of foam cause to me its a cheap tricky marketing sceme, people demo foam core skis love em, buy em, they get soft and the ski sucks and its artificial
Oct 11 2005 5:13PM
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