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New carbon fiber skis

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headmojo
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have any of you rode the new goode carbon fiber skis? They supposedly super light and sweet. Too bad they are so damn expensive.

http://www.goode.com/skis.htm
Feb 12 2006 2:26PM
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eLevate
Posts: 2489 - Karma: 49
a grand for fucking skis?! i dunno if thatd be worth it
Feb 12 2006 2:27PM
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eLevate
Posts: 2489 - Karma: 49
*park skis. damnit.
Feb 12 2006 2:28PM
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ThaLetterM.
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wont they break easy?
Feb 12 2006 2:38PM
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kj_hud
Posts: 667 - Karma: 17
no thats the point carbon fiber is really hard to break
Feb 12 2006 2:50PM
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llyon
Posts: 153 - Karma: 18
Never skied on those, but I saw em in a ski shop, and can attest to the fact that they are ridiculously light.
Feb 12 2006 3:03PM
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bmxican_89
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not true. its super stiff, so as soon as it gets past its flex point it will deteriorate. it probably wont snap, but it will get really floppy in that one area, because the fibers will loosen.
Feb 12 2006 3:07PM
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Jeff_Lo
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dont armada's have a carbon fiber stringer?
Feb 12 2006 3:09PM
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Subjekt
Posts: 1431 - Karma: 12
goode is making park skis? i thought they only made poles.
Feb 12 2006 3:10PM
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bmxican_89
Posts: 2617 - Karma: 23
yeah, but thats just a layer of the laminate. its not holding the ski together. juts making it poppier.
Feb 12 2006 3:11PM
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skisquaw@420
Posts: 1802 - Karma: 13
they're super light, but they dont make a park ski
Feb 12 2006 3:15PM
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yeti
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the vision 96 and the pash 80 are twins.
Feb 12 2006 3:22PM
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dozerr
Posts: 4007 - Karma: 403
carbon fiber is really strong, its just only really strong in one direction. its used to make plane wings so im sure it could hold up in skis
Feb 12 2006 3:26PM
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drewishish
Posts: 3710 - Karma: 23
i dont like the idea. i saw some carbon fiber snowboard bindings at my shop and they are uber uber stiff.
Feb 12 2006 3:26PM
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Luc.
Posts: 7540 - Karma: 59
yeh so does line
Feb 12 2006 3:31PM
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AKFREERIDE
Posts: 1718 - Karma: 11
some guy rides em at our resort, but thats all i know. they seem super light, he whips those skis around like its nothing, but they dont seem unstable.
Feb 12 2006 4:46PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Old news, Brit1275 made them already. Heres the thread:

https://www.newschoolers.com/ns3/web/forums/readthread.php?thread_id=98184&
Feb 12 2006 5:03PM
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hiphopopotamus
Posts: 1177 - Karma: 45
they are so expensive 990$ for a pair of skis never
Feb 12 2006 5:04PM
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xnoresponse
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i thought that said google haha
Feb 12 2006 5:04PM
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CBROOKS
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there 2 twin tips....

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Feb 12 2006 5:50PM
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bp.lando
Posts: 9297 - Karma: 1,495
Kevlar wrap is the way to go.
Feb 12 2006 5:55PM
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lpskier5
Posts: 883 - Karma: 118
they suck, no one likes them, all the reviews ive heard from the guys i work with at my shop say they suck because they are too light, idk how goo dtheyd be for park though, id like to try a pair
Feb 12 2006 5:55PM
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BigJew
Posts: 6974 - Karma: 79
http://www.goode.com/skisfreestyle.htm#ramp

That is a terrible idea. Water Ramp skis for 990$. You can just use old rentals for 30$.
Feb 12 2006 6:32PM
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pbandj
Posts: 5610 - Karma: 28
no it's not...it's really easy to break...they will snap when you come up short on a box trying to 50-50 it..the tips will probably snap in half
Feb 12 2006 6:45PM
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Daniel.
Posts: 2068 - Karma: 12
look at the scoop 142.... pretty much a carbon fiber spatula..pretty sick...some guy i kno rode em at the bir dand said he loved him in the deep stuff...doesnt even feel like your wearing skis
Feb 12 2006 6:49PM
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LC.
Posts: 5952 - Karma: 2,423
I've mounted a few pairs of their all mountain cabron skis. They're pretty stiff but so light, it's incredible. I put touring bindings on one of them, the guy was stoked on the setup.
Feb 12 2006 7:13PM
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TheBigD
Posts: 250 - Karma: 10
yeah one of the guys i work with, they look pretty nice
Feb 12 2006 7:56PM
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HiTz
Posts: 1467 - Karma: 11
yet again ppl wrong...carbon fiber is very strong...its really hard to break..over time the fibers may loosen but they wont snap
Feb 12 2006 10:59PM
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dynastarskier71
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my dad rides them...and he absolutle loves them...and kno they arnt that stiff at all....he says it is the best ski and easiest ski to ride he has ever rode..he says it turns and flexes sooo easy. and yea they are alot of money but i got them from my work at cost so he payed like 450 or 500 for them. and they are comparable to the k2 apache line. but i dunno he loves them and says he will never ride anything else in his life
Feb 12 2006 11:44PM
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kj_hud
Posts: 667 - Karma: 17
yeah my poles are carbon fiber and they bend like mad without breaking so im just guessing the skis might too? i dont know tho it sounds like a sic idea but just hella bling skrillaz that i wouldnt wanna spend when i could get a sic light all mountain ski for a lot less
Feb 12 2006 11:51PM
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FERREZZ
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ok you said up a few posts that once you flex them too far (the goodes) they will detriorate and then they will be floppy. wouldnt the same happen to armadas............. if what you said was true about the goodes im pretty sure it would happen to the armadas also.
Feb 12 2006 11:56PM
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Paul-o-Rama
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this ski has a 142 waist, bigger than the prophet
Feb 13 2006 2:17AM
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skimasterflex
Posts: 2064 - Karma: 16
^dude thats a carbo pontoon!

I did the math and the 182 95mm waist Goode weighs 38% less than the 180 4FRNT MSP the next lightest ski in the category!
Feb 13 2006 3:00AM
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skimasterflex
Posts: 2064 - Karma: 16
anyway fischer has been doing this for years. practically all of their skis are hollow carbon composite cores.
Feb 13 2006 3:01AM
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Burrito
Posts: 1864 - Karma: 930
That way when all those ganstas on the mountain like T-Hall try to pop you, you can block the bullets with your skis.
Feb 13 2006 9:42AM
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pbandj
Posts: 5610 - Karma: 28
ever have carbon fiber poles? mine snapped so easily
Feb 13 2006 12:47PM
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pbandj
Posts: 5610 - Karma: 28
also, i'm a hockey player, had a ton of carbon fiber hockey sticks..broke every single one of them...
Feb 13 2006 12:49PM
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lpskier5
Posts: 883 - Karma: 118
it looks like everyone has different opinions, it s prolly just a preference, personal opinion. they are really well made skis but you may not like how they ski compared to what you have now
Feb 13 2006 12:55PM
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