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Urban skis

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e.will
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just wondering what you guys would do if some company offered an urban-specific ski
Feb 14 2006 7:56PM
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pwallstreet
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as long as it didnt have a picture of JEANS on it. id prob look at a possible buy
Feb 14 2006 7:57PM
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dweezileast
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i thought the rooky's were urban specific
Feb 14 2006 7:58PM
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clarkhamilton3
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well i wouldnt buy it being that i dont get much snow since i live in philly and when i want to go urban skiing i dont even use twintips cause i dont have a backup pair of twintips.

But if i lived out wesst or up north and had the money and urban skied often id prolly buy it.
Feb 14 2006 7:58PM
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Albino
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urban skis just get f'd up on cement and shitty rails, theres no point. just keep your old park skis and ripem to shreds. then buy new park skis, and repeat.
Feb 14 2006 7:59PM
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bhill2.0
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theres really no point, unless they wanna make a metal base or something ridiculously retarded. Urbans are fucked up skis. Im not sure if theres a significant number of skiers that urban rails yet, its not big enough.

good try though.
Feb 14 2006 8:03PM
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e.will
Posts: 1981 - Karma: 967
but im talking about a ski that would be designed to get trashed

no metal edge whatsoever, so you dont worry about catching an edge on a rail, reducing friction and things like that

its basically a beater ski....you can give it hell and it wont break
Feb 14 2006 8:13PM
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Polar_Bear69
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Skis are getting too spacific. You need a ski for like every style now. i think that park skis should be for pipe and urban. And all around skis for the rest
Feb 14 2006 8:17PM
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Billiards.
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You are all wrong that said it would be a bad Idea. If a company made a ski that was super light and had either really dull edges or plastic ones it would be the sickest thing ever. Then they would sell the skis for 100-200 bucks with a cheap light binding to go with it it would be one of the best Ideas ever.
Feb 14 2006 9:01PM
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Stan_Darsh
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urban skis just get ruined anyways so i dont see a point. i jsut use old fujatives for urban
Feb 14 2006 9:02PM
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pwallstreet
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i agree, but i also agree with that guy too^ tough call.
Feb 14 2006 9:04PM
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ThaLetterM.
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urban rails are for people who cant afford to ski
-jon olsen
Feb 14 2006 9:04PM
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Billiards.
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Or people that cant get a ride up to the mountains that day or something to do after school.
Feb 14 2006 9:07PM
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bhill2.0
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im not sure if people are looking to pay over 100s for skis that you can only use in shitty conditions.

doesnt make sense
Feb 14 2006 9:09PM
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quebecfreestyler
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light ski with no edge would be really really cool, thing is that they prolly wont last for a long time
Feb 14 2006 9:10PM
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Billiards.
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thats why they are to be cheap.
Feb 14 2006 9:10PM
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MadTrix4Me
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I don't know if i would buy a ski that absolutely would not work on snow...a ski with plastic edges? That's not a ski, its an urban rail sliding plank. Good luck skiing on a plastic edge
Feb 14 2006 9:23PM
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Anathema
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i'd never buy a ski that was meant to be trashed. why not just pay a little extra, get quality mountain use out of it, then trash it once it's been replaced. why buy a BRAND NEW SKI to be destroyed? just doesn't seem right in my head
Feb 14 2006 9:24PM
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Billiards.
Posts: 6853 - Karma: 816
well you can do it on a snowboard. And obviously you wouldnt buy this if you didnt ski alot of urban, but it would be great for someone that needs a backyard/urban ski. Also good for rail jams and summer skiing.
Feb 14 2006 9:25PM
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Swick825
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agreed- worst graphic ever.
Feb 14 2006 9:28PM
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R.Fahey
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I think it's the silliest idea ever. "Hey.... i'm gonna buy a $300 (minimum) pair of skis to take down steps." And why would an urban specific ski be any better than old beaters. Old beat skis will slide better, and who cares when you take massive core shots.
Feb 14 2006 9:29PM
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fillup
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i want to buy some like 143cm salomon teneightys if start to urban
i would try to buy em off the rental peeps
Feb 14 2006 9:31PM
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salomonskiier12
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u don't know what ur talking about
Feb 14 2006 9:33PM
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dweezileast
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lets hope they never give jon a promodel. that would set the record for worst..
Feb 14 2006 9:35PM
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TheQuailman
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buy some park skis from a few yeers ago on ebay
Feb 14 2006 9:35PM
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CTD
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hahahahaha, you really think a ski for park and urban would work well? considering pipe skis are pretty much race-built, and urban skis are pretty much unridable on snow. lol. and no, i would never buy an urban ski.
Feb 14 2006 9:38PM
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Billiards.
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because you probably dont do much urban. I love the idea of an urban specific ski. like the burton domintant.
Feb 14 2006 9:53PM
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R.Fahey
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hmm, Jon does have a pro model. Well, i consider it his pro model. It is the Mojo, and has his signature and name on every pair. so yeah... And Urban spec. skis are retarded.
Feb 14 2006 9:56PM
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Redstar
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I dunno, Forum snowboards makes the Street Dweller which is a urban-specific board and it sells damn well. It only costs about $150 in shops, maybe $100 on eBay. Who wouldn't buy a set of urban-designed skis for $150?
Feb 15 2006 5:14PM
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KZA
Posts: 3304 - Karma: 301
this thread seems liek this crazy dream i had the other day. i was thinking about edgeless skis like the above mention forum street dweller. if they made it why not skis. you could put some piece of shit binding on it and it would work fine plus you wouldnt catch and edge. id buy it
Feb 15 2006 5:19PM
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Snowcase
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Anyone said Invaders yet? That was my first thought
Feb 15 2006 5:19PM
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