Replying to Seth vicious vs ar5

Hey.
I usually ski allmountain- i love the park, but we have loads of good pow here, so i'm doing this too.
I bought the volkl dogen in sept. bc i got them very cheap, but the tail just broke off. Another thing:
When i tocuhed a cliff just a little bit, my dogen hadd really huge scratches (you could see the woodcore) in it.

So...i'm searching for a ski with a HARD BASE, bc i don't want to get that much scratches anymore. Should be good for backcountry kickers, but also rails.

At my local shop, they have the 05/06 seth vicious for €399 (instead of 649), so i thought of buying these...are they any good? Or are they too heavy?

what about an armada ar5? Do they have a good skibase? (i loved the soft flex of the dogen, but,as i said, i hate the cracks).

julz