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Armada Spats-Say What??

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MrPantyDropper
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http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48842
Mar 13 2006 4:09PM
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pwallstreet
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so im confused... do you think they're a myth..?

i think there have been a couple of threads on this but im not sure so dont hold me too it. I guess id say wait till next year and the spats will be huge!!
Mar 13 2006 4:12PM
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MrPantyDropper
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I hope its not a myth. It'd be sick if Armada did that.
Mar 13 2006 4:13PM
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chapz
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i love the style of the new ns forums, all other site forums suck
Mar 13 2006 4:13PM
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I-SKIrails
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Spats????
Mar 13 2006 4:14PM
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MrPantyDropper
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:rolling eyes:
Mar 13 2006 4:15PM
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bobs
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spatulas...

from the sounds of that it sounds true but who knows
Mar 13 2006 4:17PM
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pwallstreet
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so from what ive heard, they do exist and they're suppose to be everyting you could every want in a breakfast waffle.

ie they're going to kick major ass. and i have no idea what they look like
Mar 13 2006 4:19PM
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almostaskier
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115-125-110... yep, armada spats.
Mar 13 2006 4:26PM
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iggyskier
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should be sick.

hopefully the patent stuff doesnt complicate it.

The newest ski that is going to just blow everything out of the water, though, is the DP lotus 138.

Everything the spats should have been and more.
Mar 13 2006 4:29PM
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MrPantyDropper
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Agreed-Iggy. That ski has so much potential.
Mar 13 2006 4:37PM
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MrPantyDropper
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And are the Armadas the same exact ski as the Spats, or are they going to have a different construction or anything?
Mar 13 2006 4:38PM
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invaderskier36
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what are Spats
Mar 13 2006 4:40PM
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iggyskier
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that the thing...

that shape is really no different than the spats.

they will probably be lighter as they will have no metal topsheet, but the shape wont ski very different.

Actually, the armada shape already seems worse.

My biggest beef with spats was the tip in very small @ 120.

if these are 115 that it will just make it worse.

the DP 138 and toons are just better skis.
Mar 13 2006 4:41PM
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MrPantyDropper
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Oh shit I didnt even read the 115 in the tip. It should be more like a 123. I've never skied Spats, so I wouldn't know, but hopefully they do something more than what you mentioned.
Mar 13 2006 4:45PM
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waynewong
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MANY of these "so-called" prototype siting are actually handmade skis...In tahoe there are at least two guys making quality handmade spatula type skis....a very close friend has pressed out atleast 8-pairs this season...and the majority of us used to ski spatulas and all of us ride squaw and alpine every pow day....Odds are that many of these tahoe area "sitings" are handmade skis....there may be some prototypes floating around from other companies...but when you look at the early crowd at Alpine or Squaw (of whom many of us are "sponsored" skiers) many of us now have blank or plain top-sheet skis which are one-offs by friends
Mar 13 2006 4:48PM
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almostaskier
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or ive also heard 125-135-120, so im not too sure...
Mar 13 2006 4:49PM
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TheStamos
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the spats were fucking metal and fiberglass.. because armada uses sooo much metal for there skis, obviously there not gonna have patent issues because there different materials,, i hope it happens so i dont have to buy bacons next year.
Mar 13 2006 5:03PM
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iggyskier
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the patent issues have nothing to due with construction...

but the shape of the ski.
Mar 13 2006 5:58PM
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crazyfuck
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yep. i'm sure McConkey wouldn't mind making a buck on the side and allowing a company to try its hand at improving his idea. he seems more interested in the progression of the sport than making sure no one ever produces a ski like the Spat.

if they tweak it here and there, should be sick!
Mar 13 2006 6:12PM
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iggyskier
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like I said above...

what the spats should have been is now available to puchase..

Drakepowderworks Lotus 138.

192 cm, 140/138/139 I believe.

it is going to be tits
Mar 13 2006 6:17PM
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Arty
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All I'm saying is that I ain't doubting any of this speculation, and the patents can be stepped around, not by construction materials, but for other reasons which I will not share.
Mar 13 2006 6:40PM
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MrPantyDropper
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4lbs..compared to the spats at like 8+?
Mar 13 2006 6:41PM
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Aseets
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A powder specific ski, reverse sidecut(widest part of the ski is the waist), reverse camber(for better float). That's pretty much all I know about them since I have no need to even look into riding them.
Mar 13 2006 7:30PM
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nothanks
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BOOOOOOOUUUUUNNNNNG. Insane.
Mar 13 2006 7:33PM
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cool_catskier
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this is such a joke- if u read the article, the guy asked what kind of skis are those, the man on the skis repyls armadas... and suddenly im supposed to believe armada is makin spatula type skis. this belongs w/ the armada race skis thread.
Mar 13 2006 7:52PM
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