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How does i pick ski?

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n-o
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k i need some new skis next season . i want something wider that 80 but skinnier than 90. im 5'10 and weigh 160. i want some good allmountain performance cause i ski for a week outwest everyyear, but i also want it to be good in the park cause that is 90 percent of what i ski, and i also want a soft ski with nice flex. here are my picks any help or insight would be great

- tm, great ski but a bit skinny

- ar6 , expensive and im not sure about the flex/ durablility

- fuji , seems pretty solid and soft

-p.e a bit to stiff maybe?

- possibly the triplets
May 10 2006 8:57AM
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Matty_C
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pe
foil
scratch fs
chronic
chronic wide

(fuj poor 4 all mtn)
May 10 2006 9:18AM
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Bees_Knees
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foils aer good and light in the park and good in powder and they are soft
May 10 2006 3:30PM
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Poormansvault
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Chronic Wides! No joke, 86 mm waist, those would be money...

Triplets are less than 80 at the waist I think.
May 10 2006 5:00PM
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Min_Soo
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PE's are really heavy and pretty stiff
May 10 2006 5:15PM
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=nick=
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foils man, foils
May 10 2006 5:24PM
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SirFryanator
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P.E IS NOT TOO STIFF
Chronic Blend or Wide
Guns are OK if you like wider
Foils
The regular chronic if you don't ski powder
Don't get too soft skis.
May 10 2006 5:55PM
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SirFryanator
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oh and the ARV or AR5
May 10 2006 5:56PM
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mw1235
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yeah, guns are wide and soft. definatly more of a powder ski.

ARV
Vicious
Foil
Gun
Predator
Chopper
Anthem

Some dont quite meet exactly what you wanted, but pretty close.
May 10 2006 6:00PM
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SirFryanator
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I thought ARV's were all-mountain
Never skied em but I heard they were the shiz
don't get em then
May 10 2006 6:01PM
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=nick=
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they are prolly one of the softest skis ever...dont suggest something you know nothing about.
May 10 2006 6:03PM
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fouldsys
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ya get the chronic wides or the foils
May 10 2006 6:09PM
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mw1235
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^yeah. they are really soft, which is why i suggested them. idk which pair you were on royale, but im pretty sure they are much soft and mucho flexy, but wide as well. one of armadas mid range skis, not park not powder.
May 10 2006 6:10PM
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r.w
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fujis all the way! i have them and they kick serious ass, or get dome 06 MOships,
May 10 2006 6:11PM
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DiamondC
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so the arv are to soft, how do they hold up in the park?


karma
chronic wide
foils
May 10 2006 6:14PM
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mw1235
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they are soft... probably pretty well. wide platform, not a heavy ski. probably does really well in the park but ive never skiid them in the park.
May 10 2006 6:19PM
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DiamondC
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alright sick, and why the hell doesnt my profile image show up when i leave a post, someone help me out im a newby
May 10 2006 6:33PM
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jayamait
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nolan, you should actually maybe think of the SPK, it would be pretty rad.
May 10 2006 6:40PM
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FUUUCK
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PE over foil, foils are pretty stiff for a park ski
May 10 2006 6:42PM
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mw1235
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has to be 50x50 pixels, make sure it uploaded ok when you do it. it should pop up write above upload when you choose file and then upload.
May 10 2006 7:09PM
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twinturboz9
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get some anthems, fujis, or T-halls and just demo a fat ski when you go out west.
May 10 2006 9:08PM
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TylerS
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AR6??
May 10 2006 9:10PM
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=nick=
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ur kidding right.
May 10 2006 9:13PM
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mw1235
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Better be kidding, foils are soft. maybe he meant soft?
May 10 2006 9:36PM
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mw1235
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Better be kidding, foils are soft. maybe he meant soft?
May 10 2006 9:36PM
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=nick=
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and also choosing PE's over foils
May 10 2006 9:59PM
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squibble
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get the foils or fujis, there pretty much the same flex (not pattern( but the foils are lighter
May 10 2006 11:34PM
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HiTz
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ar6s....ninthward mikds...highsociety FR171
May 11 2006 1:56AM
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Mr_Bojangles
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Foils fo shizzle
May 11 2006 2:01AM
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n-o
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i forgot to mention i dont like foam cores. and i also ski in ontario 90 percent park, so all mountain is not that big of a need. yo jay are the spk wood core? and what are the dimmensions
May 11 2006 7:49AM
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ski_cartel
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id say ar6 or tm's. the new tm's are wicked nice but like you sayed a little skinny. Iv skied the ar5 and it was really nice so id say go with the ar6
May 11 2006 11:43AM
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jayamait
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yeah apparently is very similar to the dumont, and it's a wood core. dimensions for the dumont are 117/83/110 it think. so if it is the same then those are the dimensions.
May 11 2006 11:59AM
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n-o
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mhmmmm but it seems stiff i want something buttery like the fujis
May 11 2006 4:42PM
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n-o
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bump
May 11 2006 8:35PM
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billy092
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karma or pe's
May 11 2006 8:40PM
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DiamondC
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are the goldish volkls the 07 karmas???
May 11 2006 9:09PM
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spere
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pick up a pair of this years AR5's or wait for AR6's but they are kinda spendy. probably worth it though because armadas are really durable
May 11 2006 9:16PM
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C-Burg
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scratch FS they are sick in and out of the park, I am about the same size as you and have 174 scratches and they are 84 in the center. They are really good on groomed runs, powder, and bumps
May 11 2006 9:16PM
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Literature
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Good advice. The foil seems like a good idea as well as some Chron Blends.
May 12 2006 12:09AM
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HiTz
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mikds r perfect skis for u...light n poppy ..can butter on em...wide enough...and durable...and not too pricey
May 12 2006 1:00AM
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n-o
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mhm im not really sure about 9thward though cause they are a fairly new company and i have more trust in k2 or armada or something bigger
May 12 2006 7:46AM
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jayamait
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nolan did you read what i said? and they arent any stiff.
May 12 2006 12:05PM
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n-o
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i read what you said jay
May 12 2006 11:04PM
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FREESKIER_FIVE-0
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go with the new invaders or you should definetly go with the k2 fujitaves. sick ski. chronics are pretty stiff.
May 12 2006 11:08PM
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mad_540_trix
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arvs are the shizzle in the park, they're probably replacing my mad trix as my full time park skis next year.
May 12 2006 11:22PM
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n-o
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arv's are to phat man
May 13 2006 3:17PM
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DiamondC
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unless ur going almost 100 percent park then fuck that. get p.e.s if u wana ride all mtn too or tm's
May 13 2006 3:19PM
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DiamondC
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actually u said ur riding 90 percent park. then freeskier is right about the fujis. id get those
May 13 2006 3:19PM
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EClay46
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dont get p.e. especially if ur gonna be riding 90 percent park, they are dead in the park and not even that great on grooomers, the only plus to them would be that they are bomb proof
May 13 2006 3:34PM
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mw1235
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solution = anthems
May 13 2006 3:34PM
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DiamondC
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are u serious, have u ever even ridden a public. they're alright in the park but they are up there with any twin wat so ever on groomers
May 13 2006 4:13PM
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