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Scratch bc vs prophet 100
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what is ur guys opinions among theses 2. Which one handles better on non pow days...??? Also what does the base of the scratch look like ...never seen a a pic of it
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next years scratch bc's are ill
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the prophet won't do well in park. It's definetely a BC ski, the rossi is more all-mountain
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the prophets are good, but are 100 mm underfoot and more for the BC than park. It's stiffer than all park skis, I will tell you that. And wider than most.
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THE SCRATCH IS 98 UNDERFOOT SO NOT THAT BIG OFA DIFFERNECE ...I SKI MOSTLET OFF PISTE BUT WHEN CONDITIONS BLOW I GOT TO THE PARK.....SO I GUESS BC??? THANKS
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whoooh caps lock there
yeah scratch BC is good for that
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line is coming out with a prohet 90 i believe, it would make it more accomadating to the park
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^no...
it's not a full twin. only the prophet 130 i believe is a full twin.
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Wrong. All Line Skis have a full twin. The directional Freeride flex on the 100 makes it feel more traditional but its full. Same as on 90 except the flex pattern isn't dramatically as freeride. I have skied 4 days on the Prophet 90 they rip and are my park/all mountain choice for '07 (I've skied almost everything else out next year testing for my store so that says a lot).
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royale, you need a quit time buddy.
pretty much everything you said was incorrect.
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hmm maybe that was last year?
my bad
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check the line website.
theyre not full twins except the 130.
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could you use the bc as an exclusively park ski?
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the prophet 100 is a strong ski. it's pretty stiff, and rips for general skiing and backcountry. the scratch bc, however, is a much softer ski, geared more towards backcountry jibbing and occasional park riding. for the skiing situation you described, the scratch bc would be a better fit.
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06 100's are full twin.. i should know cus i own a pair.. 07 i don't know much about
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wow line likes wasting wood
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thanks the prophet 80 mustve replaced the assasin series. it didnt say about the 100.
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does the scratch float as wel an the prophet
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Well, since I broke my Mantras I have skied 4 days on some demo Scatch BCs.
First of, my stats-
Height 5'11'' (not that it matters much)
Weight 175.
Ski- 185 Scratch BC mounted on the modern line
Location-Breck and Vail
Conditions-Powder, Crud, Groomers, Bumbs. (sorry no park)
All in all I like these skies. They feel really bomber and the bases and topsheets seem to be really tough. They are significantly more forgiving than my Mantras- they seem to dampen out vibrations better, even though Mantras don't chatter. It is hard to explain. I guess it is kinda like the difference between a luxury car suspension (scatch bc)and a sports car suspension (mantra).
So, how they perform in different conditions-
On groomers they perform extremely well. They hold edges and make really nice GS turns. Great performance.
I didn't like them in bumps. I think that this is mostly because of where they were mounted. The modern line is pretty far forward and yeilds quite a tail. I kept having issues with the tails kicking me around when I would transition from one turn to the next in bumps. Bottom line- long stiff tail=not good for bumps.
They performed reasonable well in crud and held lines pretty well. However, there were a few times where the tips were knocked off of the line because of random chunks of crud. Not a major issue. I would attribute this to the mounting location again. I feel that they would perform better in crud if they were mounted standard or even farther back.
Powder- I skied these in 6 inches of powder on friday. They did well, but I did have to leen back a little to keep the tips up in deeper snow. They would be much better if they were mounted back, yet again. Pretty nice float though, and I really wish I could have skied them on a different mount because I am confident that they would do extremely well.
The modern mount did yeild really good switch performance. Skiing switch was suprisingly easy and a lot of fun. However, Switch skiing/landing is the only reason I would justify mounting modern.
So, in conclusion. These skis are really good skis. I wouldn't call them great skis, but again, my opinion would probably be different if skied them on a different mount. MOUNT BACK IF YOU WANT TO USE THEM ALL MOUNTAIN! For the way i ski, I like Mantras better. For some reason they seem more precise and seem to offer better performance.
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nice signature, i was laughing my ass off wen mike olenick said that (i dont know which olenick it was)
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well since the waist is only 2mm diff id think so
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I've skied the 07 100's, 90's, and 80's and they're all full twins if my mind serves me correctly.
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