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What twin tips should I get?
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Okay in the past I have skied on just about whatever I could get cheap, but still halfway decent. I am coming off Atomic E3s, and I would like to get some twin tips as I am starting to make more appearances in the park. I am also going to be starting my first year on the ski patrol, so I figure I need to look at least halfway proffesional. My price range is $300-$400. I need a ski that comes somewhere in the mid to upper 170s too. Any suggestions?
Oh and please no "You should get because I have them so they must be awesome" Some reasons why your suggestions are good would help. Thanks!
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whats your weight? height? east of west? do you want them for park, all mountain, powder, bumps?
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and by "east of west", i mean "east or west"
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Public Enemys are good all mountain. They fit in your price range, and they are a good stiff park ski
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Height: 140
Weight: 5'9"
I need a good all mountain ski I guess. I am from Colorado and ski at Winter Park/Mary Jane mostly, so I am in the bumps all the time. For the bump skiing I like a good bit of flex. I get into some deep powder chutes all the time too, so something that's pretty good in powder and stable at high speeds would be good. I am pretty new to the park, but I am going to try and learn more next season. So far, I can do short rails and pull a 360, but that's about it.
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Oh can you give me some binding suggestions too?
I just ski. I don't really pay attention to the equipment, so this is why I'm so clueless about this stuff.
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yea, definitly look at the 174 salomon foil. Though I live in the east, I have the foils mounted at +2 and they rock everywhere. The sidecut is especially nice on groomers, and width is good for some pow. Edge to edge response is ok for moguls, but certainly not as fast as my atomics(60 something waste though). They handle switch nicely. I am the same size as you and I think they are stable at high speeds.
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and bindings, looks and salomons(as long as you are not a dumbass who cant set bindings correctly) will work fine
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I agree with nomen's choices for ya. your conundrum is that the better a ski is in the pow, the worse it'll be in moguls (width)
To his list I would add
Armada ARV 175
Line Chronic Wide/Blend 177
4Frnt Msp 180
The stiffer end of the spectrum would be karmas (best on groomers). Softest maybe the ARVs or sprayer bc which would be more fun in the park. You basically can't go wrong with any of these or what nomen said.
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In that case, which of these skis would be best in the bumps, as far as good flex and width? We don't always have a powder day, but I will be in the bumps every single time, so something more bumps oriented would be best for me.
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Public Enemies or Karmas maybe
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mojo 90's their stiff but should be good in the bumps and still wide enough for those pow days
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Fujatives... cant go wrong with fujas
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so 174 foils would be good for you.
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no dude. way too fat for moguls.
foil 174
karma 177
public enemy 176
these are fairly similar. foil better in park, karma better all mountain.
seriously though, there is very little to choose between these. and as helpful as these comments are, at the end of the day, you gotta test drive some of these sticks and see which you're feeling.
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you obviously dont know what your talking about... fujatives are an entry level park ski, there also in the price range he is talking about, they are a fun ski to ride and they also hold up quite well man. My buddy started on fujas and he loves them
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Thanks guys. This all very helpful info.
This is what I'm seeing so here's my list to look into more and possibly buy:
foils
karmas
public enemies
sprayer bc
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Oh and I have Salomon bindings on my skis right now, and I think they pretty much suck. I have always thought that the Look bindings looked pretty cool, and I usually see the park guys riding them so I will try those out.
Usually when I get skis mounted, I just tell the guy to put them at whatever is standard. (Once again, I don't pay attention to equipment stuff) It has worked fine for me so far, but what are the bump skiers usually set at?
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dude sorry i didnt read what he said but dont fuckin insult me or ill find you bitch. ahaha but good at everything eh public enemy K2, Salomon 1080, Armada AR5, Dynastar Trouble maker and by the way i skied the Fujative, they are good all around, you probably have not skied them they are good in bumps and pow cause they are wide PE will be 400-500, 1080 500-650, AR5 600-700, you might want the ARV if you are skiing pow, Trouble maker 450-600 and the fuja 300. it is also would not wood dont get it twisted.
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PS i like you for helping me with the pants questions nomensteven i will not hunt you down.
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dude, just be quiet. nomen knows his shit, you are spouting vomit.
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i'm suprissed the trouble maker didn't get thrown up a bit more. besides that the obvious choices were covered.
nomensteven i agree with the advice you give people but i think your selling the fuji a bit short. it's totally a personal thing as to what you like in pow but the fuji works for some people. and it suprissed me in the moguls i expected it to be all over the shop but it held up alright.
as for binding you can't go far wrong with look/rossi p12
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also, you could get last years chronic wides 177.
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heres a good list. these skis are proven and you really cant go wrong.
-186 eric pollard pros(hard to find)
-175 or 185 ARV(i forgot how tall you were)
-volkl karma
-K2 public enemy(although i havnt been impressed with them in the past)
-4frnt MSP(dunno bout these on the bumps)
-salomon foil
-rossi scratch BC slayer
-rossi scratch FS
-line chronic
-line prophet 80(not the best park ski)
-line chronic blend/wide
thats my list of skis. im sure i missed some. but seriosuly, buy one of those skis, you cant go wrong. heres some bindings.
-look p12/px12s seem great for you
-salomon s914. havnt been impressed with salomon bindings, the lower din salomon bindings dont get much respect on this sight. but the s914 should be good. key word-expensive.
-your shops probably gonna try and get you to buy markers, try to say away from those. not exactly respected on this sight or in the skiing world. lots of people love em, but also lots just plain old hate them.
those are your three core binding companys. look has by far the best binding for you. the px12 or p12 has a good din range for you and they have massive repuation for being bomber and a awsome binding. good luck.
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dude the fujis have the waste to ski decently in pow, they are really flexible but not so much the 05/06's you just alpine mount them not centre
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^ dude i wasnt saying you didnt know your shit you definately do, i was just defending the fuji just cause it is a decent ski
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