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Armada ARG.. a better look

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jib_tech
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hey guys found this on the net .. taken at jibij but it gives u a better look at the new arg... thought it was a dope lookin ski
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Sep 25 2006 1:07AM
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Aenigma
Posts: 11256 - Karma: 424
I sincerely hope you are joking.
Sep 26 2006 10:08AM
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iskindiana
Posts: 1149 - Karma: 19
i dont like the whacky pontoon style big i dig the graphics.
but i guess if i was real into big mountain they'd be sickter
Sep 26 2006 10:17AM
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LINE_Assasin
Posts: 58 - Karma: 10
Except... no.
Sep 26 2006 1:00PM
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cmo
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i have to disagree
Sep 26 2006 8:28PM
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dorikin
Posts: 1914 - Karma: 16
Does anybody know what ARG actually stands for? How about ARV?
Sep 27 2006 1:58AM
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hippie_cat
Posts: 1569 - Karma: 13
id definitely get those if they were available in a 195 or something - anyone who hasnt smeared a turn in powder and are heaping shit on reverse sidecut skis have no idea what theyre talking about
Sep 27 2006 2:26AM
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Mossko
Posts: 195 - Karma: 10
, DO YOU HAVE EYES? USE THEM MOTHERFUCKER. the ARG(DP's) use the reverse camber of the Spats with a UNIQUE sidecut in almost no ways similar to the Toon's.


Toons: wide in the tips, skinier in teh waist, slightly wider in the tail and then the pin-tail. AKA clown Shoes

ARG-DP Lotus138: skiny int he tips + reverse camber tapering in to the widest section alittle in front of the toe 2mm skinier in the waist, 1mm wider alittle after the heal and again a reverse camber tail. AKA fancy spats but a world more advanced and years later.
Sep 27 2006 7:34AM
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dorikin
Posts: 1914 - Karma: 16
Do you know what Camber is kid? I don't think so.
Sep 27 2006 9:28AM
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Ryanvdonk
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WRONG!!!!!! I doubt you have even seen pontoons or spatulas to make that comment.

to begin, reverse camber has nothing to do with the sidecut of the ski, it has to do with the verticle (when the ski is lying flat on the ground) curvature. a reverse camber sits like a boat with the tips up in the air, while normally skis have a space between their center and the ground.

And while ARGs are different than pontoons and spats, they are different because they added another curature to the sides, essentially having 5 sidecut statistics, while the pontoons and spats are designed after water skis and have a skinnier tip and tail than waist, but no extra curves. and yes the tip is wider than the tail, or else it wouldn't be very effective in floating. and as for the 160-130-120 dimentions of the toons, they actually get wider than 160 than taper back, making it 130 at the suggested mounting point.
Sep 27 2006 5:19PM
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J.D.
Posts: 21362 - Karma: 5,142
^What he said.

Some of you kids know literally nothing about skis. It's kind of sad. You do know the edges are made of metal and stuff, though, right? And there's this thing we call "flex", which... ah fuck it.
Sep 27 2006 7:26PM
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nothanks
Posts: 13551 - Karma: 31
Com'on....it was more so McConkey and his idea/brainchild/design and he was signed with Volant, and they pressed and made the ski for him....then the falling out occured, everyone got mad and claimed it was their idea...then that big re-seller bought out the entire stock on some eBay sale....and then it got messy. And then he left.
Sep 27 2006 7:37PM
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adam.
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dont we all
Sep 27 2006 8:02PM
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chapz
Posts: 10182 - Karma: 66
no yo, she didnt mean it as a joke, there are skis that are called spatulas man
Sep 27 2006 8:24PM
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bpalmer
Posts: 2408 - Karma: 93
hahaha its funny that you think flex wouldn't know that.
Sep 27 2006 8:32PM
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Bees_Knees
Posts: 784 - Karma: 26
calm down i just looked at the pic. maybe i think they resemble the pontoons.
Sep 27 2006 9:15PM
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sktrkdo7
Posts: 1920 - Karma: 182
pretty sure like 70% of this site sucks armadas dick like anything they make is skiing gold
Sep 27 2006 9:46PM
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dorikin
Posts: 1914 - Karma: 16
Yea, and it just so happens that pretty much every model they have made is nothing short of a great ski...so continue sucking boys, lots more good stuff to come from Armada.
Sep 27 2006 9:52PM
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wellpreparedrare
Posts: 651 - Karma: 11
Armada is makin only 60 ARGs and they're comin out in November to select shops. They look sick in Ski Porn. Kinda a combo of the Pontoons and Spats, same kinda surfboard affect with reverse sidecut (for fore and aft body) at Spats, same little but of carvecut under the boot part of the ski so that u can make it back to the lift, but without the 160 mm tips that are absolutely ridiculous
Oct 3 2006 6:23PM
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.[sanhedrin].
Posts: 1652 - Karma: 932
^Who had them in ski porn?
Oct 3 2006 6:52PM
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Desjardins
Posts: 1772 - Karma: 11
those look so cool, does anyoine now the exact demensions?
Oct 3 2006 7:07PM
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joshbryant
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125-135-133-134-120, 185 length.
Oct 3 2006 7:36PM
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wellpreparedrare
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Check out JP Auclair in his extra segment, he definitely has them on in the big mountain section. I dunno bout the main movie, but they're prob featured somewhere. The ponts are on Fujas, and they look like they could never tip in even if you were leaning forward on a landing, insane. Yea, they better mass produce them cause Spats are hard as hell to come by and the ponts are just too big at the tip.
Oct 3 2006 7:43PM
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