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Convince me to buy Live Lifes...
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My choices are:
Line - Elizabeth
K2 - Maden Ak / AK Enemy
Ninthward - Rory SFS
Rossignol - Scratch WRS BC
Volkl - Gotama
4Frnt - VCT
The Lizzies/Madens/Rorys are obviously on the softer side while the Gotamas/VCTs are on the stiffer... but I'm looking for something in the middle. The Scratch BCs are about the flex I'm looking for, but I want something with around a 110 waist. Ignore lengths... the 178 is fine for me.
So this is your chance... not only to convince me that the Live Lifes are a perfect choice, but also to pump yourselves up and kiss a little Surface-ass...
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perfect flex, bombproof make, lighter than anything on your list, and hold up sturdy in pow at the same time. What contest?
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I don't know much about skis, or snow...but I will try:
Line - Elizabeth
The person who helped E.P. make the Elizabeth a reality is the same person who now is in charge of designing skis for Surface. This Live Life is my perfect ski, I skied the Eliz for 3 years now and it is cool but it lacks the stability I needed and was too soft for all mountain skiing and faster turns, the tail washes out bigtime and I am pretty damn small. The Live Life is everything I yearned for while skiing the Eliz. More stable in all situations without sacrificing fatness and radness. And, as much as E.P. is one of my favorite skiers, he totally bit the Jamie Lynn Pro Model Snowboard graphic with that naked blue chick, I expected much more from Pollard.
K2 - Maden Ak / AK Enemy
Cool ski, never skied it though so I can't say much about this one
Ninthward - Rory SFS
NIntward?? I don't know about the 9 man...that's all I will say.
Rossignol - Scratch WRS BC
They don't need any more money!!! Rossi is good skis though.
Volkl - Gotama
Pretty rad ski I have heard, I think they tail is ugly as hell though, graphic is horrible too.
4Frnt - VCT
Ugly shape, ugly graphic, who is Vinnie Dorian?? Attorneys man, attorneys!!
I didn't help much.
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i will add to that
elizabeth.. skied it about 15 days last year it just didnt have enough balls to ski everyday it was fun in certain situations like deep pow in the trees and in the park but skiing any sort of crud or at high speeds just was no fun at all i as well am a fairly small guy 5 10 140 pounds and it just didnt cut it
madenak...really fun ski bomber cunstruction k2 kills it quality wise it just didnt really have much to it it skis just ok everywhere it does excel in high speed pow and thats about it i will say if i was buying live lifes i would be on these or bacons
gotoma......REALLY STIFF!! bomber construction but no fun on anything but high speed pow and crud plus i felt like a goon whenever ilooked down
scratch bc.... again nothing really special about it! not bad but def not impressed more of an all mountain ski that anything a little skinny in my opinion
vct......WHO?
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gotama ain't that stiff, n00b.
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this years are stiffer than before they stiffened it up and suposidly it is now not as good
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^ yes sorry sean i was reffering to this years as they are the only ones i have been on
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I'm pretty convinced... ...keep going...
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they make you run better, faster,more productive.
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all of us who ski surface are members of a tight little family you see another person on them you are immediatly friends with them you are stoked to see others of your kind unlike armada or ninthward or the other people when you see another you want to pull out your nine and cap their ass for biting your style....
it all comes down to if you want to be cool or not...basically!
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Haha... that WOULD be a good reason... but I think things are kinda different here in SoCal. If I see ANYBODY with twin-tip skis at Mountain High... it's a pretty amazing find...
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wtf?? you ski at mountain high?? thats enough reason alone to ski surface.
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Why? Is Mountain High so terribly pathetic that it needs the good grace of two Surface platforms to rejuvinate it to a half respectable region? Seems reasonable... except for the fact that I would NEVER disgrace such beautiful skis with the disgusting grime we Southern Californians know as "snow". Oh no, no, no... the extraordinary Live Life's would only grace the surface of the brilliant Champagne powder of the Rockies.
Ok... I'm done with that. How the hell do you know about Mountain High? I thought only people within a 100 mile radius of that shithole actually knew about it...
And yes... I know Sean... that lanky little bitch... he kinda scared the crap out of me last night when me and my buddies were checking out Anons at Val Surf...
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watch yo self nigga. you're a two planker in a surf/snowboard shop.
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yaeh, but i work there so it's different.
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i spent some time in sooooo cal!! i know about that shit. surface should do a little trip down there...
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You may be led to believe that the west isn't like this... but you'd be surprised. Then again... Mountain High doesn't quite count, I guess... I'm not sure I even call what I ski on, "snow"...
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jesus christ, eng. quit bitching about mountain high. we all know it blows. you also know i go up to mammoth 2 or 3 times a week, and you know you're welcome to come with.
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because we have masking tape on our skis and two syllables.
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great words of wisdom from phil. dr. phil. thanks phil. dr. phil.
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Dr. Pimpnizzshit at it again.
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I'm thinking I'm gonna get Live Lifes
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How much would the shipping be to get them up to Alberta?
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Too late for that. Although I wanted Live Lifes, there was no way I would have been able to get them before my Colorado trip. I went for Made'n AKs instead...
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Too late is right. We are sold out already....thanks everyone.
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...Still have Watch Life's though!!!!
Live Life's are dunzo.
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why do I take so long to make my decisions?!
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