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Sir Francis Bacon , pros and cons?
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hey, im thinking about buying the line sir francis bacon skis, and i have heard both good and bad things on them. so does anybody ride the elizabeths or just know about what terrain besides powder/BC it will ride good on? And just the goods and bads.
Thanks
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yeah it seems like a lot of shops have them, but i dont know how many people stuck around through the delays. i dont know if as many people will by them as expected because of the dealy
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Just saw them today at a shop in Anchorage, they look fun as fuck, but I can't afford another par of skis right now, the ones I saw also were missing the rest of the cloud behind the flamingo, must be a pressing error that they all have. But man they look awesome, and the flex felt super nice, soft and progressive, but not floppy or noodly, but that's just a hand flex, I would have to ride them to get a better feel.
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yeah i saw some at my mountain, and the dude lost one of them cuz he had only one. it probably flew out of the gondola... it was sooooo windy last saturday. like 50 mph winds + i think. but they are HUGE!!!!
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That would suck so much ass to lose one of your new skis...I thought they would be huge, but after riding the 130's, not much seems that large anymore, but I haven't seen them mounted up or anything, I really want a pair of them though, I'm poor though.
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Some shops are just desparate because they have no snow. If you want good deals with bindings mounted there are some good ones out there.
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yeah same here, and the prophets aren't that big of a deal to ride i found. I threw them around like nothing, and they carve like awsomeness.
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Yeah dude, I was intimidated at first, but after you get used to the girth (and widening your stance a bit) they ski really nicely pretty much everywhere. Did you hit the park on them? My first (and only, so far) day on them the park really sucked, but I hit a couple jumps and throw some lofty 180s, and the Prophets stomped them with confidence that I've never felt in a park ski. But I dunno about bigger spins on them, how's the swing weight?
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honestly the swing weight is nothing that i couldn't handle. Im a pretty big guy though soo im not too sure how it was for you. Smooth 180s, and 360s were soo easy to pull. The only thing i have to bitch about is that edge to edge transition, and not really being able to crave into jumps for spins anymore. I don't think im going to try them on rails, i wanna keep them nice for when i do move out west.
Its pretty much the reason im getting those SFBs. I heard they are soo flexy, and carve like a beast. Not to mention that 115 waist seems like nothing now.
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Yeah, when there are some better sized jumps I'll go for larger spins and such. I hit one box on them (at the insistance of someone I was riding with) and they are okay, not a ski made for that sort of thing though. The edge to edge is a little slow, but they make large turns so stable and awesome, I'm pretty sure I know why everyone says that once you go fat, you never go back. And yeah, the SFB looked like an awesome all-mountain/park choice (for me personally) when I saw it the other day, not too short, but not to long, and exactly the flex and sidecut I would like, perfect for buttering and carving off lips. God... I wanna go back and buy that pair.
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good grief. my local store sold out of their stock of the bacons in a week!!!!
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Well i just picked up my bacons 2 days ago and I tried 3 runs with them in the park at echo. They are not as soft as you might think pretty stable. But they are soft. My AR5s from 2 years ago are softer though I think. Didn't do any huge spins cuz of some issues I have with echo's jumps (I don't know how much speed to get its always too much or not enough). Easy to do butter tricks, super nice skiing switch. Haven't quite gotten the hang of them carving, but I haven't skied a real run it was just park. Pretty light too, but a noticeable difference switching back to the AR5s. I can't wait to try in the powder. I would just stay away from moguls with them (although I think I might try a mogul run with them tomorrow).
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Ugh, I think I'm going to have to go with Lines for my next ski purchase. I saw some of those this Wednesday, so amazing....
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thats my decision.. i just can't decide to buy some now, or wait till next year to see what else they've got.
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They go through moguls but not as much fun as other. Also harder to butter on because of the length. Carve well. Switch well. Jump ok. Rail ok
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well should i wait till next year to get some different ones? and if i'm lucky, maybe find some bacons?
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what does everybody think??
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Still haven't skied mine yet. Can't wait.
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i saw another pair up at my mountain, he was doin some nose butter 3's, and it looked like they buttered nicely. skiin cab looks soooo much fun on them. i was having to follow him to see how it performs. floated the pow very nicely, not so great on rails, jumped fine, carved great, a very very dope ski
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Most likely the ski isn't the one causing that problem...
I fucking need some snow and I fucking need my money back from Benditto for his bindings so I can mount these!
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Hey i have a question.. i have seen it and read a review where this happened.. some guys were skiing with the sfb on some slushy icy snow and after a day of skiing the lamination came undun at the tip...
plez. let me know how your skiing goes b/c i wanna get sum...
brewster..
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I think the new sfb are are pretty stiff!! I flexed them at the ISPO. I tell pollard never rides the sfb. last year he was riding the ep pro with sfb graphics!!!
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Does anyone know if this is true?
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That guy was me. Check out my thread.
As for Pollard riding the EP Pro...he was been riding that for a while, but when I first say the bacon/bacon graphic two Decembers ago, they were still soft, 150mm underfoot, and no early rise/reverse camber.
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