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Dumonts or Foils

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ragadytrees
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i do park some pow and no pipe... start the critique
Jan 15 2007 2:28AM
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garrett.
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what are you retarded? dumonts boi
Jan 15 2007 3:20AM
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LostValleyPowMan
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Definitely dumonts
Jan 15 2007 7:29AM
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LostValleyPowMan
Posts: 820 - Karma: 17
foils have a foam core... light... but the tips snap so easily
Jan 15 2007 7:30AM
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chewy15
Posts: 674 - Karma: 60
foils ride like a real ski, i have CRs and they are amazing skis but outside the park my foils ruin them
Jan 15 2007 9:45AM
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ragadytrees
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yee ye i was thinkin the same
Jan 15 2007 12:06PM
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skiRay
Posts: 7558 - Karma: 926
i prefer foils. they are wider at the tip and tails. but i think the dumont has a wider underfoot
Jan 15 2007 12:09PM
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johnnypsunami
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I am riding the Dumonts this year and they are pretty sick. I previously had PE's and ARV's and I find the Dumonts stiffer than those 2 but also much lighter.

The Foils and the Dumonts are similar ski's, but the Dumonts have a wood core, so if you can definitely pick up the Dumonts.
Jan 15 2007 12:37PM
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ragadytrees
Posts: 551 - Karma: 27
thanks guys.. all i know is that its way harder to get dumonts
Jan 15 2007 1:35PM
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JamesB
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cr's are they pretty much the same as dumonts.
Jan 15 2007 2:46PM
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skidemon22
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nooo, the SPK is the same as the CR's
Jan 15 2007 2:47PM
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aaron.ebner
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dude go with foils. wilder and more solid for outside of the park, yet still a very sick park ski. dumonts are wood core and pretty flimsy and skinny. i'd only get dumonts as an only park ski.
Jan 15 2007 4:21PM
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OhioRiderSPK5
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foils there alot better and an all around ski
Jan 15 2007 4:22PM
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philipc
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if you get the dumonts it will make you ski as good as him
Jan 15 2007 4:22PM
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hk_
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yeah and if you get fujis you will be as good as pep
Jan 15 2007 4:24PM
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skiRay
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i was about to say
Jan 15 2007 5:39PM
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a.jamieson
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forget salomon get some armadas
Jan 15 2007 5:48PM
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doublexl
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def go with the foils. they are better all around skis.
Jan 15 2007 11:47PM
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[~_~]
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I think you have it backwards. Foils are soft, filmsy, and wipe out all the time on offtrail stuff. Dumonts are stiffer, and have a stronger core, thus making them more versitile.

but I agree with the guy up there, Armadas would be an even sicker choice.
Jan 15 2007 11:52PM
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eyeLiektoSkee
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dumonts hands down. such a sick ski
Jan 16 2007 12:06AM
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=KillaKyle=
Posts: 336 - Karma: 10
Thank you actually someone who knows what they are talking about the foil is pretty sick but its a little soft and pretty wide...since when do we want to be jibbing on a race side cut.........................but dont get me wrong they are sick skis...Ive tried both Foils and Dumonts and Dumonts are better...o yeah and i have a pair and their dope
Jan 16 2007 12:39AM
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=KillaKyle=
Posts: 336 - Karma: 10
armada is a wanna be ski there soft like a noodle and cant handle shit i dont care who they sponsor they are not that good you all just get caught up in the marketing and wow did they do a good job
Jan 16 2007 12:40AM
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Baker
Posts: 1615 - Karma: 18
I just got the dumont's and have ridden on them the past couple days. Their pretty stiff and super snappy. They stomp landings very nicely and just make for an all around dope ski experience. I've got the 181 length, but i'm guessing the 176 is just as sick.
Jan 16 2007 1:03AM
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[~_~]
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they are stiffer than Salomon skis, which ARE noodly. which is why salmons blow in general.
Jan 16 2007 1:18AM
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eyeLiektoSkee
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youre an idiot, my ar5s are the stiffer than dumants and foils and so far they can handle everything
Jan 16 2007 9:45AM
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ragadytrees
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yaa im thinkin that
Jan 16 2007 7:37PM
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ragadytrees
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if i was gonna get armadas they would be ar5's or thalls
Jan 16 2007 7:49PM
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Moses
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wait untill next year when the foilmonts come out
Jan 16 2007 8:02PM
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unchyll
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no if you get fujis youll lose all your pop the first week skiing
Jan 16 2007 8:04PM
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InitialG
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well you said some pow, so I'm gonna assume 70% park and 30% pow, ARV's would be pretty good for that, AR6's and T-Halls are definitely more park oriented although I have AR5's and I like 'em alot.

If you like the dumonts though go with them, they are pretty sick
Jan 16 2007 8:06PM
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ragadytrees
Posts: 551 - Karma: 27
yaya like 80% park 20% pow.. i live in vancouver if we ever get pow its wet like shit
Jan 16 2007 10:22PM
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CJHski
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foils are good for everthing.
Jan 16 2007 11:46PM
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[~_~]
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even firewood...or, firefoam for that matter.
Jan 16 2007 11:51PM
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MadSteezin
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foils because they are fat enough to kind of float in the pow and dumonts aren't.
Jan 17 2007 12:53AM
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tahoeskier.
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dumonts are really fun in the park. super light, a little stiff, pretty much perfect. i love em
Jan 17 2007 1:42AM
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Rusticles
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Ive got the dumonts too, redicoulous in the park, but absolute shit other than park or groomed runs, There is no way to explain how shitty they are everywhere else.
Jan 17 2007 2:14AM
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Powder_JR
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I liked the foils, but never tried the dumonts. As far as armadas go the ar5's and arv's arent bad but the thall is so soft unless the only thing you do is butter, they suck.
Jan 17 2007 2:25AM
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MarkieR
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foils own the dumonts. if you want a ski for strictly park get the dumont. otherwise, get the foil. by no means is it a slouch in the park and it's wide enough to ski everywhere and not only manage pow, but have a damn good time. get the foil for sure.
Jan 17 2007 2:29AM
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Powder_JR
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watch some ski vids. Dumont uses the foils %90 of the time, even in park. So does sammy carlson. All their powder riding and booters are hit on foils.
Jan 17 2007 2:45AM
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tjski
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i did not notice that, but now i will look for it.
Jan 17 2007 11:25AM
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seider
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last time i cheacked u lived in Ontairio, and all the pow we get is... oh ya we dont get any pow!
Jan 18 2007 9:00PM
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tSki
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foil better outside park so if u ski alota pow go foil
Jan 18 2007 9:17PM
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sbark
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No if you ski alota pow go for a POWDER ski......well back to the forum topic the ARV or AR6 would do for you man, Why go against wood, it is proven! Foam and spaceframe breaks down much faster than wood.
Jan 20 2007 1:15AM
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eyeLiektoSkee
Posts: 827 - Karma: 12
In Push, i noticed that carlson had dumonts for like his whole part, and dumont had them for most of his park skiing. Funny that carlson rode dumonts more than dumont did in that movie
Jan 20 2007 1:38AM
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ragadytrees
Posts: 551 - Karma: 27
somehow i couldent get a account so i use my friends and he lives in ontairo
Jan 22 2007 1:26AM
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=KillaKyle=
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foils suck in the pow they have a race sidecut
Jan 25 2007 11:32PM
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telestar6
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The foils are probably second best all around freestyle ski on the market after the Volkl Karma. They ski everywhere well so if you're going to have only one ski for everything go with the foils.
Jan 26 2007 12:11AM
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Baker
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I'd have to disagree, the dumonts are such an epic park ski i've dicided the dumonts are one of the sickest to grace my feet. Nice and stiff and super snappy, its all about that wood core. the foils are only a few mm wider underfoot, so the demensions difference is small, but just think of how much longer they will stay snappy and responsive with that wood core. I've never skied the foils, so they may be the chron and i just don't know, but i doubt they're as high quality as the dumonts, constructed in the lab.
Jan 26 2007 12:30AM
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Rusticles
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I have dumonts and 4front msps do not buy dumonts if you want to ride them outside the park. They destroy groomers and park but if there are any bumps what so ever your shins and knees will feel like you fucked sopranos wife, buy the msp for all mountain not as good in the park. but ridable anywhere
Jan 26 2007 2:07AM
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G.R.E.G.
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i have to disagree with you... the karma's are deffinitely a wicked sick ski and are at the top of that list but foils are way down on that list. The armada ar5-ar6 is a wicked nasty do everything ski. it is stiff enough to ski groomers, now wide enough to get float in the occasional pow as he said, and sick for park
Jan 26 2007 11:58AM
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CEDARIMAGE
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i dont understand the question
Jan 26 2007 12:03PM
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