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Wieght of skis

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c-olin
Posts: 40 - Karma: 16
how do other people like their skis, as light as they can be or it doesn't matter to much?
Mar 23 2007 10:20AM
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HeathR
Posts: 4359 - Karma: 1,382
I dont like them heavy but they dont have to be that light. Price, durability and how they ski are way more inportant to me.
Mar 23 2007 10:49AM
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michael_bc
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The binding makes up for a large part of the weight.
Mar 23 2007 10:51AM
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WeK
Posts: 1894 - Karma: 11
I never really thought any skis were heavy. The first twin tip i ever rode was when I demo'd a PE, and I just made sure whatever ski i got seemed at least a bit lighter cause those felt like too much, im sure theyd be fine now though
Mar 23 2007 11:17AM
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Verno
Posts: 542 - Karma: 23
Try volkl gotamas. Those things are wickedly heavy.

Great great plank, but heavy as hell. Helps cut through crud...and kills pow though. Shitiest park ski in the world, however.
Mar 23 2007 11:48AM
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Skipig25
Posts: 10729 - Karma: 256
I actually ride metrons with the neox binding and rocks duct taped to the top for extra weight. Fuck coming off the ground, I want to plow through the jumps
Mar 23 2007 12:53PM
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K_9
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hahahhahahahahahahahahhahahhahahaha
Mar 23 2007 12:56PM
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jsof9
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maybe because its not a park ski???
Mar 23 2007 3:47PM
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K2_Pubz_360
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you alright there?

and Ive riden two twins. The PE and the line chronic. When i clicked into the chronics, they felt like there was nothing on my feet compared to the PE's.
Mar 23 2007 3:53PM
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vermontsteez
Posts: 924 - Karma: 19
well right now i ride 04-05 chronics with the reactors... Im pretty sure that its just the bindings but the setup is super heavy .
Mar 23 2007 4:02PM
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MEGAZORD
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I like to have my skis feel like there is something there.   07 Chronics + 614 deadbolts.
Mar 23 2007 4:04PM
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back_woods
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I'd like to weigh in on this one: I ususally ride old x-screams, light little sticks, went out to whis and rode prophet 90's and scratch BC's (which seemed pretty much exactly the same) and while those skies are pretty heavy especia;;y by comparasion, they kill it in pow. Having that extra weight underfoot makes you commit to ripping turns and lets you blow through drifts, its sick as hell.

of course then I took them into some incredibly tight out of bounds glades, and while they killed it there too, my I could barely walk the next week from wrenching them around corniners all the fuckin time
Mar 23 2007 4:09PM
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GeneralButtNaked
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04 tweaks with s912ti's and it doesnt get much lighter than that from my expierence.
Mar 23 2007 4:42PM
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poofartpee
Posts: 7436 - Karma: 1,540
light or medium heavy is fine but im not big bout heavy skis ie. PE
Mar 23 2007 5:46PM
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samwise
Posts: 2592 - Karma: 36
i skied on AR5's for 2 years which didn't seem all to bad, but then i got scratch fs's which were way lighter, and i found it a lot easier to spin
Mar 23 2007 5:53PM
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styl.tweakit
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i ride scratch sprayer fs's right now, utb over the season ive riden, line invaders,chronics, triplets,silencers,PE's, and a couple others, but i like the sprayers cause there no to heavy , but heavy enogh that you know where they are in the air, i couldent stand the line's there way to light for me, i need a ski that is well weighted so i can control them better in the air.
Mar 23 2007 7:13PM
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MadSteezin
Posts: 4572 - Karma: 936
my skis are perfect my '07 Guns and '06 Flyers aren't heavy at all.
Mar 23 2007 9:09PM
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Swan_Solo
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idk
the invaders are super light, along with the fujatives

the volkl Karma was light for how stiff it is

i just bought '06 rossi scratch's

they seem to have a omfortable weight to them, but not too much

a heavy ski: volkl racetiger, lol
Mar 23 2007 9:59PM
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ski_powpow
Posts: 1247 - Karma: 1,200
light=park, heavy=big mountain
Mar 23 2007 10:38PM
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MALONE
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opposite of this guy.
Mar 23 2007 10:40PM
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dorikin
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Pretty much why I use my Jp's 99% of the time over my Gotamas. I like a lighter skis. And yea weight does make a huge difference in a park ski, and not just for spinning. When I ski the 190 Gotamas in the park, I feel like I have no control over them off jumps if I need to adjust real quick.
Mar 23 2007 11:39PM
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Ryanvdonk
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weight doesnt matter much, swing weight is a bigger deal, but i'd rather have a heavy ski that's durable and has pop (gotta have my pop).
Mar 23 2007 11:49PM
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caucasian_chad
Posts: 4078 - Karma: 3,625
I have the 04 rossignol scratch fs's and they are really heavy, but i cant tell the difference between them and my short k2 juvy rock skis weightwise while i'm riding
Mar 24 2007 12:27AM
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tjski
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depends.
Mar 24 2007 12:34AM
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TheWorst
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who gives a shit? whatever you like
Mar 24 2007 1:13AM
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