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Chronic Wides vs Surface Watch Lifes
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I am currently 5'7" and 115 pounds and need help deciding between 167 06 Chronic Wides or last years 171 Surface Watch Lifes. I am a advanced skier and ski about 50 50 for park and all mountain. I need a ski that can do it all. Jib, that sweet northwest powder, groomers, steeps, BC. Everything except pipe i don't really care to much about. Any other skis that would be under 300 bucks that could do all of that?
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i have been on both the surfaces are slightly stiffer and have a tighter turn radius so naturally they are a lot more funb on the hardpack and really stable in the crud! i mounted mine true center and they killed everything i would have liked em a bit further back in pow but they still worked well everywhere!
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well how stiff are they? i kind of want a softer ski since i only weigh 115 pounds
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they are stiffer than your normal park ski! but they still have a ton of pop and can be buttered around no problem!
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but are the chronics alot softer? would i still be fine to hit decent sized booters?
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the surfaces are perfect for big tables...
i wasent able to get into a decent park on the chronics but they felt rather dead not very lively!
stifness i would say was pretty similar!
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correction.. i meant to say jumping probobaly pretty similar!
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thanks for the help. I still haven't decided. I kind of want the chronics since i ski a lot of powder and stuff drops so i want the wider ski. But the surfaces are sick too! such a hard decision. I don't want to pick the wrong one and work all summer for them
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also how is the warrenty for the two companys. That will be a big factor into which skis i finally choose to buy
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