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Skis for my father.

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casimiro
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My father is 5' 7" 140lbs, 63 years old and can ski top to bottom all day long on most terrain. He needs a ski that he can have for a one ski quiver, he enjoys carving groomers and pow. He mostly skis Vail and Breck. I was looking into last years volkl mantras but i could not find any that are cheap and this years are very expensive. He like stiff skis, he is old school and can carve a wooden plank like its going out of style, but if the ski is soft and can pwer through crud on bad days he is iopen minded. The kicker is the ski must be affordable. like $400 or less. It does not need to be this years model but something new, never mounted powder friendly and groomer friendly. He is not adverse to twin tips, he currently rocks my old K2 enemies, the black ones with the american flag colored bases. He is on a 183. any help would be greatly appreciated.
Sep 13 2007 3:09PM
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tandan83
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i'm lookin for some guns or pr's for my dad. not as stiff as those volkls, but a very good all around ski. makes a great one ski quiver.
Sep 13 2007 3:11PM
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tandan83
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also check out something like a scratch bc
Sep 13 2007 3:12PM
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casimiro
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My father skied my old scratch bcs and they were too soft for him.
Sep 13 2007 3:28PM
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Tha_Grouch
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Surface Watch Lifes. Stiff. Affordable. Respectable graphics.
Sep 13 2007 11:03PM
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ski_DC
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last year my dad had the atomic snoops, hes like 6 2 185 and he loved them. theyre super light and good all around. they arent twins, but most dads dont care about that.
Sep 13 2007 11:11PM
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LINE169
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get him rossignol b4's
Sep 13 2007 11:44PM
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tandan83
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i second that
Sep 14 2007 1:04AM
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rudager
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oh wow, i weigh 20 lbs more than your dad, and quite a bit taller than him

anyways, seths are pretty good, my dad has them and loves them
Sep 14 2007 1:19AM
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tjski
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ya thats what i convinced my papa to get and he loves them!!! he went from some straight heart skis, to parabalic salomon crossmax's and he loved the difference, and then to the B4s and he cant belive it.
Sep 14 2007 1:20AM
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T-Pency
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get him the old rossi scratch fs great for all mountain and you can usually find it on ebay for around $200
Sep 14 2007 2:11AM
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ESAND
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Stockli DP 184
Head im 88 186
Legend 8800 18x
PE 179
Legend Pro 186

Just my suggestions.

Sep 14 2007 2:27AM
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Worst.NS.Member
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My dad is one of those super technique fags but he shreds quite respectably on vokyl carvers, in so much as you can call like, PERFECT textbook skiing shredding (it's really not, theres no chaos in his ride at all)

I think the Prophets are a good main-brand ski (wow, calling line a prime brand feels weird). Surface is a little flexy compared to the prophets imo. Lib-tech's 07/08 models come in a ton of stiffness/geometries and shred east ice pretty well
hope it helps

regards,
Sep 14 2007 6:30AM
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casimiro
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thank you for all the suggestions
Sep 14 2007 10:19AM
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snarky
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last years rossi B squad sounded pretty good, don't know about price or availability though.
Sep 14 2007 11:17AM
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Tha_Grouch
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Most of those rossi's aren't under $400... Maybe used.
Sep 14 2007 12:24PM
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