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Liberty skis with or without bamboo sidewalls?

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Mr.BOYD
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I'm wondering which on to get. Couse I'm woried that the bamboo sidewall may chip easy, but it may be more springy. what do you guys think?

Oct 13 2007 7:59PM
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spinks
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The Bamboo Side wall is pretty strong. The advantage to the UHMW is you can fix it if you happen to blast the side of your skis on a rail. You have to blast pretty onto either material to actually get it to chip or break.

The Bamboo is a bit lighter and has better life over the entire length of the ski.

Oct 13 2007 9:14PM
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Pirruccio
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i have used a bamboo baseball bat and they are great
Oct 13 2007 10:40PM
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drewishish
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sems to mne it would be alot stiffer?
Oct 13 2007 10:53PM
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Mr.BOYD
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that's true
Oct 14 2007 9:35PM
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Sholte
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well what do you plan on skiing? like pow or park? bamboo is pretty strong, if you are gonna ski pow alot i would get bamboo cause its really light. and if you are gonna be skiing park, like really hard i would go with out cause its harder to fix, but if you are gonna just play in the park i would go bamboo.
Oct 15 2007 12:42AM
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dorikin
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My Gotamas have bamboo or wood sidewalls of some sort. They cracked.
Oct 15 2007 12:53AM
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