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2009 cap construction dumont

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123ski
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I am guessing he doesn't like sidewall construction, so he had his new graphic printed on his old skis.  What is going on here???
Apr 11 2008 10:36PM
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123ski
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Apr 11 2008 10:37PM
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-Nick-
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png fail lol
Apr 11 2008 10:38PM
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sirskizalot
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what do you mean whats going on
he made them how he wanted
Apr 11 2008 10:38PM
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123ski
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because salomon already announced that his nest year pro model is sidewall construction
Apr 11 2008 10:53PM
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JuliusJ
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i don't really get it. how can you tell?
Apr 11 2008 10:58PM
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123ski
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wow...are you serious?
Apr 11 2008 11:24PM
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phishfood
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you're right thats weird, maybe it's just the angle of the shot but they definitely looked like cap.

it makes sense though- why does his pro model ski need 2 layers of heavy ass edge armor when he's doing 34 foot quarter pipe nines and and other dumont-like stuff. his skis don't really need to be all that durable so i guess he's using last years?
Apr 11 2008 11:33PM
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123ski
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yeah.  I think it is because he doesn't use his new one, and we always see him on his old one, so Salomon just put the new graphic on the old one for him.
Apr 11 2008 11:45PM
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alaskakid
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Salomon needs to stop with this "promodel" bullshit. Just as last year, the dumonts are the same ski as the thrusters and the same size, just a different flex. They should actually let him do what he wants. Dumont hasn't been scene on his new dumonts much, i guess he doesn't like the construction of the ski.
Apr 12 2008 12:01AM
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bobs
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he was on cap skis at JOSS too
Apr 12 2008 12:28AM
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123ski
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yeah, but at JOSS he had on last years graphic
Apr 12 2008 12:38AM
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A@ron
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those are defiantly cap.....weird
Apr 12 2008 12:58AM
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Flo_Rida_2016
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wow if even simon wont wear his own skis... idk if im goin salomon next year.
Apr 12 2008 2:54AM
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RtC.
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To me it is an obvious answer.

It has nothing to do with Simon not believing in next years ski, it is more to do with the fact that he knows his old ski so well. It has been the same for the past two seasons so he knows it better than he knows this new ski that he may have ridden only a handful of times...

If I was boosting 34-36 foot out of a quarter I would want to know exactly how the ski under me is going to react to spinning/grabbing/landing.

It's the same with the JOSS, i would not want to hit a 35m stepdown (and kill it) along with the other features on a ski that i am still not 100% comfortable with...

Having ridden next years Dumont i know that it is a ski that absolutely kills it, with a much better flex pattern to it, compared to this years somewhat soggy tail.

Either way, whatever he was skiing on, he is absolutely owning that quarter pipe and i believe he was the best rider at JOSS, from the updates he was riding the hardest and riding the cleanest, he is on top of his game right now. Props

Maybe?
Apr 12 2008 7:49AM
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bobs
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If it really is his ski he should have ridden the prototype more than a handful of times.There's usually 1 or 2 years of testing before a ski goes public. 
Apr 12 2008 11:28AM
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chazz.
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So this is a weird coincidence, i was wondering the same thing when i saw this picture, thought that it couldnt be, and today in the park at hood i saw a kid with these skis! cap dumonts, but with next years graphics. weeeiirdddd.........
Apr 12 2008 7:34PM
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