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Dumont still using 07-08 Dumonts with 08-09 graphics for the QP record?

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Sun_Ra
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If you look carefully at this photo. it looks like his skis have Cap construction just like his 07-08 Dumonts but only with next years graphics.
http://community.freeskier.com/cache/photo_7404_630x-1_0.png

Compare it to the next years sidewall construction here, you can see that the graphic ends where the sidewall begins rather than continuing to his edges.
http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/site/news/12016696301846/IMG_0353.jpg
http://www.skipass.com/photos/articles/23151/26759.jpg

BTW, this id FAR from being a blame or whatever on Dumont because to do such a crazy thing, it is normal to use skis that you are 100% used to rather than totally different skis only to please your sponsors.

 And also I might be wrong and maybe your eyes will see something else but it looks very plausible from what I've seen on the pictures.


17 years ago
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Jamie_Baril
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it does look different but does it matter?
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WONTON
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seriously can u kids do anything other than worry about what skis people are using, what tricks theyre doing, what clothes theyre wearing, what toothpaste they use? Does it really matter? Do something meaningful that matters
17 years ago
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babujib
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yeah well during comps he skis on one pair of skis and then when he finishes some guy comes out and hands him another pair to stand there with, personally, it would make more sense to me to almost sticker next years graphics on his pair of skis because its almost bad marketing that even the pro wont wear the skis
17 years ago
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TheMoostafian
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i hear tanner hall just got spanzered by aquafresh
17 years ago
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jahmin44
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ahaha. for someresons that made me laugh so hard.
17 years ago
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123ski
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S E A R C H B A R      N 0 0 B ! ! ! ! ! !


https://newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/359207/
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eheath
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WHO FUCKING CARE THEY CAN USE WHATEVER SKI HE WANTS TO AS LONG AS IT SAYS SALOMON, HOW DO YOU FUCKING LITTLE SHITS NOT GET THAT!?!


STOP MAKING THREAD ABOUT IT FOR FUCKS SAKE! SHIT!
17 years ago
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chames
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that was my serious face
17 years ago
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Bloc_chain
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ya i noticed it to. btw there have been like 100 different threads on this
17 years ago
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constpapa
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this is actually making me reconsider getting the Salomon Suspect's next year....
17 years ago
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ThaLetterM.
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hooooooooly crap who cares
17 years ago
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quebecfreestyler
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I think anyone interested in buying a product next year should be trying to figure out why some pros arent using next years models.

there is probably some  imperfection in next year stuff so  pro riders are using this year stuff untill the company figure out what to do to make next year stuff just as good.

It's not that the company product sucks, it's just that they are still being developped.
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1080ski
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dont be bothered by it. look at the x games, everybody, well maybe not everybody but alot did, did the same thing (used last years rather than this years skis)

if you were gonna break a record for the qp hit would you want to use a new ski, or one you were on the whole season and know how it will react to whatever you are doing on it?
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GhostfaceKillah
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the kid was just making an observation, everyone needs to calm the fuck down
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Boodje.
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word.
17 years ago
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Kev-Hal
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Looks like different bindings on the left and right ski too. take a look
17 years ago
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0123456789
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fer true
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poofartpee
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dos it really matter??
i dont think u actually care about this
and neither do i
17 years ago
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bobs
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Everyone of you saying omgg like who cares??? what toothpaste does he use??? YAY CAPS IM YELLING!!! need to take a step back and look from a consumers view. He's not sucking Dumonts dick or being some industry whore, that's a legit question.

Yes it does matter and skis are a little more relevant to our sport than tooth paste. If he isn't riding the new side wall for a reason wouldn't you like to know?  Perhaps there's no solid reason, but more than likely there's a reason he's still riding cap.  And if i'm looking into new skis I definitely  want to know if the new ones are better or if i should save the bills and snag a set of this years on clearance.  Maybe its just dumont or maybe its nothing. but face it over half of NS would ride next years shit regardless just to say they're special.  If he isn't, i wanna know why. Not cause i care about Dumont or his toothpaste.  its cause i want to know about next years skis. i thought that'd be more obvious

I didnt make the thread or the other ones. just throwin that out there
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skithebert
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yes there are a lot of threads on this, but i think this is a legitimate concern.  why would somebody want to buy next years skis when it appears that something is wrong with them and pros are sticking with this years?? 
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TheMoostafian
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true, but T-Hall's new pro-model tube from aquafresh even comes out in rasta stripes


haha but yeah people did kinda freak out at the kid noticing this... but dumont probably just did that because he's not used to riding next years skis.

i doubt it has anything to do with the product being bad or not... so people shouldnt let this affect their purchases next year...because thats just stupid
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FUUUCK
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If the Dumont Pro Model that os going to be sold to consumers next year is infact a very different ski then the model Dumont actually uses, it is a HUGE deal.
17 years ago
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jabills
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did u ever think that since there his skis then salomon made a special set for him?

17 years ago
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SK1ERDUDE
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not me
this thread is stupid
17 years ago
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Capurnicus
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YO! People, calm down with the " WHO THE FUCK CARES???" I care. Other people care.

Obviously people care...It's skis. We're skiers. We like skis. We like ski construction.

Its interesting to look at why Dumont and others are riding cap instead of sandwhich. Traditionally, sandwhich is way better. This makes this interesting. Why is that hard to understand? And since when did wondering about pro's choice of ski get linked with sucking pro's dick?

Ced's totally right, Salomon's probably just working out the quirks in the dumont. Has anyone seen someone riding on sandwhich dumonts? The ones in the pic from the show might be just be for show and aren't skiable.
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Capurnicus
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Oh, and if you guys " DONT FUCKING CARE" so much, why did you click on this thread????

And then you cared even less enough to post in it....
17 years ago
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wynnyk
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haha now you might have to chill a bit...
17 years ago
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Kev-Hal
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SHUT UP, CAPARNICUS IS EXACTLY RIGHT!!!! I AM MAD ABOUT THIS AND I WANT TO KNOW THE DEAL.... I CARE! I AM NOT GOING TO BUY THESE SKIS NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE I DON'T RIDE SALOMON SKIS. BUT THERE IS INTEREST AS TO WHY THIS WHOLE DEAL IS HAPPENING!
17 years ago
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Kev-Hal
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Sorry bout the caps, but i was YELLING!
17 years ago
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Grube
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haha i dont care but mabey some people do
17 years ago
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Kev-Hal
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*capurnicus
17 years ago
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SteevJee
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hmmmmmmm..... its obvious why it would be of general interest. Maybe, the kid wants to know if this is true ,and if it is it would effect him spending a lot of money on a product the pro ,who the ski was named after, doesn't even use.
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Salomon_Kid
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haha shits funny and yea as long as it says salomon dude
17 years ago
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Franny
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Just another reason to get the new Line Invaders
17 years ago
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Deletedtoday
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ooo nice find
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