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Yet another ep pro vs hellbent...

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edd1e
Posts: 679 - Karma: 16
HI so basically I want a ski for whistler next season  and know I want a reverse camber/ rocker ski for pow days. But I also want a ski that can handle the crud and chopped up shit as whistler gets tracked out real quick.Iam150lbs and 5'11" . I ski mainly mellow lines and trees with the occasional 15 footer thrown in.I rarely ever ski anything 45 degrees plus or gnarly chutes.

I am between the 179 hellbent and the 185 eppro. Before anyone says I have used the searchbar and have looked at TGR but still would like a better evaluation/comparison of the two.

Also I will probably get an obsethed as a second ski and still keep my dumonts for the park.

I am worried the eps are less forgiving when doing cliffs as they appear to wash out real easy, but is there a much quicker turn initiation when compared to the hellbent.

I did originally consider the jp or the bacon but figure with an obsethed there is too much crossover. I want a super floaty ski, even at slower speeds as most of my buddies are jibbers (boarders) and dont ride the gnarliest/skethiest stuff.
Apr 27 2008 3:33PM
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Scott~
Posts: 2551 - Karma: 49
I think youd have more fun with the EPs from what you say you ski, but if you want something good in the crud they definitely arent for you~
Apr 27 2008 3:40PM
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GatoGordo
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I know that it is normally retarded to recommend another ski that you haven't put in this thread, but I assume that you haven't even ridden any of these skis, I will. I own some hellbents, and they are alright in the crud, and i don't know about the EP's, since i have never ridden the, but you should also look into some Volkl Chopsticks. I demoed them for 1/2 of a day, and i thought that they were much better in crud and hardpack than the hellbents. I didn't get a chance to try them in the powder, so i don't know how the symmetrical sidecut would do for floating, but they are better for just skiing around. They are stiffer, and have a little less rocker, but they skied better in regular conditions.
Apr 27 2008 10:07PM
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hollygrove
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Hellbents kill it. I know someone who skied EP's and he loved them too, he also snapped them, and after skiign on them he thought of the Atomic Thug as "stiff as fuck"
I'd recommend the Hellbent, much more versatile. I loved it.
Apr 27 2008 11:10PM
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SK1ERDUDE
Posts: 1365 - Karma: 51
i have been hearing all positive feedback from hellbents and some positive some negative feedback from ep pros
if i were you i would go with the hellbents
Apr 29 2008 6:10PM
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