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Flex on Atomic Thugs

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LINErep_JB
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So im looking for a new powder skis cause i out grew my elizabeths... whats new. I wanted a flexy powder ski thats gets it all done. I was checking out the Thugs as a prospect but im not sure about the flex. Can you guys help me out?? Im 5"11 and weigh around 145.
May 4 2008 3:38PM
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grams.
Posts: 7406 - Karma: 186
Thugs are super soft, I really like the flex of them. I would compare them to lizzies or bacons.
May 4 2008 3:39PM
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rudager
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fdlex it as soft as beth's but a tad softer. they will handle anything. they were my ski for the season.butter great, so floaty.your weight should be good. buy them
May 4 2008 4:28PM
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grams.
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^how did they handle park?
May 4 2008 5:26PM
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rudager
Posts: 11335 - Karma: 4,626
can't say, mine never touched a rail. they were great for jumping, tamedogs, tire stalls, jibs. but i never touched a rail
May 4 2008 7:59PM
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Love_Wins.
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Very soft...probably softer than the Elizabeth even.
Sick skis too, get them.
May 4 2008 9:31PM
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shabinka
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Spencer knows his SFBs and how they handle in park.
May 4 2008 10:05PM
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B-runge
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how heavy are they?
and would the flex comapre to hellbents or ep pros
May 5 2008 9:24AM
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ValPow
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is there an atomic rep on ns
May 5 2008 10:44AM
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rudager
Posts: 11335 - Karma: 4,626
not as soft as the eps, but softer than beths, cant say for hellbents though. its a fairly light ski for the size
May 5 2008 4:53PM
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B-runge
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thanks man
these look like really nice skis
May 5 2008 5:08PM
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rudager
Posts: 11335 - Karma: 4,626
how much do you weight? whats your hieght ? which size are you buying? not that i don't want people to buy the ski but i blew one ski apart(layer wise) from buttering. it had a pressure crack
May 5 2008 6:11PM
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grams.
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True story. I suggest that everyone owns a pair of bacon's before they die.
May 5 2008 6:30PM
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DHogg
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Yes, Rex Thomas is on here. Pretty sure his username is Rex.

May 5 2008 6:42PM
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wrenegade
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I'd put the flex somewhere close to a JP vs Julien, perhaps a little stiffer underfoot. Still a pretty soft ski overall. And they are quite light for their size. I used 192s as my everyday ski this year, they were decent, but the turning radius was a bit on the long size.
May 5 2008 6:58PM
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zackblain
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I thought about getting a pair of skis similar to thugs. I wasn't aware that they are as playful as everyone says they are. Where do you guys mount yours? and for what style of riding.
May 5 2008 7:09PM
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B-runge
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im 5' 11 and weight about 150 give or take 5lbs by next season ill probably be 6ft. I would get the 181's. that sucks that you broke yours, did they warranty?
May 5 2008 10:27PM
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rudager
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you'll be fine. I weigh 170 and am 6'2". no, they didnt warrenty them, and they never said why. it sucks, so i'm going to make them into a coat rack
May 5 2008 10:43PM
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DHogg
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To be honest i'd be more inclined to get something like a JP vs Julien. I mean thugs are sick, but they are pretty specific. Jp's are pretty straight and soft, but thugs are even more straight.

I just think JJ's would be more versatile and just as good as a powder/ BC ski. Btw im talking about this years JJ not the new one thats rockered and such. You can still carve and stuff on JJ's, which i think would be pretty hard to do on Thugs considering the turn radius is almost 40m.
May 5 2008 11:35PM
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B-runge
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thats gunna be a sweet coat rack. how do they preform as an every day ski?
May 6 2008 9:08AM
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rudager
Posts: 11335 - Karma: 4,626
yes, sweet coat rack indeed.
I used them everyday to the max, only got 45 days on them, but they were used, used on groomers,ice,pow and 30 gaps of verticle air. they are extremely hard to turn at fast speeds on ice and groomers, so be ready
May 6 2008 7:54PM
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B-runge
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alright sound great man i might have a two ski quiver so it should be all good
if i dont ill just become good at skiing ice with 120 mm under my feet
May 6 2008 9:32PM
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B-runge
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yes
May 9 2008 5:26PM
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rudager
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yea, its super sketch, you cant make quick turna, i tried doing an actual race course on them, i just died, they cant hold edges that well.
I had the fattest skis there, my prophet 90s' were 3rd fattest and my friends beths were 2nd, good stuff
May 10 2008 12:10AM
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B-runge
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do they at least hold an edge better than hellbents ep's or ARG's
May 11 2008 9:38AM
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rudager
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cant say, havent skied them, i skied the eps, really soft and turned well in powder, thats all, traded them back right after the chute
May 11 2008 1:01PM
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Durtschi
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probably the best unrockered powder ski, soft flex and so fun for switch stuff
Jun 9 2008 6:41PM
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