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Skis for next year

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RamblinMan
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what do u think are the best skis for the 08/09 ski season any price any style
Jun 25 2008 12:14AM
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Aaron-E
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Yeah......I hit rails all last year on my invaders and there still solid........And really buttery.

Jul 8 2008 11:46AM
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RamblinMan
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i thought the edges came off of lot of them
Jul 8 2008 1:44PM
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i.ski.troll.
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no lee the edges are reallly nice on them
alot you hear about k2s edges pulling out
Jul 8 2008 2:12PM
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paulbunyan
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ehh dumonts are super nice ski dont get me wrong but im kinda disapointed on how the edges held up(this last years and the years before) they cracked(only my rail skis) really not far into the season and started to rip out about half way through. my pipe skis i used on rails for like a week maybe 2 because my other ones broke and i have one edge crack there still solid thou and i liked them a ton for jumps
Jul 8 2008 9:41PM
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Hard
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my foils had 4 cracks and my thrusters have 6 cracks after 2 months of riding
Jul 8 2008 9:47PM
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paulbunyan
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yeah all the park skis have edge armour and the dumonts have double edge armour or something like that sounds legit i think the edges might be thicker to. ask austin torvinen how his suspects held up throu this week at windells
Jul 8 2008 9:50PM
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i.ski.troll.
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yeah edge armor is just help for blowing your edges out on rails

Jul 8 2008 11:21PM
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paulbunyan
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but the thicker edges help dont they?
Jul 9 2008 12:02AM
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Pman13a
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a thicker edge would take more force to break, so yes it does
Jul 9 2008 7:55PM
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HPskier
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keepin my good ol AR6's
Jul 9 2008 11:33PM
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RDem
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i had last years line invaders and edges pooped out on the tip and cracked in half.


sorry allen :(
Jul 10 2008 8:53PM
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RDem
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BLAH! popped out for no reason*

Jul 10 2008 8:55PM
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i.ski.troll.
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dude your edges didnt "pop" out
your tip delamed and that caused the edge in the tip to crack and pull away

so your edge didnt just "pop" out it "popped" out cause of the delam
i was there remember
Jul 10 2008 9:13PM
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DBeck
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i have so many cracks in the edges of my invaders from the stupidness of how you have to drop down onto mt. kato's rails-apprently they claim its safer?  but edges still intact and holding great
Jul 11 2008 12:29AM
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shitty
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the novice snowboarders of mount kato

---mount kato needs a park crew like the seyffers got going at welch---
Jul 11 2008 12:51AM
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RDem
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no the edges on the tip "popped" out first which caused delam. wats with the" " any josh?
Jul 11 2008 10:54PM
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RDem
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now tht i think of it i was landing backseat alot too.........
Jul 11 2008 10:55PM
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DBeck
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HOLY SHIT DOES THAT ASS-WIPE GROUP OF SNOWBOARDERS THAT CALL THEMSELVES A PARK CREW PISS ME OFF!!!  yes caps means yelling-

Jul 12 2008 12:41AM
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Inbred_Redneck
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No I'm just getting the skis. Never skiied them but i need something similiar to my Ar6s or a bit softer. My Armadas are beat to hell and are now my urbans.
Jul 12 2008 4:31PM
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bp.lando
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i dont understand why you wouldnt just get new AR6's then.
Jul 12 2008 4:33PM
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Inbred_Redneck
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Because i want to try out a new company?
Jul 12 2008 4:37PM
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DBeck
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so lookin at the chronics but what up with that g-cut or whatever, like real short turn raduis in the tails, how do you think it'd be switch?? it sounds kind of weird
Jul 20 2008 12:29AM
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i.ski.troll.
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idk talk to allen though he used to have em but they were stolen
Jul 20 2008 12:41AM
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DBeck
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i think its a new shape tho, maybe i'm wrong- who steals skis? honestly?
Jul 20 2008 12:49AM
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i.ski.troll.
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the fuckin prick that stole allens
Jul 20 2008 12:50AM
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DBeck
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i hope i catch someone stealing skis someday, just so i can kick their ass
Jul 20 2008 12:54AM
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DBeck
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no just the regulat chronics i'm probably just being stupid cuz maybe last years had the same thing this is the description it gives on get boards-the mothership and some other freeride skis have it too G-Cut Geometry
Tightest radius is in the tail of a 5 radius sidecut
• Less automatic hook up during turn initiation
• Very predictable & powerful control exiting your turns
• Largest variety of turn radius options at any point in your turn
Jul 20 2008 11:18AM
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Reed.
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That sucks your chronics got stolen.  Those were the last pair of lines i had and they held up the best.  I had like 2 or 3 edge cracks after a season and a half at marquette (prolly 120 days?).  Eventually the bindings ripped out like 3 times to make them un-skiable.  Not really Line's fault. 

Those guys complaining about edges cracking/ripping out... thats what I like about what Ive seen from liberty.  They make their egdeds really fat and soft.  This makes them absorb the bashing of rails (like i know all you MNers LOVE) and just get super dull, they almost never crack.  Both hornbecks and lesh's skis had like 2-3 edge cracks after a few months of riding.
Jul 20 2008 5:53PM
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reverendwrong
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if u look closley at the pic u see that the sidecut isnt symetrical from tip to tail. on normal skis the center of the sidecut is in the middle of the ski. with g-cut its farther twards the tails.

that being said it brings me to a pointthat ive been trying to convince racers about and that im personally trying next year....since the middle of the cut is in the middle of the ski, all skis should be center mounted. this way you get more force into the ski causing better carving and better release from your tails at the end of the turn, a phenomena that ive been expeiriencing while riding twins. the g-cut would be more suited for skis mounted further back....from what theyre saying.
Jul 20 2008 7:55PM
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Reed.
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just picked up a pair of hellbents...praying for snow
Jul 20 2008 10:22PM
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DBeck
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makes sense.

and my invaders just slide around too, its kind of fun in a way
Jul 21 2008 12:42AM
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attorv
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ok just get what u like everybody has a different perspective get the skis that are right for u!
Jul 21 2008 12:51AM
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reverendwrong
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ur not, if u look at any ski, including race skis, the centerof the sidecut is in the middle of the ski. its decieving on racers cuz the tail is narrower and not tipped up. they always mount back and noone can give me a good reason for. honestly i feel that u get more tip engagement, a better exit, and more edge hold than if u were mounted back.
Jul 21 2008 11:41AM
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McShane
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I like my armadas, I have the armada coda 143, and there nice. I think armada makes a pretty good ski.
Jul 23 2008 11:52PM
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Scolson
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no, pretty sure you're wrong:
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the bindings sure look like they're in the center of the sidecut.

on my fujatives the center of the sidecut is at the core center mark (which is back from true center)
Jul 24 2008 12:54PM
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Pklink04
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I would like to try out the alphas, they seem like an intresting design, didnt moment or movement or some ski company startign with MO and ending in ENT. but I think they maybe fun, but my T-Halls are holding up great
Jul 24 2008 7:03PM
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Travapple.
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just picked up some surface watch lifes. i cant wait.
Jul 24 2008 9:10PM
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IrideWI
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pretty sure im going to get this coming season's invaders. Either those or possibly some ninthwards? I dunno tho
Jul 25 2008 12:41AM
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