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Replacement for salomon foil

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matttt
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I'm 5'7 and around 130lbs. I've had my salomon foils for a while and use them mostly for groomers and generally messing around on the mountain and I like how they ski in these areas. Park and powder performance does not really matter me. Any recommendations for an twin tip that will perform well all over the mountain because the foils have been discontinued.
Aug 16 2008 7:28AM
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BcPowderHunter
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AR6 171 or 176. they kill it on groomers. if your not going to use them in the park at all (or not much) i would mount them 5-7cm back from true centre.
Aug 16 2008 8:19AM
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matttt
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Thanks i'll look into them. What I really like about my foils is that they were so fun to ski on
Aug 16 2008 8:29AM
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KravtZ
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im in the same boat as u im pretty sure the lords are the new foils cept they have a mini rocker on them idk how they ride tho havent realy heard a lot bout them but ill prob pick up a pair of volkl's cause the shop i just got a job sells mad volkls
Aug 16 2008 8:54AM
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miroz
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You could still probably find old foils in the online shops.  I bet backcountry.com, evogear, and maybe porterstahoe still have them.

Otherwise, you'll need a soft, playful, all mountain ski.  Normally, since you said soft, I'd recommend anthems.  They still might be okay, but you'd have to mount them center, since they're symetrical and would ski funny otherwise.  AR6 isn't a bad choice either. 

I was just looking at Salomon's website, and it says the Threat is a cheap, all mountain twin tip.  Concur?
Aug 16 2008 11:19AM
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matttt
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hmm, what's you guys opinions on the salomon lord or the line prophet 90? I've heard the prophet is quite stiff but I don't mind a stiff ski, is 90 waist too wide for the groomers? I'm mainly looking for a ski that will perform well on groomers because i'm going on holiday to ski (I live in Scotland) with people from work and they usually stick to them.
Aug 16 2008 1:02PM
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RustyTrombone
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prophets are stiff ya. im not even sure if the lord is a full twin tip. i heard somewhere that it was just semi. id reccomend the scratch ghettoes/S4's in 174. good ski for the park and all mountain. its super light too
Aug 16 2008 1:56PM
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matttt
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bump
Aug 17 2008 5:07AM
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Octopus
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you would really like the armada el ray.fun and poppy, but can hold up on the groomers
Aug 17 2008 10:58AM
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Octopus
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and their 88 under the foot. you could take them almost anywhere
Aug 17 2008 10:59AM
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matttt
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I'm considering the salomon threat...hmm
Aug 17 2008 6:56PM
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miroz
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That wouldn't be too bad either, I think I recommended that above.  85mm waist is all right for all mountain, but if you're in Scotland I doubt you'll ski much pow.  They'll be fine for groomers and park, that's what Salomon recommends them for.

http://www.salomonsports.com/us/#/ski/skis/freeski/threat

There's the link to the Salomon page.  Check em out.
Aug 17 2008 8:30PM
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Ben.
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prophet 90s wont feel like foils. foils are waaaay more lively
Aug 17 2008 10:22PM
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