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Will Park Skis Suck In The Powder?

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Z_rob
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I just ordered a pair of park skis because I plan on focusing on mostly park this year but I still wanna be able to hit some powder occasionally. Now i know that park skis arent going to kill it in powder or anything but are they at least acceptable and not just complete shit?
Aug 26 2008 8:54PM
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PC_Jibblet
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Last year...for every powder day i used my salomon thruster and they worked fine its just more work cuz they dont float.
Aug 26 2008 8:55PM
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Mex_LineJib^a
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depending on the ski, mount, and your size but yeah.. they'll most likely suck
Aug 26 2008 8:55PM
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JuliusJ
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not as much floatation and more work, but they work fine. i love powder
Aug 26 2008 8:57PM
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Celone
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yes they will suck compared to the giant skis, but if the people in the early days of skiing could ride 50 mm skis could do it then you could probably do it.
Aug 26 2008 8:59PM
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Celone
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if people in the old days could use 50mm skis in the powder, then you could probably do it with 80mm skis

Aug 26 2008 9:01PM
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Dudesinpools
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just dont center mount them...that wil help.
Aug 26 2008 9:03PM
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Klick_2_klaim
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moment jibs,,, dead center... fine in pow.

its the skier not the ski. If youre worried about deeper snow, get a wider ski. ARV little wider, banger park ski.
Aug 26 2008 9:15PM
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jsaya_SagStraps
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not if you ride switch...
Aug 26 2008 9:16PM
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mmckechnie
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you'll be ok but not great i'm guessing they're about 80-85mm, a lot better than a main stream 70mm carver
Aug 26 2008 9:21PM
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PC_Jibblet
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dude if your just planning on riding pow ull be fine
Aug 26 2008 10:04PM
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phishfood
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i skied race skis in pow the first half of this season, 68mm waste or something. can't get worse than that
Aug 26 2008 10:06PM
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eat~sleep~ski
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It depends on the park ski. If it's the anthems it will do pretty well but if its the invader it wont do amazing. you'll still be able to ski powder no matter what ski you have though.
Aug 26 2008 10:55PM
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Aaaron.
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tell us what ski
and you will get a right answer
Aug 26 2008 11:09PM
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MadSteezin
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Thats like asking if you get a huge hole in a boat will it sink...
Aug 27 2008 12:04AM
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Fish_Sandwich.
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Depends on the snow too.
I rode 2 foot pow on my fujatives 2 years ago and I was fine though, but it was really light.
Aug 27 2008 12:16AM
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bigwhite.steeze
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was just about to say that.

i've ridden my center mounted invaders in waist deep pow and it sucked, but it was waist deep pow so i really didnt care that my skis didnt perform top notch. for light pow skiing they'll be fine but you just gotta lean back a bit.
Aug 27 2008 2:02AM
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PacificRimJob
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spot. on.
Aug 27 2008 2:11AM
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mnick11
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they wont be great but they wont suck ass
Aug 27 2008 2:15AM
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Daver_BC
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zach, i rode my invaders in the powder for all of last season. haha

its just way harder. but after like 2 pow days you wont even notice.
Aug 27 2008 2:54AM
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SickStickz
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They won't float like a fatty ski, but skiing is skiing when it comes down to it and if you didn't own a fat ski before this then you shouldn't notice a difference.  The more sidecut a ski has the more your tip wants to dive when you begin to initiate a turn in powder which is why a all mountain groomer ski sucks in powder.  Park skis are midfats and typically have less side cut than a more traditional ski so the tips won't dive as much.  If you are really worried about it don't mount your park skis center, mount them standard so you have more tip and that will give you more float.  Hope this eases your mind a bit.
Aug 27 2008 3:05AM
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BcPowderHunter
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Aug 27 2008 4:00AM
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dbchili
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head mojos, dead center with 3 feet of fresh hardest thing i have done in my life

more than anything, i would say it depends on the flex, a softer ski will let you lean back more and get your tips out, but theyre still gonna blow monkey chunks
Aug 27 2008 10:16AM
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smuggs
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wait before anyone answeres.......where is the powder you will be skiing......because if its alta utah, your park skis are deffenately not going to work.
Aug 27 2008 11:19AM
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skiingonskis
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if you can ski well you will be fine...i have tnks (86mm) and they are fine for pow.
Aug 27 2008 12:17PM
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Z_rob
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I'm going to be skiing Ninthward MIP Tosh Peters, 80mm Waist.
Aug 27 2008 4:23PM
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cfox
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there u go
Aug 27 2008 5:10PM
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JaySkier107
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depends alot of people use volkl bridge for both and that works great. Anything 85 and under will not do the trick on those waist deep days unless you can find a 45 degree slope your not going very far
Aug 27 2008 6:37PM
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skivt12
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it depends on how wide the ski is and how deep the pow is
Aug 27 2008 7:06PM
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Kevski
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I have invaders for park and I rode those in powder a little, and they can ski it, but not half as well as my old back mounted PE's. You'll probably be able to make do and have fun, but you could be having a lot more fun on a different, more pow-specific ski.
Aug 27 2008 8:16PM
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dodgeridge*rider
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i rode my invaders every day in the pow. there fine but ive never skied a powder ski
Aug 27 2008 8:41PM
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Deletedtoday
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my park skis (hellbents) do alright in powder lolzzzz
Aug 27 2008 9:14PM
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NcKing34
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haha word.    ull notice a huuugee difference.  i tried to ride my center mounted walls in powder last year n really had to work
Aug 27 2008 9:58PM
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Z_rob
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ya but its still fun though, right?
Aug 27 2008 10:43PM
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SHastatahoe
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Yes, it will be fun.  If you have rocked fat skis in pow, then you might get frustrated, but I did'nt have fat skis until 3 years ago and shredded pow all the time just fine.  Its more of a mindset thing.  Like some people say, don't mount center and it will help prevent tip dive.  but if you do, you'll just have to lean back.  way back. 

While I think you will be fine, you should think about getting something like the anthems, or kung fujas. though I used TNKs (centermount) for a few pow days this year, and they worked fine (it was only like 1 ft of night fresh at BOreal).   They arn't hellbents though.




Aug 27 2008 11:53PM
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phishfood
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if your on the east coast don't worry about powder
you'll be too happy to care about your skis thats what always happens to me
Aug 28 2008 1:49AM
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MadSteezin
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Ya, its still fun if you like steering from the back seat. And eventually you'll learn some terrible habits, like sitting back when you ski...
Aug 28 2008 3:11PM
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CFSGabe
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it'll be like skiing straight skis in the 80's in the pow, they'll sink to the bottom and you'll have pow to your knees on every turn!
look at it two ways

powder will feel deeper
or

park skis suck in powder!
Aug 28 2008 4:37PM
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LC.
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My par kskis are wider than my "fat" skis from 7 years ago. Things are just easier than they used to be because of equipment.
Aug 28 2008 5:38PM
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