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Most underrated ski company???

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OneLove_skier
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Fischer
Sep 2 2008 10:07PM
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Pippin
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ummm guys, ELAN for sure, never get any claims but are sooooo LEGIT
Sep 3 2008 12:26PM
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4frnt_or_die
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elans are shit, my friend splitted the nose on 3 PAIRS IN A ROW, in two seasons, if that aint crap.....  and he didnt skied them hard at all


Sep 3 2008 12:55PM
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A_Davis
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Fischer?! They make foam core park skis! biggest waist of money ever after a season of stomping jumps the core will already be beaten down. Im gonna say either amplid, moment, or libtech. Lib tech does some sick stuff with there skis so i think there my number one choice.
Sep 3 2008 1:08PM
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uncle_muscles
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Most of these companies are made in European countries and have no budget for U.S. advertising.

If some of the companies like surface and amplid are underrated we can only blame ourselves for letting gapers buy jank like nordica and elan.  Nordica's not necessarily jank but its one of the only brand names average skiers can throw out.



Sep 3 2008 1:13PM
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Pippin
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what model?

Sep 3 2008 1:18PM
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A_Davis
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Cause nordica is huge. not only do they have alpine skis they have a whole line of cross country skis. and boots so people see there name everywhere. Especially at the olympics which is where the gappers learn it. Not trying to argue with u just pointing out why so many people know of them.
Sep 3 2008 1:21PM
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4frnt_or_die
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i dont remeber the exact name but they were black and green twin tips
Sep 3 2008 1:40PM
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Pippin
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Sep 3 2008 1:49PM
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Nicko1981
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Liberty - light, poppy and solid construction, plus the 08-09 graphics look sick without being over the top.
Sep 3 2008 1:52PM
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Colt45er
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Ninthward and Icelantic
Sep 3 2008 4:19PM
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Luc.
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they had a very shaky first couple of years with fairly large prodcut problems. As it seems, they appear to have started to turn it around however i did not hear very good response to skis like the "helix" last year as i saw them blow apart on hill...and the guy was not doing anything to harsh or out of the ordinary on them either.
Sep 3 2008 4:42PM
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sneaky_pete
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probably 4FRNT. i never really here of Black Diamond either, they make some quality stuff 
Sep 3 2008 5:34PM
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R.Fahey
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Liberty...

People need to stop basing that company on the products they made in 2004.  Every company goes through some trial and error in the first years.  Now they're banger.  Oh, and 3 year warranty?  Yeah, find that somewhere else. 
Sep 3 2008 5:36PM
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Lemuel
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elan nordica fischer. and to the kid who said fischers were foam cored, wow..............
Sep 3 2008 7:21PM
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PacificRimJob
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No way dude.. 9th is pretty fairly rated..

kinda solid skis with shitty topsheets... fairly light and typically stiff...

not sure about this upcoming season, i hear they are softer, but still made by some big european ski manufacturer...

Sep 3 2008 7:25PM
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jhackbeez
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surface yea, but bluehouse fall apart
Sep 3 2008 7:27PM
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no_steeze
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moment was underrated like a year ago, now everyone loves their shit. bluehouse is very underrated, nobody knows them but they make sick skis, movement also, and i think everyone wants on3p skis so they're not necessarily underrated
Sep 3 2008 7:31PM
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Pippin
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i am excited to see how well they stay together

Sep 3 2008 8:02PM
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PacificRimJob
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Do they really? I hear their topsheets suck, but didnt know they straight fell apart...

thats suckage if they are really that bad durability..

Sep 3 2008 8:02PM
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skibum00
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I would say surface, they arent real known outside of the core skier group. And you are starting to see them gain momentum fast which points to people quickly discovering their product quality. (Just for the record - I do not and have not ever owned Surface skis, I just skied a demo last year and was very impressed)

As for Elan and Fischer they have the worst top sheets i have ever seen, It looks like a senior citizen designs their graphics. But loved Fischer ever since the old vacuum tubes.
Sep 3 2008 8:38PM
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k-rob
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gotta be movement. or maybe amplid. or maybe boone.
Sep 3 2008 8:47PM
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Mike34113
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Amplid
Sep 3 2008 8:49PM
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HeartBeatFaster
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Are those the M series ski? I have ridden those and thought they were really decent... However, I hadn't tried many skis before that.
Sep 3 2008 9:49PM
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Rosski423
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ARTificial,  not on the market yet, all prototypes. but they will be sick
Sep 3 2008 11:13PM
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Pippin
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M02's to be percise, built strong and are very versatile
Sep 3 2008 11:31PM
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OneLove_skier
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I thought so to till mine delamd
Sep 3 2008 11:32PM
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jasontheredhead
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corupt, not sure if i spelled that right, moment but they are growing, amplids getting really known now, iv heard surface is sick, and boone but i heard there skis are trash but idk cause iv never rode them 
Sep 3 2008 11:44PM
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phishfood
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have u ridden them....

from what i hear, they're dynastars with different cores and topsheets....they'd have to be really good to be under rated.
Sep 3 2008 11:51PM
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PacificRimJob
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Haha.

I've never heard Boone's were trash, homie... especially being that only one pair has ever been broken, ever.. (again, due to falling off a ski rack going 85 on the freeway..)
Sep 3 2008 11:51PM
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jasontheredhead
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^^just saying that they are not that well known
^thats just wat iv heard, i saw zach steel up at hood and they seemed to work fine for him haha
Sep 3 2008 11:58PM
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PacificRimJob
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yeah, as well as the rest of us Boone riders lol.


Sep 4 2008 12:01AM
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AlexMartini
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true, just wait till people start skiing on them.... theirs a reason everyone in 4bi9 was riding them all season
Sep 4 2008 12:02AM
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Hovan
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icelantic ive never ridden any, but i hear pretty good things
Sep 4 2008 12:06AM
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AlexMartini
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^ i never skied on them but i met the owners in denver and they are the shit, im assuming their skis are too
Sep 4 2008 12:08AM
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PacificRimJob
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Word...

The Anti Dogmas and the Boone Magicsticks were killin it in that recent hood edit...
Sep 4 2008 12:09AM
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Trashpuppet
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agreed. not that known in the freestyle community. but are sick skis. the 09 partisans are so legit. carve so good switch its ridiculous. and the pop on them is like preloaded or some shit, when you go to ollie you be leaning back then it feels like the ski breaks and it sends you so high.

im in love with them. definitely a awesome underrated ski.
Sep 4 2008 12:10AM
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jasontheredhead
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and my ski coach ahaha

Sep 4 2008 12:10AM
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no_steeze
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they put stiffer tails and stronger topsheets on them this year, those were the two biggest problems of last year's ones so i'm assuming they'll be sick this year, they'll have the great feel and be durable
Sep 4 2008 12:11AM
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PacificRimJob
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sounds good.
Sep 4 2008 12:15AM
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phishfood
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reallly...? they ski switch that well?
i just looked at a picture and they're mounted so far back, and they're so not symetrical. they look like a race ski.

oh and the 185 length, is that legit 185 or do they measure weird like volkl and its like 181 or something?
Sep 4 2008 12:18AM
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Bentley@DOSMedia
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Moment for sure... although i think they have gotten their name out pretty well...
Im thinkin Boone might sort of be the next Moment. Those Boones are almost unbreakable. Pretty sure Sugar tried to break them for a hole summer riding every day and he couldnt.
Also the guys at moment are super chill and boone himself is sick too.
Sep 4 2008 4:07AM
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4frnt_or_die
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thats exactly what my friend had i remember the ''m'' and yer he splited 3 PAIRS of ski
Sep 4 2008 9:21AM
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Pippin
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hmm well there also the M022 model, but i dunno havent had a problem with mine besides the tip sheet chipping...what do you mean by splitted?
Sep 4 2008 2:38PM
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LuchoR
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atomic, they make excellent skis, but no one talk bout them...
my favourites....
Sep 4 2008 7:10PM
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SirFryanator
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werrddd

I think Nordica is way underrated too...they have crazy good skis. check the Zero this season
Sep 4 2008 7:25PM
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SkiMenthol
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I think Amplid and Faction have it for me. Both are great little companies that put out a solid product with much more progression in their product lines than the big boys, and they aren't sending them over to China to be produced either. Last season, NS did an article on Faction and I was bored at work so I looked them up and sent an email telling them I supported what they were doing and was wondering if they could track down a pair of skis for me since they were sold out online, and Tony McWilliam (owner) himself emailed me back and got me in touch with the Canadian distributor to find me a pair. That's how to do business.

I don't really care what the pros ride, because they run thru skis like shit through a goose and when they're sponsored they can just grab a new pair whenever they way, but if you read the About Us on Amplid and Faction, that's what companies SHOULD be aiming to do.
Sep 5 2008 3:14AM
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shralpingthegnar
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PRAXIS SKIS ---Handmade in Tahoe----www.praxisskis.com
Sep 5 2008 5:20AM
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Cant-Er
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yeah im wondering the same... i'll find out soon we picked them up at my shop and i'm meeting w/ the rep sunday and hopefully he'll lend me a demo : )
Sep 5 2008 8:04AM
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Cant-Er
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i woudnt say my favorites but yeah i'd defintely agree ppl dont talk about them... maybe cause they've been known as a race company for so long and now are pickin up some good nser's.. idk just my opinion
Sep 5 2008 8:10AM
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