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Line Invaders

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Paoli_Steeze
Posts: 191 - Karma: 10
Should I get the 161's or 151 line invader's? I am 5'4''/5'5'' 100lbs.
Nov 30 2008 9:27PM
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Calb3rt
Posts: 6005 - Karma: 2,203
you should go bigger then that even
Nov 30 2008 9:29PM
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Paoli_Steeze
Posts: 191 - Karma: 10

Do you mean even as in center-mount

Nov 30 2008 9:37PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
Posts: 9217 - Karma: 5,399
You can't (or at least shouldn't) not mount the invaders center.
Nov 30 2008 9:40PM
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Paoli_Steeze
Posts: 191 - Karma: 10
My friend mounted his invaders at recomended mount for normal skis. (idiot)
Nov 30 2008 9:45PM
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Calb3rt
Posts: 6005 - Karma: 2,203
i mean dont go buying a ski you will grow out of in less then a season
Nov 30 2008 9:45PM
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HamFaceGirl
Posts: 5242 - Karma: 2,676
the invaders are 100% symetrical...... why would u  not
Jan 20 2009 6:48AM
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A-Style**
Posts: 1831 - Karma: 81
161. im 5'10 and went 171
Jan 20 2009 10:43AM
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i.ski.troll.
Posts: 4692 - Karma: 247
you could deff be on 178s im 5'11" and im on 178s and there perfect
Jan 20 2009 12:20PM
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PKalow
Posts: 254 - Karma: 11
I'd definitely say the 161's, I'm 5'7" and have the 171's and they don't feel too big at all. They're center mounted so they're not going to feel as long as they are.
Jan 20 2009 1:35PM
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fragglemuffin
Posts: 3312 - Karma: 444
you are dumb....invaders are SUPPOSED to be mounted center. To the creator, i would either get 161s or 171s...a bigger ski is almost always a good thing
Jan 20 2009 1:40PM
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PaleCelery
Posts: 7228 - Karma: 609
^^^ reading comprehension?
Jan 20 2009 1:52PM
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fragglemuffin
Posts: 3312 - Karma: 444
^^i reread....i am sorry for my mean words
Jan 20 2009 2:19PM
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A-Style**
Posts: 1831 - Karma: 81
ya but they were a step up from 157 and my first center mount so i wanted something i could control/handle
Jan 20 2009 6:30PM
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Six.0.Tree-ski
Posts: 4059 - Karma: 67
how fast do you go down the mountain? if you want them for a while longer go 171 and if you just take it slow and can afford new skis in a year or two then stick with 161. and how good of a skier are you, if your good then go 171, if just starting go 161
Jan 20 2009 9:42PM
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DBeck
Posts: 1275 - Karma: 63
161, 151 would be way short. And if you're worried about outgrowing them they're really like 164-165, invaders are measured after press so they're a bit longer than lets say a salomon 161. my 171 invaders were the exact same length as my 175 tnk's.
Jan 20 2009 9:59PM
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BKlein
Posts: 1031 - Karma: 81
Id say 151, 100 pounds is really light and 161 is going to have a harder flex than 151
Jan 20 2009 10:02PM
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paulbunyan
Posts: 3110 - Karma: 90
get 171 bigger is better. but a point where big is to big. youll like 171 thou
Jan 20 2009 10:04PM
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pjbauer
Posts: 2148 - Karma: 495
i would go 171 if i were you, and also make sure you get them center mounted!
Jan 20 2009 10:44PM
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jason...
Posts: 9006 - Karma: 780
I'm 5'4/120 lbs and ski 174 punx. If you think you can handle a bigger ski get 171's but otherwise get 161's. 151's are way way to short. I had them all last season when I was about 5 foot and 105, they felt to short.
Jan 20 2009 11:34PM
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steeze2pleeze
Posts: 362 - Karma: 14
in your defense he used a double negative haha
Jan 20 2009 11:47PM
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Howie07
Posts: 73 - Karma: 49
171's fo sho
Jan 21 2009 1:13AM
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Snowgoner
Posts: 5047 - Karma: 965
Deffinately 171's. As I learned a bigger ski is so much better for everything including rails and jumps.
Jan 21 2009 7:01AM
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pmw
Posts: 5760 - Karma: 831
LINES ARE BIGGER THEN YOU EXPECT. YOU 161
Jan 21 2009 12:00PM
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A-Style**
Posts: 1831 - Karma: 81
correct. my 171 anthems run about 174ish. get 161 dude. you're light, and that will make it hard to rock the 171s. and your height is fine for 161
Jan 21 2009 12:11PM
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TheBeardedOne
Posts: 2286 - Karma: 58
This thread is from November 30. I am fairly sure that we don't need to give him advice anymore..
Jan 21 2009 12:12PM
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