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Phantom skis

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baddieblue
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What do you think of these. Junk or not??
WWW.skiphantom.com
Nov 18 2003 1:08AM
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Sk3bUm
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those are some crazy specs...length=160cm Tips=180mm Waist=100mm Tails=165mm
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Nov 18 2003 1:40AM
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mommy
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macho man randy savage is soooo gay.
Nov 18 2003 7:35AM
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mommy
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macho man randy savage is soooo gay.
Nov 18 2003 7:35AM
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mommy
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hes a partly shaved wildabeast i say.
Nov 18 2003 7:36AM
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Fattwins
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Wait a year or 2 and see if he gets bought out.
New concepts will push the edge.
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Nov 18 2003 7:43AM
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Mad_Trix540
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looks pretty gay.


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Nov 18 2003 9:34AM
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baddieblue
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The owner seems like a nice guy. Im not sure I like the name phantom for a ski.
Nov 18 2003 3:57PM
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Lanemeyers
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The owner seems like a scrub.... hahaha...

'A LETTER FROM THE CREATOR: I felt the ski was strange and would never be accepted when I first made it . I'd been asked to leave all the local ski areas and had been arrested at Gore mt, for skiing off trail. So I swore off ski areas and only hiked and skied the lower Adirondacks, which was too much work. After one run I had to spend hours repairing the base of the skis. One day at the top of a mountain-one ski broke on the first jump. That pissed me off,these skis were not made for this! When I got home I took two snow boards and cut the shape that I thought would give me the best floatation and turn radius. The first pair had no edges , but they skied the woods better than any ski or snowboard that I've tried. I went back to Gore mtn last year, hiked up, the Patrol was waiting for me at the top. Where is your ticket! They asked? 'Don’t have one,” I said. We are sending you down the mountain on a sled. Since I had just hiked up I asked them to just let me ski down. They looked at my skis like they were a joke, then asked if I knew how to ski? 'A little' I said, then started down to the base with a Patroller right behind me .The patroller was determined to out ski me, which I knew he was going to do because the trail was a sheet of ice. My ski design was for soft snow and had never been on icy trails. I skied right on the edge of the trail thru ruts, blocks of ice and frozen lumps. I then took the patroller thru a field of ice balls (small baseball size chunks of ice). He was not behind me anymore so I waited for him.When he came up to me his exact words were, 'What the hell are you skiing on , you went right over those ice chunks. I couldn't even ski on them! The skis may look “retarded,” but so did that patrollers face when he asked where he could get those skis? As my daughter said 'don’t knock them until you have tried them'! ~Dave '


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Nov 18 2003 4:02PM
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aclsarescary
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The guy was so unclear on details...he didn't say anything about its construction. Plus they only come in 160 is too small for a lot of people.
Nov 18 2003 4:04PM
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Lanemeyers
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I think they're supposed to be short on you.... Short and fat.... like Dave Pauls...

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Nov 18 2003 4:06PM
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baddieblue
Posts: 172 - Karma: 12
Well I believe they have a 180cm as well.

Theyre similar to dbski at www.dbski.com.
The skis arent supposed to be any longer than your height.

Nov 18 2003 4:12PM
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jumpman
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if I wanted to snowboard, I would have done that




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Nov 18 2003 4:47PM
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tan
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they're huge



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Nov 18 2003 5:14PM
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kjfreerider
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o man r those suposed to be a joke? because they are seriously messed up.

dont get it twisted
Nov 18 2003 5:24PM
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dawilltoski
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their more parabolic than shaped skis
Nov 18 2003 5:31PM
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baddieblue
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it seems like hes trying something different from everyone else.

Nov 18 2003 6:05PM
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Dallan!
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this will be over in a sec





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Nov 18 2003 6:09PM
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Flowsion
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pretty insane. They definitly have more shape than any other skis out there. Oh BTW, Elan owns the term 'parabolic'. Just letting you guys know. 'Shaped' is the word instead


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Nov 18 2003 6:12PM
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Matty.
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they dont look bad, but with all these new companys like armada and 4frnt i dont think anyone will buy em

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Nov 18 2003 7:21PM
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Fattwins
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His point is to push the design of skis. Back 6 years ago when I was ski bumming on long striaght skis we said the same thing about the new fat shaped skis.

In powder you want to feel it. They are a fad. They are for old guys.

The fact is they might look gay but the man has pushed a design that lets him ski trees in the east. We are not talking vermont so the snow pack is skinny, there must be something good about them if he can ski the trees there.
Shane M. has proved that big very big skis can work. Lets see were that design leads
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Nov 18 2003 7:39PM
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Crystal-needs-a-park
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ok so do they not have edges or something...? in any case a ski with that much shape would suck nuts at speed. ill stick with my pistols
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Nov 18 2003 10:20PM
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skierdudeguy
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hey, dont be hatin. these skis might be awesome. who knows?
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yeah this one time, I got really wasted, and took the most violent shit ever. serious. my ass and I fought for most of the night, but in the end I was vitorious, until that back stabber attacked after our treaty, and i had to get new boxers - lineskier03

just stand closer to the explosion. it will make it seem biggger.-aoe
Nov 18 2003 11:16PM
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Crystal-needs-a-park
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no ya see, thats how skis work, skis with a lot of shape are more unstable at high speed
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you bettter still have my jagermeister shirt, or I'll fucking drive a train through your anus. – jibtech
numbers are for jewish investment bankers - sleezemcfly
Somedays I like it crunchy, other days I take it up the ass! - Lanemeyers
i had a pet rat that had one...it peed blood and then died - alpentalik
Nov 18 2003 11:34PM
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skierdudeguy
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well ya, but as you see they arent designed for high speeds. they are powder specific. look at the spatulas. they are missing like 8 key features to be a good all around ski, yet they are awesome at what they do (im told). if the site said 'best high-speed ski ever' then you could make that arguement, but that isnt the point the ski is trying to make
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yeah this one time, I got really wasted, and took the most violent shit ever. serious. my ass and I fought for most of the night, but in the end I was vitorious, until that back stabber attacked after our treaty, and i had to get new boxers - lineskier03

just stand closer to the explosion. it will make it seem biggger.-aoe
Nov 19 2003 12:18AM
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kneesuck
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Remember Shane McConkey and his spatulas we all thought the same and now he killed this year in focused. So don't shoot things down till you try them. Ithink it could work.
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Nov 19 2003 3:18PM
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baddieblue
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Yeah they might be great for pow. Who knows??

Its just like the AK rep told me the only true parabolic ski is the one that has the dimensions of a parabola the rest are just shaped skis. We have the Gotama and the Spatula before you know it everyone will have a powder specific ski.
Nov 20 2003 12:56PM
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Fattwins
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Now that line is making a ski just like these everyone wants them, Why?
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Mar 15 2004 6:39AM
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Big_Air_Smite
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I need photos, specs look pretty nutz.
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Mar 15 2004 10:25AM
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freeskiing04
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yeah definintely
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Mar 15 2004 1:31PM
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jibtastic
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The best part is the $850.00 dollar price tag that goes along with those things.
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Mar 15 2004 2:43PM
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4skizzle
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It sounds like a scam.










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Mar 15 2004 2:54PM
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permanente1600
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the reason they only come in 160 is probably cuz he just keeps buying more snowboards that are 160cm long and cutting them up to make these skis like he did with the first pair he made.




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Mar 15 2004 3:02PM
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Fattwins
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My point is the new line prophets are close to these specs not the same but close
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Mar 15 2004 7:26PM
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ReggaeConcept1
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^they are no where near the specs of the prophets


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Mar 15 2004 7:43PM
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Fattwins
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ok 130 under foot they are not but its funny how people here are so trendy. these skis were slaged as beening too fat but line makes a super fat and everyone wants one
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Mar 15 2004 8:12PM
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baddieblue
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Well what about 4-front??
Maybe theyre a bunch of hacks over there.
Mar 19 2004 5:51PM
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lineskier10
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they look kinda crappy
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Mar 19 2004 5:54PM
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Barmski
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hate to bring this back, but this year at Mt Snow ran into a guy that had these and claimed Line bought the idea off em. I thought he was full of shit, but you have to wonder cuz they looked awfully similar to the Lizzies and Bacons that are out now plus they seemed to have to have the same idea. Just an interesting point....
Jul 26 2007 2:53AM
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dave44
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wtf. link doesn't work for me.
Jul 26 2007 3:00AM
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EH_DUBS
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same
Jul 26 2007 4:18AM
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