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I'm looking into new pow skis help me out

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slottyboom
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i have been looking into some new pow skis

ive been looking at the libtech NAS pow recurve
which i don't really know anything about except what backcountry.com says about them
so some info on them would be sick
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i have also been looking into the bibby pro
which i have heard a lot about but never talked to anyone personally about them.

and the last ski i have been looking at is the atomic thug
but not sure size though 182 or 192
i have 6 foot 2 and 170 poundz
i would be using the ski for just about everyday i go into the mountains (which is every weekend)
and lots of BC jumps etc. and some charging

ohh and how would these skis compare to hellbents (i used them for everything except park)

i am replacing my hellbents with one of these skis but just don't know what one because i don't know too much about the first ski i mentioned and don't know how the bibbys would handle as an everyday ski

the hellbents are for sale as well if anyone is interested?

thanks for reading


Dec 3 2008 1:04AM
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gnarrr
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what lengthe are the hellbents?
Dec 3 2008 1:34AM
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slottyboom
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179
2nd mount -1 from true
with dynastar jib (12 din bindings)

Dec 3 2008 1:51AM
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slottyboom
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bump + karma for help/info
Dec 3 2008 6:22PM
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Twig
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one thing that would help people to help, is to know what you liked/ didn't like about hellbents?
Dec 3 2008 6:52PM
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Style+eeze
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I know that the NAS Pow Recurves are really stiff. They are definitely more of a charging ski than anything. I'm sure that you know about magne-traction and stuff, if not, you can pm me or check out the website.

i don't really know too much about the bibby, but i do know they are rockered and probably really sick for big mountain/pow. not sure about all-mountain performance though

Lastly, the thugs. i'm also not too sure about these, but i would recommend you get the 182 unless you plan on growing  a lot.

just curious, but why aren't you keeping the bents?

Dec 3 2008 6:54PM
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slottyboom
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^^ i liked how they were so soft and fun to dick around on
and performance in pow
i hated how you could not charge at all
with out looping out or getting sketchy
crud was pretty scary

^ i am getting rid of them because i want to try i different ski and my i need a higher din binding for the stuff im starting to do, just releasing in spots where they should release and don't want them to. And I can't mount new ones cus there are too many holes already, but can be used still if someone has the same boot size or similar so you can jsut adjust the bindings to fit.
and there is a lot of crud and stuff to charge at my hill
i could probably get away with 189 Hellbents but my 179's are super fucking heavy so i don't
even want to imagine how heavy 189s are

Dec 3 2008 8:22PM
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slottyboom
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and plus K man thanks!

so i tihnk i am going to go with the 182 thugs

anything else i should know about the other skis?
Dec 3 2008 8:24PM
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jayo.
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i would go with the bibby pro if i was you
Dec 3 2008 8:28PM
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blindside
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well if you're used to the hellbents' rocker in pow and whatnot then take into account that the thugs arn't rockered. Bibbys are rockered and I've only heard good things about them. You might also want to consider JJs as well
Dec 3 2008 8:46PM
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Ben.
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rocker + good all mountain performance + semi similar to hellbents = bibbys. you wont be dissapointed.
Dec 4 2008 12:35AM
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Pwn.Mode
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the thugs seem so sick, never ridden them tho. my buddy did and said they were super sick. you should totally scope them in a 190 or what ever tho, i have the JJ's from last year and they measure out at 191 and im only 5'9" and i wouldnt want anything shorter. what sole lenght are your bents mounted too, not that it matters cuz they're deff bigger than what i got, but anyway will you sell just the skis? and what are u lookin for?
Dec 4 2008 2:25AM
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slottyboom
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i ended up getting the thugs
because i got them for a really good price!
and i wanted to try something different
and if i really don't like them ill probably get next years bibbys
or get them at the end of the season
Dec 4 2008 8:55PM
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Pwn.Mode
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gimme some feedback when you know! im interested in gettin some too
Dec 8 2008 3:52AM
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