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Wall + Invader = Will they be a good couple?

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Jie
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Hi guys. I have the 08/09 wall and was thinking if it would be overkill to buy the invader? Are the skis too similar? I know they both are parkski, but the wall is rather stiff and the invader is the softest.. Just thought it would be fun to have an invader to fool around on..

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Dec 11 2008 2:31AM
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white-rice
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Ive had the Wall and the invaders.... and now i have the K2 disorderlys and they are SIIIIIIICK... a perfect blend between jibbing and airs. really popy skis like the wall, but softer in the tips and tails like the invader for butters and such. flexes like this years line chronic, maybe a little softer. if you can, i would get them and just have one pair of park skis
Dec 11 2008 2:54AM
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Jie
Posts: 60 - Karma: 10
I already have the wall :) and ordered the invader yesterday, but I can still cancel it.
Dec 11 2008 3:11AM
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Jie
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Any more opinions?
Dec 11 2008 12:58PM
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Mr.O
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Sounds very similar to my set up, I have last years Anthems and I will be either getting this years Chronics or next years Chornics............. what can I say I love Line.
Dec 11 2008 1:35PM
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phishfood
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i'd cancel the invaders and pick up a soft, wider ski. like ARVs. then you'll have a stiff park ski and a nice playful all mountain pow ski.
Dec 11 2008 7:50PM
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no_steeze
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they're like the same ski, get a super fat pow ski to go with the walls
Dec 11 2008 7:52PM
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Fish_Sandwich.
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Dec 11 2008 7:53PM
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Jie
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Already have a fat pow ski.. The ninthward THA.
Dec 12 2008 2:10AM
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Jie
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From what ive read about the invader its the softest and the wall is pretty stiff, so they really shouldnt be anything like the same..
Dec 12 2008 2:43AM
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DrStrangelove
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there are so many cheap invaders on ebay and shit that if you have an extra pair of bindings lying around i say why the fuck NOT get them? i might get some next year when my STLs die and i take the bindings off of them, you can get invaders under 200 pretty often and if you want a super duper soft jib ski every now and then they seem like a sure bet...if you ski em light theyll probably last a few seasons too, i know i wouldnt ride em very often just cause their all round performance is kinda shit
Dec 12 2008 8:08AM
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b-kul
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yeah man the walls just a bit wider and stiffer. get a playful all around ski.
Dec 12 2008 2:42PM
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.jon
Posts: 2121 - Karma: 345
[MINI RANT] its good you have 08-09 walls because the 07-08s are fucking pieces of shit along with volkls customer service [/Mini rant]
Dec 12 2008 4:48PM
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Twig
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2nd.
Dec 12 2008 4:58PM
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.jon
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thank you. I was told "any ski that breaks is not covered under warranty"

Really Volkl? Am I supposed to fucking warranty them before they break? That would have only given me a few days after purchasing them anyway
Dec 12 2008 5:25PM
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.jon
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I forgot to mention that they won't even talk directly to me.  They'll only talk to the shop I bought them from and won't respond to e-mails which are obviously sent in a much more polite and formal manner than these mini rants.
taking the customer out of 'customer' service... I don't really see the 'service' either
Dec 12 2008 5:29PM
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