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Hellbent review

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Willard
Posts: 5117 - Karma: 429
Im about 6 ft riding the 179 hellbents.....shit these skis whooped my ass the first run it was hard to stop at first and i was tired and out of control(groomers). Second run i had them slightly figured out and could get down while having some fun. I found these skis to be a little heavy probably because i don't lift and a lazy cat.  All and all butters are amazing, you feel gangsta, and the topsheet is in pretty good shape just  a nick here or there. Defiantly not a one ski quiver
Dec 14 2008 7:57PM
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SHastatahoe
Posts: 3414 - Karma: 20
Thats because you didnt get the 189s.
Dec 14 2008 8:07PM
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Willard
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how would getting a longer size help
Dec 14 2008 8:08PM
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gnarrr
Posts: 823 - Karma: 12
i was fine on 189 bents the first day of the season
Dec 14 2008 8:17PM
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Willard
Posts: 5117 - Karma: 429
Ya the last few runs i were really fun but my din is 6 so have to get that changed they popped off three times
Dec 14 2008 8:19PM
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rossskidude
Posts: 42 - Karma: 20

Honestly the sickest ski i have and i curently ride 6 pairs of skis, but this one i would pic if i could only have 1.  so much fun i am also 6 ft and ride the 79 but wish i hap a 69 too for the park! bottom line the roker is unreal in the pow and the flex is way groovy. if ur thinking about geting them then do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dec 28 2008 4:01PM
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Krook3d
Posts: 240 - Karma: 21
Soo true!!!
Skiing on hellbents is literally like skiing on clouds,its effortless,amazingly fun,and everything you do is soooo easy!! And yea if you are debating on getting them dont debate,GET THEM ASAP!!
Dec 28 2008 5:13PM
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MEGAZORD
Posts: 4531 - Karma: -7
How much do you weigh though?  You really should have gotten 189.  I was just dicking around on mine the otherday on hardpack and i had no problem turning them.  If you cant turn something with the running length of a snowblade, its all you and not the ski.
Dec 28 2008 5:40PM
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vincepru
Posts: 5474 - Karma: 17
im 5'8 at 155 and have the 179's. i havent ridden them. or mounted them yet though lol.
Dec 28 2008 6:08PM
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MNS
Posts: 5386 - Karma: 3,241
learn to ski. those skis are the easiest things to ride in the world in powder.
Dec 28 2008 9:03PM
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K.C.Deane
Posts: 1730 - Karma: 315
theyre to floppy from what ive been around them, where as say the Moment bibbys have the same effect since they are rockered but they are stiffer so you can actually hold an edge and ski the whole mountain, and they do good in crud and groomers.
Dec 29 2008 2:16AM
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Love_Wins.
Posts: 5536 - Karma: -1
This isn't a review, it's you letting everyone know you can't ski.
Dec 29 2008 2:29AM
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Big_Spence
Posts: 16177 - Karma: 4,352
hahaha.
cyber slapped.
Dec 29 2008 4:58AM
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SHastatahoe
Posts: 3414 - Karma: 20
I am 5'11 and rode my 189s the other day.  they were heavy.  But they shredded.  No powder, just groomers.  they wernt out of control in any sense, but my out of shape legs definitely felt it afterwards.

they were tons of fun though. 

You have to let the ski do some of the work though, and actually ride on them. 
Dec 29 2008 9:07PM
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blindside
Posts: 5619 - Karma: 1,199
I'm almost 6 feet and I'm on 179s center mounted and they are by far the most fun skis I have ever been on. Everywhere from groomers to park to pow stashes I cannot get enough of these skis!!
Dec 30 2008 1:29AM
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