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Am I going to hate my life?

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yeahitsdave
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So, I can get JO Pros for a ridiculously cheap price, and do payments so its an ever smaller out of pocket expense. My concern is, are they going to be too short? I'm 6'5, almost 200. I skied them for like two runs, but don't really remember how I liked them. I need a pure park twin, I have a few other skis for all mountain, but nothing really narrow. I'm using these for strictly park, mostly rails and smaller jumps (my home mountain doesn't have a kicker over 30-40 feet) and if I go almost anywhere else I'll prolly just ski my blends cause I love them all mountain, but I'm not a huge fan of throwing them around on rails. I'm not really considering anything else, as I dont feel like shelling out the money upfront.
Jan 26 2009 11:01PM
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Avifarer
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What length are you thinking of getting?
Jan 26 2009 11:03PM
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yeahitsdave
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178, the longest they make. I've skied other skis in a 178 and was ok with it, but not something this narrow, hence my trepidation.
Jan 26 2009 11:05PM
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no_steeze
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178 is very short for someone of your size, you should technically be on like a 190 something
Jan 26 2009 11:20PM
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yeahitsdave
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if someone made a park twin in 190, id ski it. unfortunately, volkl fucked us on pro-deal, so i wouldve paid a ridiculous amount for walls in a 185, and thats the longest i know of.
Jan 26 2009 11:26PM
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DirtyMick
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Yeah, they (Volkl) used to make a "park twin" the V-Pros that were 190. I still have mine sitting behind me.

They're dope.
Jan 27 2009 12:16AM
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Shifties4Dayz
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your life will be fine. im 6'4 and i skied on 169 jo pros (only cause they were super cheap). they are an extremely kickass park ski. the narrowness doesnt affect anything as far as i noticed. i ski on 178 anthems now but the jo pros were deffinately my favorite ski that ive ever rode. id say go for it and ride them nice and hard.
Jan 27 2009 12:46AM
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phishfood
Posts: 2542 - Karma: 298
yeah they were out of 185s like a week after i got the proform it was super lame. its cause pretty much everyone over 5'11'' gets the 185s, which is way more people than any other height/length. they definitely like a 190, or at least more 185s next year.
Jan 27 2009 12:52AM
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Thenowhereman42
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Apparently the Volkl 185's actually measure out to 181 anyway.  But yeah I would be stoked on 185 park skis I'm 6'2.
Jan 27 2009 1:42AM
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yeahitsdave
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bumpity, gonna get them to ride tomorrow if i cant figure anything else out
Jan 27 2009 5:16PM
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