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Should I wait for the Afterbangs?

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Black.Bird
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or get invaders now?
Im struggling to make a decision

Feb 18 2009 7:28PM
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Crack.
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You can have a ski that everybody already has now or a ski that everybody will have next year. Your choice!
Feb 18 2009 7:44PM
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49566738265
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Both are cheap, price point skis.  I wouldn't expect them to be much different.  Different construction, neat.  Still a cheap, small ski for nothing but rails.
Feb 18 2009 7:51PM
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DBeck
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i was just gonna say that, i don't think they're gonna be as sick as people are thinking they're gonna be
Feb 18 2009 9:28PM
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yeahitsdave
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lies! im quite fond of them. they ski better than the invaders, and while i only took 4 runs on them, i was impressed by them
Feb 18 2009 9:48PM
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brenker
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i skied them at a demo...they were sicker than I thought they were gonna be.

Feb 18 2009 9:51PM
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Canuker
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im going to say wait for the afterbangs because they are going to be similar to the invaders if not better and from what all the reps and shit are saying they are going to be tank as fuck which is the opposit of the invader. Thats actually what appeals to me most about the afterbangs. Is that hopefully they will be strong and reliable.
Feb 18 2009 10:16PM
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Black.Bird
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Thanks
For those who tried them, are they lighter than invaders?
Feb 19 2009 7:33AM
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spotter487
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i have not actually tried them but from what I have been hearing is that they are a little heavy
Feb 19 2009 12:13PM
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dilla_says_go
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I have tried them and they are fucking dope!  The ski is legit.  Read my review here:  http://evolutionvt.blogspot.com
Feb 19 2009 2:08PM
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XtRemE11
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id get the afterbangs, it seems like such a good ski, a friend of mine used them and he was hitting 60 footers on them, he said it wasnt great for them, but he was doing just fine, and for rails and shit its gonna be crazy.
Feb 19 2009 2:49PM
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Midwestjibski
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I am just going to pick up some invaders for a good deal now I am thinking.  The afterbang might be like 500 dollars...  I hear the mastermind is Line's new pricepoint ski so i am gonna go with the cheaper invaders.
Feb 19 2009 3:43PM
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BigMeech621
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afterbangs will be around 350.
Feb 19 2009 6:50PM
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720skiguy
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correct. plus a bit of added width over the invader.

swing weight is low, i skiied them at demo and they are sick. and they should hold up super good.
Feb 19 2009 7:02PM
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Black.Bird
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thanks, but still not too sure what to do, but I'll just think about it.........
Feb 19 2009 7:59PM
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Dylan_
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i was told they blow on anything but park. i heard they were shitty from getting off the lift to the park. but once your in the park their amazing.


anyone else have feedback about them?
Feb 19 2009 8:03PM
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Midwestjibski
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Idk man 350 is kinda alot and the only new things i see in the afterbang are a moved butter zone which is good and increased durability. The skate deck contruction doesn't seem like it will affect the ski greatly. But i have'nt demoed them, thats just my thoughts.  Invaders are so cheap right now.
Feb 19 2009 8:28PM
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mophead
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A guy at the aspen open had the afterbangs, it looked like some gnarly topsheet chipping goin on.
Feb 19 2009 11:34PM
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WhiteBurd
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i am waiting for them
Feb 20 2009 1:02AM
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popNfresh44
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boooooo

lines are sick. anthems are straight up the most amazing park ski (besides durability, which the afterbang should help fix)
Feb 20 2009 1:48AM
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brenker
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they were average weight...if not a tad heavier
Feb 20 2009 1:54AM
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strongmark
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i lold!
Feb 20 2009 10:06AM
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potatoes.
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untrue.
the ski's just kill it. plain and simple.
a buy fo sho.
butter on bread' word
Feb 20 2009 1:32PM
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potatoes.
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untrue, super popy, decent on 20 to 30 foot kickers but wont know any bigger till i ski schweitzer tomorrow and we'll see. word.

Feb 20 2009 3:30PM
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potatoes.
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for sure man. i skied em last night and got em for the weekend and im still stoked.

buttah on your pankake man. shoot

Feb 20 2009 3:31PM
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49566738265
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How much do you weigh?  And can you let us know how they fair on a good sized jump?  Do you have anything around 50-60 feet to try them on?
Feb 20 2009 3:47PM
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potatoes.
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im 5'9" and 135lbs demo'n the 177s.

a friend of mine who's bigger than me skied them last weekend and had good things to say.

he's on alpha's now so it's kinda hard to turn from that and his styl on em is redic.

i won't know how they do on 50 to 60 until tomorrow at schweitzer.

the mtn. i night ski at is about 25 minutes away from home; not the biggest mtn. has a 20ft jump thats smooth for 3's and 5's but gets hetic around 7's, but it has a number of rails and the bangs just kill the rail scene. word

Feb 20 2009 4:10PM
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Lemuel
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definitely wait. i saw a pair in VT yesterday, held them, flexed them. sickest ski in the world. has so much pop. looked like they were mounted up with marker's schitzo system for next year. they were so poppy and they werent as soft as the invaders.
Feb 20 2009 5:16PM
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720skiguy
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schitzo is only on k2 skis, it was prolly a demo binding.
Feb 22 2009 10:51AM
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HamFaceGirl
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yeah when you touch snow outside the park they explode
Feb 22 2009 12:12PM
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Tom_Akt
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get the afterbangs cause they are not making a 2010 invader
Feb 22 2009 4:38PM
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traylortrash
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oh thats too bad....

but yea hows the weight and all? pretty much everything everyone else has been asking...
Feb 22 2009 7:28PM
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rudolph
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wrong, it also on volkl skis, too.
Feb 22 2009 10:52PM
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