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skifree179
Posts: 769 - Karma: 17

so i am going to buy some new skis this summer i want to nicest all park skis i can get im debating between the K2 disorderlys or the Armada ar6's what would u pick

Feb 22 2009 6:38PM
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GooN*MasK**
Posts: 117 - Karma: 8
neither. anthems or invaders
Feb 22 2009 6:42PM
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TheBeardedOne
Posts: 2286 - Karma: 58
Well...  AR6s will rip all over the mountain, Disorderlys will rip in the park.. not so much all-mountain.

Do you want the benefits of a directional ski outside of the park while still shredding inside the park?

Or do you want the benefits of a symmetrical ski in the park, while sacrificing ski-ability outside of the park?
Feb 22 2009 6:42PM
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hawaiiansteeze
Posts: 3255 - Karma: 3,227
thats not even a question AR6s without a doubt.  i love mine more than any other ski ive skied
Feb 22 2009 6:43PM
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skifree179
Posts: 769 - Karma: 17
well probaly the all mountian versitality but i tend to ski all park but sometimes ill go for a trail run
Feb 22 2009 6:48PM
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TheBeardedOne
Posts: 2286 - Karma: 58
Don't get me wrong, symmetrical skis will still work all-mountain if you're a good skier, but it's quite a bit easier to carve some turns with a directional. Symmetrical skis are awesome if you have another pair for everything besides park.
Feb 22 2009 6:50PM
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Conshaunn16
Posts: 508 - Karma: 10
Salomon Suspect or Rossignol S3
Feb 22 2009 6:51PM
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DBAKE
Posts: 3031 - Karma: 340
Dude get the anthems HOLY FUCK, they kill the whole mountain for me pow, park, pipe, groomers, steeps what ever the fuck. I had the AR6s and they were alright not an all mountain ski at all. Get the Anthems they are sSOOO sick.
Feb 22 2009 6:56PM
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SirFryanator
Posts: 11149 - Karma: 1,416
anthems dont "kill" steeps or pow...
well it depends on where you live. midwest/east pow, except on the best days, it might work out. steeps...? charging on anything relatively steep, especially if it's sketchy, you want something a lot stiffer than the anthems.
Feb 22 2009 7:14PM
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TheBeardedOne
Posts: 2286 - Karma: 58
Thank you.
Feb 22 2009 7:16PM
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DBAKE
Posts: 3031 - Karma: 340
They kill If your good. sorry
Feb 22 2009 7:19PM
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kabozo101
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i have disorderlies. they are a super fun ski that are pretty soft and fun to play with. awesome in the park, awesome for skiing switch being that there centermounted. i find that they aren't bad for skiing all mtn and trees you just have to get used to them but i think there fine. only problem is the topsheet chips like crazy but thats fine cause there an awesome ski
Feb 22 2009 7:24PM
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SirFryanator
Posts: 11149 - Karma: 1,416
It also depends on how big you are, I suppose. If you're small then they also might be "fat" or the softness won't affect you so much.
Have you tried bigger skis/stiffer skis at stevens? have you skied them in a foot of heavy washington powder? Have you charged EVER before?

sorry if I sound like a douche, I'm just sick of people saying symmetrical skis are good for all over the mountain.
Feb 22 2009 7:24PM
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DBAKE
Posts: 3031 - Karma: 340

Ya its all good, Ok I have tried chronics for a few days they are pretty siff, I am only 5'11 140 and I have skiied tunnel creek on a terrible day, I also have Obsetheds. and in Idaho I skiied a foot and half of old heavy pow.

Also its like 80% skier and 20% ski.

Feb 22 2009 7:34PM
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SirFryanator
Posts: 11149 - Karma: 1,416
obsetheds are sick. you're not that small. I'm not saying you can't ski anthems, they're just not the best ski for all that shit
Feb 22 2009 7:37PM
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elk.
Posts: 1597 - Karma: 117
im not really all about the athems or invaders. If you want a park ski with a good base that can kill it get T hall pro models none of that butterzone bullshit
Feb 22 2009 7:50PM
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Kayess
Posts: 357 - Karma: 11
are you high? anthems killing in pow? what has the world come too?

anthems are sick park skis though!
Feb 22 2009 7:55PM
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Kayess
Posts: 357 - Karma: 11
that butter zone "bullshit" is what makes the skis unique and fun to use.
Feb 22 2009 7:57PM
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elk.
Posts: 1597 - Karma: 117
how unique to put a deviation in the core. Its a gimmick soft skis flex just as much
Feb 22 2009 8:20PM
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MAjibber
Posts: 244 - Karma: 8
if money isnt a problem, alpha 1s or rossignol s5 are really good for all mtn and park. walls, anthems, pipe cleaners, and dumonts are all sick for straight park.
Feb 22 2009 8:21PM
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49566738265
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Or if the hardest stuff you ski is in Washington....they aren't a big mountain ski.  Period.  I use my park skis on steeps once in a while for the hell of it, but they definitely don't "kill it".
Feb 22 2009 8:32PM
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julski
Posts: 281 - Karma: 50
wait for the surface nine life
Feb 22 2009 9:22PM
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DBAKE
Posts: 3031 - Karma: 340
They do just fine for me, but no im not right now.
Feb 22 2009 9:41PM
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