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Park ski help- walls, chronics, AR6 or PCs?

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phishfood
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im 6'3'' and about 175-180 lbs. want a ski for park only thats relatively light, stiff and poppy, but still fun. i'll also centermount whatever i get. i skied k2 disorderlys all year and never realized how heavy, dead and shitty they were until i skied my friends chronics on a summer setup and they were so much more poppy and fun. i've heard walls are similar, can anyone compare the two? also would AR6s or pipe cleaners be good as well? i don't really care about the race bases on rails, i take good care of my bases and i don't think it would be an issue. also please don't recommend moments (no hate or anything), only cause they're expensive as shit and are never on sale.
thanks!

Jun 7 2009 1:23PM
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Brock.
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i cant really tell you much about the other skis but next years chronics are solid. Light and poppy like yoiu said as well as pretty good durability.
Jun 7 2009 1:28PM
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Ski.Ballet
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Walls sound like a perfect fit.
Jun 7 2009 1:48PM
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TheBeardedOne
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181 PC is your ski dude. super light and poppy, great for jumping. its stiff underfoot with softer tips and tails, you can still butter and hit big jumps and all that. i've got the OG ones and they're the best park ski i've ridden, no joke. the race base is super fast and way fun on groomers, PCs rip them a new asshole. and the race base on rails isn't a problem, if anything it helps you slide better and if you take care of them it isn't an issue.

i highly recommend these plus you can't go wrong with armada.
Jun 7 2009 2:16PM
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iFail
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chronics suck mounted true center...so throw them out.  least back I would say is 3cm, and rec. is 6cm back
Jun 7 2009 3:34PM
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DrZoidberg
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I've ridden both chronics and Ar6s, they are both realy good skis. Both are light, the ar6 is a little softer, and i think that would be a better ski to center mount. i have my chronics mounted at halfway between recommended and center, and i like them. Both of them are quite poppy and just awesome skis in general.

For some reason, center mounted chronics don't sound as appealing to me as centered ar6s.
Jun 7 2009 3:54PM
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iFail
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center on the chronics screws up where the side cut should be(especially if you have bigger feet, it puts them too far forward of the skinniest part of the ski) and the flex is wrong, the tips are alright, but the tails have a long part that doesn't flex and far out they do(imagine an anthem with the butter zone in the tail EVEN FARTHER away).  I would think your mount or back to rec(which IMO was made too far back, should have made the ski for a -3 mount) is the smartest(-3 of true/+3 of rec).
Jun 7 2009 4:57PM
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TheBeardedOne
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another thing, you said you wanted to center mount them, i have mine at recommended and they're sick that way.. the farthest I would go forward is 2.5 from true center
Jun 7 2009 5:27PM
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pjbauer
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i would say that the walls are your best option because they come in 185 which is perfect for your size
Jun 7 2009 5:32PM
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Brock.
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This is your ski

Jun 7 2009 6:16PM
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Ian.Ham
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Boone magic sticks
Jun 7 2009 6:34PM
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richards
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boone fucking sucks man.. didnt you see that one thread about the guy sponsored by them went through like eight pairs. ya i know your sponsored by them which is cool but fuck
Jun 7 2009 7:12PM
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