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Ar6 vs. 4frnt tnk

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JaseOfSpades15
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i am 5'7 and 150 pounds. and i am 70$ park and 30% all mountain/powder. i  want a fairly buttery ski that can still ride all mountain.

Jul 10 2009 2:33PM
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Ming
Posts: 966 - Karma: 36
ar6!
Jul 10 2009 2:51PM
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Loco-Deer-Slayer
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Search Bar the TNK's I think the choice will them become obvious. i rode the TNK's for about 5 minutes before I broke them on a box. /claim?
Jul 10 2009 3:29PM
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.peter
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yeah if it's between those two definitely the Ar6.
maybe check out the T halls or line Chronics too
Jul 10 2009 7:34PM
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heFF
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bullshit
Jul 23 2009 11:00AM
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MattWeiss
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i agree with heff, did you take a hacksaw to them before you hit the box? cause unless you had an epic fail first try (resulting in broken equipement) your lying
Jul 23 2009 11:16AM
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skinakedfast
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I have heard so much bad about tnks but I bought them so at the end of the year I will write a legitamite review, people who haven't even ridden 4frnts talk like they have broken pairs. And there is no way you can break a ski after 5 minutes on a box.
Jul 23 2009 11:25AM
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BryceB
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the 4frnts are ok but i just got the ar6 last year and i think they are way more buttery than the tnks since there a bit stiff. go with the ar6 unless you find some other 4frnts
Jul 23 2009 12:57PM
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p-oskier
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Ya, they would all be a good choise
Jul 23 2009 1:20PM
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Jamestown
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i rode TNKs all last season and i loved em
you just gotta maintain them more than most skis (wax, tune, etc)
people give them a shitty rep
Jul 23 2009 1:24PM
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Loco-Deer-Slayer
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I don't know how it happened or how to make you believe me, but it did happen first day of the season, up at a place called Sipapu. Maybe I exaggerated within 5 minutes, but it definitely happened within that day and I was skiing for 3 hours or so, maybe 1.5 hours on the rails. Sometime in that time frame.
Jul 23 2009 1:48PM
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stormtrooper
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ar6 if i remember correctly is way softer and more buttery then the tnk, in my opinion i would go with the tnk, still has enough to butter but not so soft that u wash out. i hope that helped some.
Jul 23 2009 1:51PM
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iFail
Posts: 2066 - Karma: 65

a full edge pull out or what?  It seems like people who get a pair that wasn't made perfectly have problems, and people who get a pair with no flaws out of the plastic have them last longer.

Jul 23 2009 3:25PM
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MattWeiss
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well what happened to them?
Jul 23 2009 4:09PM
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Loco-Deer-Slayer
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Pretty much dead center of the ski right in between the bindings the ski craked and the edge started to pull apart. I used them as much as I could but at the last day of the season, I pretty much split them in half where the crack started.
Jul 23 2009 9:33PM
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J-Evs
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ar6's are amazing
Jul 23 2009 9:33PM
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