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Prophet 90 or Armada ARv

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.newman.
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Im Lookin to pick up some new skis and im wondering if anyone has any experience with either Armada ARvs or Line Prophet 90s. Those are the two that I have it narrowed down to. +K for good help
Aug 12 2009 8:09PM
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tuna.
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i love my arv's, especially if you only have the cash for one pair of skis. soft enough for butters and poppy enough for park, yet wide enough for a little powder cruising.

i havent ridden the prophet 90's, but i love my arv's

Aug 12 2009 9:26PM
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rodeo1620
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I have the 100s and love them home. Not a jibby ski by any means though. The thing absolutly CHARGES! You can go mach 12 down the slope and they will hold and edge and just flat out RIP. In pow they do great. They float but also blow through crud. Since the 90 is the same but 10mm smaller I don't think there would be that much of a diff.
Aug 12 2009 9:49PM
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xxleeperd07
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I have the prophet 90 and i love it, its not for park at all, but it rips on everything else. no matter what the conditions are the prophet 90 holds up awesome.
Aug 12 2009 9:58PM
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newengland72
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A Closer comparison is the p90to the AR6.

I have skied both,

The AR6 is butta smooth! Like a Cadillac, stable when opened up, feels beefy and solid, a great ski

But I liked the p90 way more. Why? Lively-ness. They are blazin' fast edge to edge, faster than my 1080s, and it's a whole centimeter wider! Unbelieveable. I am buying them (or some similarly designed 333skis)  this year.

The p90 is mounted way farther back than the AR6 (which you could center mount) and is softer, but snappier, and more poppy, in an edge to edge All Mountain way.

Also the turning radius of the p90 is much tighter, which is much better on hardpack, and the Blue Ice of NewEngland.

The biggest difference is that the p90 does not belong anywhere near the park, while the AR6 is at home there.
Aug 12 2009 10:32PM
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waterfordsam
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Everything I was gonna say. Almost exactly. Love the ARV's.
Aug 12 2009 11:19PM
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matthew.
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ARV rip the entire mountain
great skis, great for anything you can ride
Aug 12 2009 11:26PM
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.newman.
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thanks for the help.
Im leaning towards the ARvs because I do want to ski some park
any other skis I should look at?
Aug 13 2009 10:15AM
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ThePROfessor
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LIne Chronic Cryptonites. After some deliberation thats the ski Im getting. Chronics are an all mountain and park ski and the added beef of the cryptonite makes them even more suitable for softstuff. pretty much it can do it all. I just need to find a binding for these bad Larrys
Aug 13 2009 10:58AM
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.newman.
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Aight Thanks
Aug 13 2009 5:52PM
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Commonwealth
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Yeah, if you are looking to do park go with the ARV. Prophets & Park = bad, due to the metal inside the skis.

Other skis to check out would be the Line Blend or the K2 Kung Fujas
Aug 13 2009 5:54PM
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cmb8964
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ive never ridden on the prophets but ive had my arv's for two seasons and they have been my favortie skis of all time.  they are buttery on tips and stiff underfoot and have held up well out west for 2 weeks as well as handled any east coast ice. also hold up well wen i go through the park since they have good pop.  id highly reccomend them. sorry i have no info on the prophets but one of my friends has em and likes em
Aug 13 2009 10:29PM
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.newman.
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Thnaks...
Then Im prolly gonna go with the ARvs
but one more thing...
Has anyone tried out the Eric Pollard Octoland ski?
Last bit of help needed
Aug 14 2009 10:23AM
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