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The Perfect Ski

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Endaf
Posts: 3 - Karma: 10

I'm looking to buy a new pair of skis and I need some help.

I really love ripping around on powder off piste and floating in the back country hitting natural drops and lines. I also really like hitting the kickers in the park. However I still like having a good carving session and getting impulse out of the ski on groomers and weaving through bump runs and tree lines.

Knowing all this information does any one have any suggestions. I'm open to the thought of large companies like line, armada, rossignol but also I would be super intressted in hearing about any smaller or inderpendant ski companys.

Thank you

Sep 24 2009 6:01AM
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gnartogue
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the line blend sounds goood or the on3p jeronimo would be perfict if you want to help out a small company
Sep 24 2009 6:36AM
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Twig
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Well you obviously want the (mythical?) one ski quiver.. I gave up on finding one, as have many people.. Most people who can rock a Park/Groomer Ski and a Pow ski at the least (lots of NSers with 3+ ski quivers).. But there seem to be a better range of options for you out there now.. I'm gonna guess pow is the most important for you since you mentioned it first, correct me if i'm wrong.. It would also help to know how tall/heavy you are to make a better reccomendation. These are some i'd look at, In order of fattest to thinnest:
Surface One Life
K2 Obsethed
K2 Kung Fujas
ON3P Jeronimo
Moment Rocker

Sep 24 2009 6:37AM
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JonnyH
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or even lizzies or SFBs depending on how much of each u like to do + height weight ability etc
Sep 24 2009 7:34AM
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AR6-UK
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Yeah. Blend, Obsethed, Kung Fuja, Armada ARV, Volkl Bridge maybe.
Sep 24 2009 8:12AM
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coolhandluke
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Sep 24 2009 9:39AM
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Matty_C
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Rossi S3 is perfect for ya. Do a search on it, it is the closest to a 1 ski quiver available.
Sep 24 2009 1:03PM
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bibs_skibum
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/thread.  Such a sick one ski quiver
Sep 24 2009 1:21PM
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PaleCelery
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Blends would be a great choice, as would obsethed or kung fujas. The jeronimos look sick too.

Just look at skis with a waist of  around 90-100 and they should fit the bill pretty well
Sep 24 2009 1:47PM
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Ski.Ballet
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Surface Watch Life, Liberty Helix, ON3P Jeronimo.
Sep 24 2009 2:24PM
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Endaf
Posts: 3 - Karma: 10

Thank you for every one's help. For even better answers you guys seem to need to know how tall I am and my weight, abillity and that.

Im 5'11" (180.34cm) my weight is 9.5stone (60.33KG) (133lbs). I'm a decent skier. I can do entire black runs in switch. I can do switch 540s Pritty confidently I'm starting to get grabs in there now. I am hoping that soon enough i'll be working on underflip 540s. I'm also a confident carver as I have had roughly a month of race training and I know how to produce and control impulce. I'm not however very confident at all on rails. My goals for the up and coming season is to go bigger with my tricks and to improve my genaral piste and off piste technique. 

A Lot of people have been talking about the one-ski-quiver is this like the term for the perfect all round ski that scores 10/10 for every part of skiing from Park - powder and from groomers - back country and pipes - urban jibing.

I like the whole surface range because i hadn't heard of them before alot of people have mentioned Line blends but if I'm honest the waist width of all lines scare me a little bit becaus they tend to be well wide. I think this is because my last pair of skis were K2 fujatives from 2 seasons ago that look like this

[IMG]skiessentials.com/prodimg/S07304.jpg[/IMG]they are pritty skinny under foot so that's why i'm a little bit weary of giant skis like Eric Polard pro models and Sir Francis Bacons. I have had a look and what do people think of the masterminds

also has any one looked at the 4frnt skis.

Thank you still for your suggestions so far and I'm super exited to to hear what else you guys have to say cheers

Sep 24 2009 7:15PM
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grown-ninja
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check out the moment reno rockers, i have the jibs and they rock, i cant even imagine how awesome the rockers are
Sep 24 2009 9:09PM
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charmander
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the volkl bridge is easily the sexiest all mountain ski ever made.

i absolutely love mine, nice and stiff, they float ok, good pop, good edge hold, good maneuverability.

sex.

pure sex.
Sep 25 2009 12:02AM
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RudyGarmisch
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Not saying ON3P Jeronimo because its trendy, but at 96 underfoot with rocker, its a great ski that can kill it on deep days and still be manageable in trees and tight places when its less than optimal. Its not as crazy rockered as a pure powder ski (like the Hellbent or Ep Pro... or Caylor), so it wont be absolutely crazy to control carving on groomers.
Sep 25 2009 12:10AM
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JonnyH
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Ye def not the EP Pros! SKis got a lot wider these days but they dont take long to get used to! The blends are probabbly still the best suited ski out there for you cos as the name implies its a blend of freestyle and freeride.

Also Armada's ARV is solid all mountain and still good in the park! But if you do want a smaller waisted more park orientated ski look at the AR6 by Armada but these will loose a bit of stability when in the pow!
Sep 25 2009 5:06AM
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