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Getting new skis help!

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mr_grom
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Ok so I was thinking either the '10 Threats or Volkl Ledges, but I hear the Threats are really light and I want to ski pow when i go out west.  Ledges look nice, but expensive.  And then there are the '10 suspects, but i know everyone who had them last year said they broke a lot. Please help me decide or give me suggestions.

Oct 18 2009 1:10PM
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mr_grom
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actually i just looked again and the ledges are pretty cheap actually, but i just saw the bridges and they look really nice, but expensive.  someone please convince me.
Oct 18 2009 1:23PM
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wintersway
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youre going out west and you want to ski pow... and youre looking at the threat (basically a junior/beginner-intermediate ski) and the volkl ledge (the beginner-intermediate volkl twin tip)

reading this, im guessing you wont be in the pow very often and you probably will be having a one ski quiver.

some basic information is still needed here:

height/weight?
skier level?
% park?
% all-mountain?
stiff or soft ski?
Oct 18 2009 1:31PM
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wintersway
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just remembered two others

where do you ski most of the time?
whats your price limit?
Oct 18 2009 1:32PM
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mr_grom
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im about 5'5'' and i weigh about 105 lbs. im advanced, and when I am at my home mountain i would say i ski about 75% park because its the ice coast and my mountain gets about 5 great weekends a year.  Price doesn't matter too too much because I would be getting the skis as my Christmas gift.
Oct 18 2009 1:40PM
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JayDope
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get the walls, 87 waist so they are decently wide, u can ski pow with them, i did when i went to europe, had no problem with that, and they are a sick park ski, the only concern is ur a really light kid, at a 105 pounds, the walls are a stiffer park ski. Also full symmetrical ski, mount them dead center
Oct 18 2009 2:14PM
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brakes
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stay away from threats.  the edges won't stay on the ski for more than a week if you ski any park at all.  Go with the walls or the suspects. Volkls are known to be bombproof, and even though everyone complains about how fragile the suspects are I have still not broken my pair, and I put them through hell in the spring, the bases just wont gouge no matter what.
Oct 18 2009 2:45PM
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mr_grom
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Ok thanks everybody. Another though... What about the kung fujas? I used to have the Fujatives and I really liked them.

Oct 18 2009 3:03PM
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wintersway
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if you loved your fujatives then i would bet you would love the fujas or also the rossi s3.

the volkl walls would be a lot stiffer but a 161 would be a good choice for an east coast ski for you, based on weight and skier ability




Oct 18 2009 7:09PM
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Logey.
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i would actually get the line anthems or chronics just because there sick and line is the best. The chronics actually do really good in powder i skied with them last year in utah and they were fine,, ive never skied the anthems tho. but they look like they would work but just a little softer than the chronics. and get somthing more than a 160 and less than a 170
Oct 18 2009 7:19PM
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mr_grom
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thanks everyone! I am probably going to get the walls unless I can find the fujas in my size.  everywhere I have looked they have only had 169s and 179s. Anyone know a website that has them in smaller sizes?
Oct 18 2009 7:36PM
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brakes
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161's from backcountry.com
http://http://www.backcountry.com/outdoorgear/Volkl-Wall-Alpine-Ski/VKL0023M.html?CMP_ID=SH_FRO001&CMP_SKU=VKL0065&mv_pc=r126

161's from evo
http://http://www.evogear.com/skis/volkl-wall-2010.aspx?utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=shoppingengine&utm_campaign=googlebase
Oct 19 2009 12:45AM
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mr_grom
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thank you very very much dude now I can seriously consider the fujas again.
Oct 19 2009 9:34PM
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Pwn.Mode
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alpha 1's
Oct 19 2009 9:37PM
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garrets
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Just to give u some other ideas, check out the Line anthems they're great in the park and good outside of the park too they're also reasonably cheap for whoevers buying u that christmas present


http://lineskis.com/skis/anthem
Oct 19 2009 9:38PM
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mr_grom
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Thanks for the suggestion, and I did look at them, but my brother is pretty much set on buying them.

Oct 19 2009 9:39PM
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