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Need help selecting park skis and all-mountain/pow skis

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jibyourmom
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I'm 6'2 and about 180 pounds and I'm currently looking for a park ski and an all-mountain/pow ski for this year. I live on the east coast, but I will do a couple trips out west to.

For park skis, I've narrowed it down to the Volkl Wall in 185 and the Nordica Ace of Spades in 184. I know everything about these skis constructions, I just want to have some input from people who have skiied them. I want my park skis to be playful yet feel solid under my feet.

Now for the all-mountain/pow ski. This will be the skis that I will use when I'm not in the park. I want these to be able to handle everything pretty well (bumps, groomers, trees, pow) when I'm skiing in the east or during my trips out west. I want them to be playful, so I can have fun buttering down the mountain, yet not to soft for when I'm going to charge down the mountain. Give me your suggestions.
Nov 2 2009 3:39PM
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kronickrew
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I Recommend faction skis ive recently purchased a park ski from the called the kennedy and if you want a all mountain/pow ski id reccomend the faction wednesday

http://www.factionskis.com/gear/skis

Nov 2 2009 3:54PM
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RudyGarmisch
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http://on3pskis.com/?page_id=50

And our skis measure long compared to most other companies, we measure from tip to tip instead of flat material length, so a 181 should be fine for you. PM me if you are interested, I can give you a huge rundown on any ski we make.
Nov 2 2009 3:57PM
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Fish_Sandwich.
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ON3P Caylors and Blue Steeles.
Nov 2 2009 4:43PM
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freeballer
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Check out the Liberty Helix for your all mountain/pow ski. It's super versatile and really playful when you want it to be. Real snappy, bamboo core, and it's torsionally stiff when you want to carve bigger turns in the west on on open groomers. I think it's the best all around ski out there. It can even handle a few park laps if you want.
Nov 2 2009 5:09PM
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jibyourmom
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I forgot to mention that I can get a good price on almost every company except On3p, Surface, Liberty, Ninthward and Faction. So even if their skis are awesome, I wont purchase them, but thanks for the suggestions so far. Keep them coming
Nov 2 2009 5:17PM
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silex
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bacons for you all mountain ski. such an awesome ski i know several people who have them and they even ski them in the park a lot of days. theyre like the perfect all mountain ski
Nov 2 2009 5:19PM
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jibyourmom
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Yeah Bacons seem great but I'm afraid they will feel to short. What to you guys think of the VCT/VCT Turbo?
Nov 2 2009 10:48PM
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Chaka
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The VCT is a legit ski, really fun and maneuverable skis like most of the older Mid-Fat skis that seemed to come out in 07-08. Really good ski though. The Turbo should be legit as well.
Nov 2 2009 11:23PM
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Goosefiends
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armada ar6's are very nice
Nov 2 2009 11:52PM
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Rockhound
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get volkl gotamas i hear they are fantastic for a all mountian/powder

also what other people have said about other skis like the SFB would be great too

if you can find a pair of moment melees jump on them
Nov 3 2009 1:17AM
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jibyourmom
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And what about the Walls vs Ace of Spades?
Nov 3 2009 10:07PM
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