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An in depth study of my wide ski decision, please help.

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steezerampage
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This may be a bit long, but I have always helped others with gear questions I can answer and would really like any help I can get with this.

My info:

I am about 5' 11'' and about 155 pounds, build pretty lean but trying to gain a little for ski season but I doubt I will be weighing over 160. 

I have always been an inbounds skier but am looking to get probably about five to ten backcountry days in this year. 

I spent last season at big sky MT and ski Jackson and summit county as well and hope to make it to utah this winter. 

I have never owned a fat ski until last year and had some 04-05 Line Mo ships 182 (97 waist).  They took a couple days of getting used to them but then I loved them on pow and choppy snow.

I can ski anything inbounds with speed, have a very small bag of tricks in the park, and have hit drops up to about 20 to 25 feet.  As with any season i want to get better this year and ski better than the year before.

I want a ski that will be good for pow and a little backcountry jibbin.  Looking at 105 waist skis and up and thinking in the lower 180 length range 

Thoughts on some skis

Obsethed: Might be a little thin and heavy

Hellbents: Seems like overkill and also heavy, I hear you wheelie out of landings a lot

S7s: So Expensive, and 188 might be a bit long

JJs, Might be a bit thin and I've heard bindings tend to rip out

Moment night trains: just looked at them for the first time today

Please any help would be sick!

Nov 29 2009 7:13PM
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YUNGjo
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Get the chopsticks

Dec 5 2009 11:08AM
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selkirks
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You must be on the East Coast. Haha OP: I'm a fan of the Obsethed. Definitely a great all-mountain powder ski.
Dec 5 2009 6:18PM
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steezerampage
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So im still not sure, but I was gonna get some new pivots to put on them and the brake is only 116, what the hell am I supposed to do there.  Try bend them and f yourself out of some bindings beacuse you cant buy breakes only yet?
Dec 9 2009 6:38PM
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steezerampage
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So yeah, wanna get night trains but they are so wide i cant mount pivots, what binders anyone?
Dec 14 2009 8:45PM
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Legion
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bending brakes isnt that hard.  if you are really worried, take them to a shop and they will do it for you.  dont buy binders based off brake width
Dec 14 2009 8:52PM
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pat_in_the_hat
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i ride at big sky too. if i see ya up there, ill let you try out my bacons (if im riding them that day)
Dec 14 2009 11:19PM
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Mike.Steezze
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Obsethed are some killer skis, they handle so well in the pow, I love them. But the jj's will handle better on groomers and other crap. Also check out the new atomic bent chetler's.
Dec 15 2009 5:10PM
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Justo8484
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have you skied hellbents? and do you never leave the ground when you're skiing? yes, its a pow ski, i know that. that doesn't mean you're never going to have to ollie on them. that said, seths fit this kid's criteria pretty much spot on.
Dec 25 2009 7:01PM
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Mike.Steezze
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Interesting, well i love my jj's, but I think its that the obsthed's are not stiff enough for me  because that is really why i like my jj's more. but my friend has some k2's and loves them because they are so buttery. but i also like my jj's bettter because they are wider.
Dec 26 2009 2:17PM
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Twinjibber77
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They are soooooo light and such a good all around ski. Look at the regular Helix too, that's a 105 but it's the bottom of your spectrum.
Dec 26 2009 2:58PM
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