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Ive narrowed down my skis, help me

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Hamster.
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I ski basically all park i do a lot of jibbing but i want to progress to jumps more even tho my home mountain doesnt have any. Im about 5"9 about 135. I've narrowed it down to these skis.

Amplid Syntax (My favorite for a while)
Scott P3s
Liberty LTE
Line Afterbangs

help.
Dec 6 2009 8:39PM
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ReetsAdeets
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Well, considering that your mountain doesnt have any jumps, and Afterbangs are sick on rails, I would go with them. Theyre awesome skis.
Dec 6 2009 10:05PM
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Owl
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definitively get afterbangs if you don't have any jumps. (btw love how the first to picks are t walls skis)
Dec 6 2009 10:07PM
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Hamster.
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well i mean thats why i threw in the p3s i dont know much about them and wanna learn more about them, as for the syntaxs i didnt even know he rode them till i saw refresh a little bit ago. I was looking at them from the standpoint as they have little or no swing weight
Dec 6 2009 10:09PM
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LukeB.
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AFTERBANGS bruhhh
Dec 6 2009 10:17PM
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Owl
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ya i have heard the syntax's are really good. also check out the antidogmas those are really light also but if i were you i would still go with the afterbangs since your hill has a lack of jumps
Dec 6 2009 10:17PM
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Hamster.
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oh i forgot a 5th ski what about armada alpha 2s?
Dec 6 2009 10:21PM
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Owl
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those are really good to but better for jumps i would say. I really recommend the afterbangs haha
Dec 6 2009 10:22PM
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Hamster.
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thanks any other opinions?
Dec 6 2009 10:23PM
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Owl
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ummm afterbangs are probably the best for what you need but for others.... volkl walls are really solid all around not as playfull though
Dec 6 2009 10:25PM
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BWalmer
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Do I even need to say it...

Look, I went from Antidogmas (the syntax's little brother) to Afterbangs and was AMAZED at how awesome they are - they have lower swing weight, they're lighter, and they're softer, PLUS they're 100% symmetrical in sidecut and flex. Every ski you're looking at is a all-star ski and will perform amazingly...so why spend $800, or $560, or $550, or even $500 on skis when you can a ski that is just as good for $360?
Dec 6 2009 10:30PM
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Hamster.
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how do they do on jumps tho? like i know they have 88mm waist which is pretty wide, but ive heard theyre super soft.
Dec 6 2009 10:53PM
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BWalmer
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I haven't jumped them yet (it's too early in the season), but from the landings I've had I can tell they're very solid underfoot so I wouldn't worry about jumps (unless you like to have your ski do your landing - i.e. landing more on your tip/tail than your feet - but even then they will still land, you'll just soften them up even more). But how big of jumps are you doing? If your doing anything under 40 feet ANY ski will be fine (and that includes invaders...).
Dec 6 2009 10:58PM
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ike.
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dude afterbangs are sick for jibbing and buttering, but i havent tested them on jumps yet. but they are deffinitley durable and sick for jibbing.
Dec 6 2009 11:01PM
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Uah
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WhEEEW! I fuckin love my afterbangs! They are beasts on jumps, and absolute monsters on rails
Dec 7 2009 9:26AM
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