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Surface One Life: a few questions.

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yokel
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So I need a new one quiver ski for this season and after a lot of reading/searching/video viewing I have decided to go with the One Life (or the LEA) from Surface. I sounds like a fairly stable ski, but stille very fun and buttery, and by the looks of it from the T & S edit with Ian Wade and this little edit:

http://vimeo.com/8741299

It handles pretty well in the park.

My question is then what size to go with. I am around 185 cm  or so and around 90 kilos. Last year I skied the Obsethed 189 all over, mostly park, and it was great the only thing was that I could not really feel the rocker when doing butters, because of the length. So that is why I am having trouble deciding between 179 and 189 with the One Life. By the looks of it in the vimeo video, the One Life he rides is a 179 (compared to the length of the Nine Life in the video), and I seems like a good length for the ski. But in every other thread here on NS, people seem to recommend the 189 even to smaller guys. So I don't know what to choose. All I know is that I really want to feel the rocker when I butter.

Thanks

Other skis that I have considered:
Moment Rocker 181
K2 Obsethed 179
Liberty Helix 186

Jan 26 2010 12:09PM
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Half-Blood
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If you are going to be using this ski just as a park ski than I would say go with the 179. However if you are going to be spending a substantial amount of time with this ski outside the park then I would say go with the 189. I rode the 189 last year as basically a one quiver ski and loved it. I ended up spending most my time in the park seeing as Utah's weather was not the best last year and had a blast.

With your height and weight if you are going to be doing anything other than park I would for sure step up to the 189.

For reference I am about 180 centimeters and about 66 kilos and loved the 189's. Here is a lil edit I made after I broke my collarbone. I'm no pro or anything but you can get an idea of how the 189's ride int the park.

Courtesy of Newschoolers.com

Hope that helps.
Jan 26 2010 1:26PM
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Half-Blood
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Oh and I had no problems "feeling" the rocker when I buttered my 189's.
Jan 26 2010 1:28PM
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