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Fujas or hellbents?

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Fischer-Addicted
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in your opinions, which is the better choice. i already have a pair of fischer addicts so these skis wont touch the park. but im movin to jay peak next year and want NS's opinion on which ski is more worth it. primarily for glades and pow.
Feb 23 2010 10:29PM
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*stew
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i have the fujas and there alright in pow but if you were not gona ski in the park i would go with hellbents
Feb 23 2010 10:31PM
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Fischer-Addicted
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don't know if this matters to much but im 6 ft 4 and about 190 lbs as well.
Feb 23 2010 10:32PM
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Mike.Steezze
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You are built like me and I loved my old bents, plus if you never touch the park with them Id say 189 bents and the fujas simply are not fat enough to be an excellent pow ski but are a good all mountain choice.
Feb 24 2010 12:55AM
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RudyGarmisch
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If you were on the other coast I'd say Hellbents, but those as an East Coast pow ski... dunno, just see something smaller as more practical.
Feb 24 2010 1:48AM
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Dustin.
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I would research more skis, Kung Fujas are really mostly a park ski and I'm not a fan of Hellbents. Maybe an Obsethed or the JJ? Both of those are decent.
Feb 24 2010 10:59AM
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schmies
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Kung Fujas are definitely not mostly a park ski. I've skied them on a deep pow day and they work fine. We get so spoiled with giant rockered skis that you forget how fun a ski like that can be in snow.

obSETHed is also a really good option for something that can shred pow (105mm underfoot) and still rip the crud and the beat up days when the pow disapears.

I ride a 189 obSETHed on most all but the deep deep days now when skiing all over the mountain.
I'm 6'2" 185.
Feb 24 2010 11:40AM
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I_Am_Mod
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yeah, you forgot the obsethed!
it's an awesome pow ski!
my friend who is like a little chinese guy, no more than 170cm tall, shreds gnarly hard on some 189cm obsetheds ...
Feb 24 2010 11:52AM
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