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Best straight rail ski

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wwatkins
Posts: 747 - Karma: 154
the title says most of it, im looking for the most poppy, straight rail ski.
any good suggestions are greatly great. i know afterbangs are all old out.
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Ski.Ballet
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By straight, do you mean regular cambered?
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wwatkins
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yeah
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ike.
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afterbangs are sick and would be perfect. but if they are all sold out i guess there is nothing you can do. I would recommend the thalls or moment reno jibs. they are both very durable and have mad pop. anthems would also excel, if you like a wider ski for the bill.
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PaleCelery
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Moment rockers. Rocker is great on rails
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zahava
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volkl's are great skis, walls are their stiffer pro level ski, i've heard great things about em. ledges, which i have, are their mid level ski, their softer for butters, still lots of pop. both are great on rails, great edges and bases, top sheets chip really easily, i'm missing the very sides on both sides of both my skis in a ton of places, they just chipped and ripped off. but not like top sheets matter anyways.
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cbeebzthasteeze
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Are you looking for symmetrical or non-symmetrical? If symmetrical, then try to look for the '09 Atomic Urban Punx. They are a rail specific ski with a "second edge" underfoot to help with rail-slides and not damaging your base.
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cct_222
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invaders...
soft & buttery, narrow, and fully symmetrical.......
what more could you want in a rail/jib ski
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wwatkins
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im thinking about getting a pair of ledges.
thanks to everyone who has posted and anyone who will post in the future. +k
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JacheOReally
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Reno Jibs
They are unbelievable but not very durable
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ataraxia
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Im a big fan of T-Halls. Awesome park ski and have held up two seasons for me.
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traylortrash
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as am i, i love mine. the edges are pretty damn durable, no cracks so far and i beat the shit out of my edges on rails. topsheet, thats a different story, but who cares about that...
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B-runge
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ATOMIC URBAN PUNX
invaders
t-halls
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PaleCelery
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new topsheets this year should be bomber.

My moments were durable as fuck besides the topsheet
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K_FRANK
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this BUY these skis and you will never go back
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Willard
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t-hall or invaders
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kvan
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t-hall, abangs, or ar6s just cause they are bulletproof

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dubaiski
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great ski-i have them. But they dont make them any more. I dont know if you will still find any
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dubaiski
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sorry for the double post but this seems to be a good deal

www.newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/535012/

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tacobellslayer
Posts: 1493 - Karma: 214
dont quote me, and ive never used them, but ninthward henriks.. straight up rail ski i hear
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B-runge
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>:)
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i.ski.troll.
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afterbangs arnt exactly bullet proof... i have seen so many people break them this year.
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gnartogue
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im pretty sure if you do some searching you can find some afterbangs
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gnartogue
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http://www.untracked.com/p3162c51b88lr-Froogle-10_line_afterbang_freestyle_allmountain_skis.html
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MCNUGGETS
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anthems

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RudyGarmisch
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Anything used, drilled a few times if fine, missing edge underfoot a plus, cheap and throwaway. Spending money on a new pair of skis just for rails seems...
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49566738265
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stupid.

Get snowblades, all you need is something that can clip to your foot if your just sliding rails.  Rocker doesn't make a difference obviously....doesn't touch the rail.
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zahava
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apparently rocker gives a ski a lower swing weight which makes a difference for doing switchups.
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Newschool_Pope
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and whats the best ski for kinked rails????
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-ROY-
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i will sell you my beat to fuck invaders for dirt cheap
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a_pla5tic_bag
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Maybe wait till next year, check out k2's new skis. Otherwise I have disorderly's and my edges are great. And I like to bring my rollerblading to skiing so... lots of rails/jib stuff.
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Ben.
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jesus. how does that make any sense whatsoever...
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zahava
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? pretty sure it was in the armada vid on their sight, i've also heard it on here a few times.
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Ben.
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whoever has said that is an idiot.


a ski weighs the same, whether it is rockered or not.
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zahava
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yah, your probably right.
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49566738265
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If you bend a straw does it weigh less?
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Rosbif
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Pretty sure in the Alpha series, the tip and tail taper in the rockered sections, combined with the cap construction there means a lower swing weight, or at least that's how they market it.
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Ben.
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its not the rocker making it lighter though, its the taper. taper means less material, rocker does not. for example reno rockers would NOT be lighter just because they are rockered, since they dont have the taper.
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Rosbif
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No, obviously if you just bent a ski obviously nothing would change, but the rockered park skis in Armadas line up, would still appear to have lower swing weight, so perhaps don't be so quick to call people idiots.
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Ben.
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jesus. the fact that they are rockered does not make them lighter. sure they might have a lighter swing weight than other skis.


afterbangs also have a lighter swing weight than pontoons. they are just lighter skis.


rocker does not increase or decrease weight. just like bending anything does not make it lighter or heavier.
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PaleCelery
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you're right about everything, except reno rockers do have some early taper, not as much as the alpha series though. Next years will have even more.
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Ben.
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i meant not the significan elf shoe stuff the alphas have
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dompuch
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Man afterbangs are really good if there sold out one lines website then look harder i just bought a pair from http://www.acmeclimbing.com/ abd got them in 5 days..its a good site and there 2010 afterbangs good deal...
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