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nightscraper
Posts: 198 - Karma: 9
hey ns, i've googled and everything and i've had to last resort to creating a thread.

I'm about 5'8" and weigh around 140. I like to ski WOODS/TRAILS mostly. I'm not too big on the park so I'm not looking for park skis, but something that i could maneuver well in THICK TREES and POWDER. What do you suggest?
Sep 27 2010 10:43AM
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Rolfe
Posts: 357 - Karma: 20
I would look at the armada jj or the k2 obsethed both those ski are rockerd so they will be good
Sep 27 2010 11:04AM
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Rolfe
Posts: 357 - Karma: 20
In the trees because the ski pretty short and they will be good in the powder
Sep 27 2010 11:06AM
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WakaShocka
Posts: 640 - Karma: 111
bump
Sep 27 2010 12:39PM
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DUKES
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liberty helix or morphic
Sep 27 2010 1:00PM
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skiRay
Posts: 7558 - Karma: 926
i was gonna say obsethed's as well. ive never ridden the jjs but i feel like they would be slightly hard to manuver, i have bibbys and theyre not the easiest, maybe look at some salomons
Sep 27 2010 1:17PM
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nightscraper
Posts: 198 - Karma: 9
Thanks for all the help guys. I'm not a big fan of skis that are very wide  they are harder to maneuver in the trees which is where I like to spend most of my sesh
Sep 27 2010 2:18PM
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DUKES
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oh yeah and jeronimos and possibly caylors
Sep 27 2010 2:28PM
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Chrris
Posts: 568 - Karma: 211
Salomon shoguns? Light, 100 under foot so quicker edge to edge and they still float well. And they hold up pretty good in park if you go to park.
Sep 27 2010 3:15PM
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AJizzle
Posts: 1882 - Karma: 522
If u don't like wide skis for pow in the trees, u've obivously never been on anything tip and tail rockered, go demo the armada jj's, and k2 obsetheds. I would surmize that those would be ur best choices, both r super easy to maunver I really tight spaces and playful in pow. I woulds say that the jj's are a tinge more stable at speed tho. Go fat, u won't regret it, unless ur resort doesn't get very much pow, then I would look at the new volkl bridge
Sep 27 2010 4:51PM
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HiTz
Posts: 1467 - Karma: 11
obsethsed suck, they are a dead non-playful ski.

Go with a line blend
Sep 27 2010 5:42PM
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pigglywiggly
Posts: 4482 - Karma: 305
Bentchetlers or on3p caylors?

i dont really know, im just throwing out ideas
Sep 27 2010 5:49PM
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nightscraper
Posts: 198 - Karma: 9
Thanks for all the help guys. but yea my resort doesn't get much powder so im not looking for too fat of a ski
Sep 28 2010 10:01AM
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RudyGarmisch
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181 J-mo or 186 Billy Goat if you are looking for something fatter. Despite being 116 underfoot, the ski is nimble as hell due to the carbon fiber stringer, bamboo core and rockered tip and tail.
Sep 28 2010 10:11AM
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pigglywiggly
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Sep 28 2010 10:25AM
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nightscraper
Posts: 198 - Karma: 9
seasons started and now im really looking for some skis. any other suggestions? im trying to keep it under or around 400
Dec 16 2010 5:18PM
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