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Need ski advice!!!

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gnarcal
Posts: 88 - Karma: 13
I'm 5'10" and 165lbs. I'm an expert skier and like everything from steeps to bumps and based out of Crested Butte CO. I have a pair of 2009 179 Obsetheds and love them, but I want something a little more situated for powder. I like playful, poppy skis that can turn fast, smear, and spin, but I also want something that won't suffer on steeps when the conditions are variable, and will land cliffs. I've been looking and the On3p Billy Goats, the JJ's, and the Surface New Lifes. Any suggestions on these skis or others I haven't looked at?
Oct 21 2010 9:09PM
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SkiYaker2
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they all great skis but look at line ep pros and line sir francis bacon too

Oct 21 2010 9:31PM
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Mex_LineJib^a
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bacons for sure... super fun ski for what you described
Oct 21 2010 9:59PM
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HiTz
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go with the 185 JJ or 183 Bent Chetler... they would kill it at butte.
Oct 21 2010 11:57PM
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gnarcal
Posts: 88 - Karma: 13
Thanks, aren't the SFB's and the bent chetlers hella a little to soft to get on the steeps? And do you think a 183 would be better than the 192?
Oct 22 2010 12:33AM
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gnarcal
Posts: 88 - Karma: 13
bump
Oct 22 2010 9:56PM
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HiTz
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chetlers are fine on steeps, go watch sage and durtschi rock steeps on them.... if your going to put on some weight then pickup the 192 but at 165 the 183 would be nice. But your correct the SFBs would be too noodly for butte
Oct 22 2010 10:00PM
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gnarcal
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Thanks for the advice. And no I'm not planning on putting on weight.
Oct 23 2010 3:30PM
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