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What kind of Ski would you want??

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YeTiSkIs
Posts: 25 - Karma: 18

Ok so this is the deal guys, me and an friend our making some skis and so far there coming out really really good for our style and our preferances. But whos to say they match up with the majority or any of the freestlye community out there. So what would really really be helpful to me and eventually to the consumer (you guys!) just give us some a negative or a positive from the many skis you have gone through, just one comment or 20 comments is wonderful. Tell me what you did and didnt like so we can more accuratley meet the peoples need and create a great ski!

Thanks!

Yeti Skis

Oct 29 2010 2:28PM
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Big_Spence
Posts: 16177 - Karma: 4,352
i want skis that never ever break ever.

i'm talking:
-no base gouges, core shots or scrapes.
-unchipable topsheet.
-perfect edges that cannot crack, break or pull out.
-bases that wax themselves.
-dimensions that adjust to what i'm skiing. this is the most important point, so i'll elaborate. lets say it's a deep fucking pow day, 18" in the past 24 and 48" in the past week. i would like to ski to extend to around 190cm and be about 120 in the waist. but if it's a spring day and we haven't gotten any fresh in the past few weeks i'd like to shrink that down to 180ish cm and about 85 in the waist so i can lap the park.
-oh and i'd like this ski to be no more than $400.


kthxbai.
Oct 29 2010 2:37PM
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DUKES
Posts: 5150 - Karma: 691
longer park skis, well since your company is called yeti make park skis with sizes up to 187 and 93 underfoot.
Oct 29 2010 2:56PM
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joshua
Posts: 5046 - Karma: 1,280
Make a ski that heals itself.
Oct 29 2010 4:08PM
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Twig
Posts: 6406 - Karma: 60,019
Personally:
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Symmetrical
Early Taper
Approx 115-120 under foot and 135-140 at the widest point
Long, mellow rocker
Low profile tips
Relatively light but still with fat edges/base
Mid-Stiff flex

Basically I want the Moment Melee. But it no longer exists, which makes me sad.
Oct 29 2010 4:48PM
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Slowbro
Posts: 3842 - Karma: 21,185
A park ski that's real durable and fairly wide underfoot, like mid 80's or so, and stiff
Oct 29 2010 5:05PM
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bibs_skibum
Posts: 4462 - Karma: 449
sounds alot like caylors, minus the symmetrical part
Oct 29 2010 5:18PM
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wrenegade
Posts: 6631 - Karma: 41
Surface New Life is pretty close.

http://www.surfaceskis.com/gear/powder/new%20life/index.html
Oct 29 2010 6:29PM
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Scrambles
Posts: 2270 - Karma: 63
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135-95-135

medium flex, solid edges, durable base, weight is not an issue, no eco-friendly bull shit with weak materials.
Oct 29 2010 7:51PM
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