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Poor University Student Needs Your Advice on Skis
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i have been searching for these past couple months to replace my dumonts with a softer more playful ski (long story why i bought the dumonts in the first place)
anyways i have narrowed it down to three options:
-rossignol s4 pommier ($340)
-bluehouse antics ($275)
-surface nine life ($215)
i am a fairly heavy guy at 210lbs but i still find my dumonts very stiff. i do not need that kind of stiffness for the type of skiing i am doing.
basically i am looking to buy the ski that is playful, light, buttery, easy to ollie/nollie and durability would be an added bonus. what ski from the three above would you choose if you were in my shoes?
i am not going to be hitting 90 tables so keep that in mind when offering advice. these skis will only be used in the park
if you have any other cheap skis that you think would better suit me let me know.
thanks ns!
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I'm thinking from your narrowed down choices, The nine lifes will be the most playfull, I'm pretty sure the antics are stiffer along with the s4's so if you want a more playful ski i'd go for the nine life.
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9 lifes and s4s are both unreal, coming from a fellow poor uni student right ere
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I would definitely check out K2 Silencers. Pretty bomber ski and wayyy underrated
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thanks guys +k. it says on bluehouses webiste that the antics have a medium flex. can anyone confirm this? has anyone rode both nine lifes and antics?
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antics for the win. most fun ski i have ever skied. soft yet responsive. loved them, but it thought i would try a stiffer ski this year
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how were they for popping onto rails and doing butters?
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I have Nine Lifes and they are sick. They are stupid light, and very poppy. The rocker is pretty minimal, at least on the 172 length. They are pretty stiff. The only problem is the durability seems to be a hit or miss. Some peoples fall apart real fast. Mine have had decent durabililty so far, I had some delam on the tip after only a few times using them from running into a rail, but I got the tip epoxied and have had no problems with that since. The sidewalls do chip a lot at first. I have no edge cracks yet, but I haven't hit a lot of metal yet, just boxes and PVC mostly.
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pretty good, never had a problem with them
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I ended up picking up some Antics. Pretty stoked to test them out. Thanks everyone for your input
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