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Line Sir Francis Bacon on groomers and park?

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Danoo
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I'm looking at the Line Sir Francis Bacon's. I am 6ft, 2in 17yr old. I am a advanced/expert skier and I need a new ski. The only problem is I like park skiing and the area I ski in about half of my skiing per year (about 35 days a year) is in SD. SD is not exactly know for powder skiing. Most of the year it's rather icy or groomed with a few powder stashes on tree runs and some small cliffs. The rest of the year I live a lot in CO and I ski Telluride, Vail, and Beaver Creek so I get my fair share of powder.

My question is, how will they hold up at high speeds on groomers and in the park? (No rails, just jumps like 3's and backflips... I hate the way rails f*** up my skis and I'll just use some cheap Afterbang's or Revival's if I get into rails and whatnot) I'm talking about the 2011's here and in a 183 (I think). Please only speak from experience with these exact skis. If you think something else is a better match please recommend it with REASONS please.
Dec 6 2010 8:36PM
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J.S.
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Dec 6 2010 10:28PM
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Bossgdi
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i got the 2011 sirfranics and they hold up going fast. there Hella nice in the trees. there ride rails fine. jumps nice they are a lil hard to throw around. nice and flexy for butters. i like them for speed and landings
Dec 6 2010 11:30PM
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Style+eeze
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They are awesome. So amazing.

Basically, they'll be fine on any groomers. I ski mine all over the mountain, as well as in the park. They're really stable on drops and jumps, yet you can still press 'em out nicely. I know that the new ones have rocker (I have ones from 09), so they should get even more float in pow.

If you want more info, feel free to PM me, and I'll be glad to describe them in better detail.
Dec 6 2010 11:34PM
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no_steeze
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my bacons actually railed turns on groomers. if you have some room and no ice they set an edge in surprisingly well
Dec 6 2010 11:39PM
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Style+eeze
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This so much.
Dec 6 2010 11:40PM
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Bossgdi
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bacons are the shiit!
Dec 7 2010 2:53AM
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Danoo
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So the rocker isn't gonna be a prob? I think its not all that drastic of a rocker but I could be wrong.
Dec 7 2010 5:37PM
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Bossgdi
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no its not a big rocker. i had fun sendin it on jumps.
Dec 7 2010 10:38PM
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