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Revolutionary Powder skis?

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skiingperson1
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What are the most revolutionary powder skis made?
Mar 23 2011 4:29PM
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californiagrown
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whaddayoumean? in terms of what?
Mar 23 2011 4:30PM
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t_rob
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spatula.
Mar 23 2011 4:32PM
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skiingperson1
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Like powder skis that changed how all other companies make their skis.
Mar 23 2011 4:38PM
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LC.
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PowderPlus. Or Explosiv.
Mar 23 2011 4:40PM
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JacheOReally
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Pontoons had the first rocker right?
Mar 23 2011 4:41PM
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californiagrown
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spats- fatter rockered, modeled after water skis(mcconkey)

DPS Lotus- I believe the first Reverse sidecut Reverse camber ski. started the whole reverse sidecut fad.
Mar 23 2011 4:42PM
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californiagrown
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no, volant spatulas. they were mcconkeys prototype ski.
Mar 23 2011 4:43PM
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No_Dub
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salomon sno-blades changed the gaem
Mar 23 2011 4:43PM
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send_it
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Yea they were the first rockered and fat pow ski.
Mar 23 2011 5:01PM
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ndye
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Spatula, then pontoon, since then nothing has really been revolutionary, but the new salomon ski may change things up.
Mar 23 2011 5:13PM
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monkatizer
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pontoons prolly
Mar 23 2011 5:15PM
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*simba*
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DPS SPOONS
Mar 23 2011 5:22PM
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SKI.ING
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Armada JJ. First to introduce the 5 dimension sidecut that allows wider skis to perform in variable conditions.
Mar 23 2011 5:24PM
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californiagrown
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does anyone know that spats were the OG rockered ski developed by mcconkey, who then switched to K2 and essentially brought the same tech to pontoons?

I would argue that reverse sidecut is just as revolutionary as rocker, because it prevents tip and tail from hooking up in pow.
Mar 23 2011 5:24PM
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ReignMan
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who wants to learn me on some of this new Salomon ski.
Mar 23 2011 5:37PM
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snomaster
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so many uneducated posts in this thread.
Mar 23 2011 5:37PM
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pomme-de-terre
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line afterbangs.
Mar 23 2011 5:40PM
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crab_pretzel
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that new salomon ski looks pretty sick, i dont know what really its point is yet tho. for those who wanna know about it there's an entire salomon freeskitv episode about it
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Mar 23 2011 5:45PM
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Blurst
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I skied on it a few weeks ago.

Did not have really any powder but hell the ski is fun. Incredibly quick edge to edge and so easy to initiate a turn. The avid pow skier/big mountain ripper will have absolutely no use for it but for the average guy who wants to rip groomers and ski decently in the deep stuff will love this ski.
Mar 23 2011 5:47PM
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Krotchs_Brother
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the pow ski of the east coast park rat.
Mar 23 2011 5:47PM
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ReignMan
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well while i was looking for myself i found the new rocker 2 which seems pretty revolutionary.
Mar 23 2011 5:52PM
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ReignMan
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well while i was looking for myself i found the new rocker 2 which seems pretty revolutionary.
Mar 23 2011 5:52PM
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Karma_Police
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Don't give false information.

Spatula.  It's similar concept/shape to the armada arv.
Mar 23 2011 5:59PM
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Karma_Police
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and by revolutionary you mean 3 years behind the benchetler and JJ?

I think the s7 is probably the best ski design with camber, pintail and rocker yet still traditional side cut to rail groomers.

People need to learn their history.  It's not that hard considering the spatula isn't "that" old.  What like 10 years?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volant_Spatula

1996, further proves why Shane is and always will be the Boss of Bosses.
Mar 23 2011 6:04PM
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fatbastard
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The Spatula is the only powder ski that can be considered Revolutionary. Since then, it's all been about fine tuning what works for this or that.
Mar 23 2011 7:28PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Spatula, Pocket Rocket. First deep pow specific ski, first BC jib ski.
Mar 23 2011 7:33PM
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dangerdad
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I'm going to have to go:

Spatulas - 1st revolutionary pow ski - reverse reverse
Pontoon - new unique shape w/ super wide tip and narrow tail - rocker incorporated
Line Prophet 130s - 1st super fat ski
Line EP Pros/ Hellbents - Similar release - 1st pow - jib skis
Armada JJ - 1st 5 dimensional shape that is rapidly become the standard

Future:
DPS Spoon - we will see haha
Liberty Mutant - "              "

Mar 23 2011 7:37PM
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Karma_Police
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I like this post

I'm quite curious about the spoon.  Although for how much they are gonna cost I'm also quite uninterested.



Mar 23 2011 8:10PM
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BMskier
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mutant.
Mar 23 2011 8:27PM
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Style+eeze
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Pocket Rocket and Spatula.
Mar 23 2011 8:58PM
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belden...
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dont forget the pillowfight or whatever they will be called from on3p the size its self will make them revolutionary
Mar 23 2011 8:59PM
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teleak
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that was what i was thinking
Mar 23 2011 9:05PM
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Abc567def
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 this and the pontoon. I highly suggest any avid skier read the history of the pontoon. McConkey is hilarious.
Mar 23 2011 9:14PM
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ericman
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alomon pocket rockets are so dope
Mar 23 2011 9:38PM
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dangerdad
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Pocket Rockets! boy am I a space case. First real twin "powder" ski?

Those now salomon blue surf board skis are stupid, I don't care what you say. That deep a side cut would put so much damn torque on those that they'd snap lickady split.

Also, which company incorporated the swallow tail first? I feel like its been around for a while. It might be salomon....
Mar 23 2011 9:50PM
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dirty.
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the volant spatula hands down, come on now. if you say otherwise you dont know
Mar 23 2011 10:13PM
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Z-Juice
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the new Salomon Flying Saucers for sure
Mar 23 2011 10:16PM
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Scrambles
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I demoed these for a while and they are easily the funnest groomer ski I have been on, they are okay in tree skiing and i definitely would not want to charge anything on them, but I'm almost tempted to pick up a pair just because of how fun they are to carve(and the shape and the graphics...)
Mar 23 2011 10:28PM
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Inline.
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the rocker 2 looks a LOT like the 4frnt crj......
Mar 23 2011 10:52PM
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cool_name
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waterskis.
where the whole idea started
Mar 23 2011 11:32PM
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Blake.P
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new on3p ski? more information is needed
Mar 23 2011 11:45PM
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NickCage
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Line Motherships were the first twin tip powder ski. Pretty important in the fact it was the first freestyle ski to be designed to be ridden out of the park.

But pure pow ski, Id say Spat, Pontoon, then probably EPs, which I think were the first twin with tail rocker
Mar 24 2011 12:12AM
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_Jesus_
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not really revolutionary, but its a pretty extreme design. 149 underfoot with huge early rise.

Mar 24 2011 12:18AM
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Piste.Off
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The new DPS Spoon skis look pretty revolutionary in terms of being completely different then any other ski ever before.....
Mar 24 2011 12:25AM
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Casey
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I could be wrong but I thought the seth pistols and scratch BC's came out that year too...
Mar 24 2011 1:37AM
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mike_d
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Sooooooo much bullshit in this thread lol. Learn your ski history NS!!


Mar 24 2011 3:22AM
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skithesprings
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haha, this.

if you think the hellbents were revolutionary you need to go back to NSG or have mommy buy some more jiberish.
Mar 24 2011 4:12AM
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zerospinskier
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The only things that can really count are the Spatula, then maybe the JJ. Everything else is just slight tweaks on accepted technology.
Mar 24 2011 4:48AM
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yewwwwwww
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boom. check it.

https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/content/pictures/id/416751/

fuck.
Mar 24 2011 8:27AM
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I_ski123
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http://www.garywayneskis.com/garywayneskis.com/Home.html

i skied these skis for a few days with 20cm fresh on whistler and they blew my mind best pow ski i have skied, the omni directional is so good i see it catching on
Mar 24 2011 10:34AM
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