Icelantic skis

I was looking at the da nolles aswell.  I think their going to retail for 500-600 (around that) next year.  They are Icelantics main park ski and i think they are pretty soft and good for butters.

next years ski look sick too

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Is the danollie flex anything like the invader? cause I here they are pretty soft. How's the durability on rails? Do they handle the rest of the mountain ok

the da nollies are sick. i have rode this and last years when the come up for demo's. really nice softer flex throughout the ski. quite flexy but not dead, has a bit of pop to it. as fror the all mountain question, its a ski it will do just fine! (but seriously it does fine)

My boyfriend was a rep for Icelantic. I never rode them though because I wasn't a fan. He rode the Da Nollies and Keepers and I finally got him on a few pair of Armada's one day. He put the Da Nollies and Keepers up on Craigslist the next day and is no longer an Icelantic rep.

The Da Nollies are probably fine if you're going to be a park rat at a MidWest hill. They were inadequate for all mountain and high speeds here in Colorado. They got the lowest rating out of any ski in Freeskier for carving, and for good reason. They don't carve. They were horribly chattery and he had a shit ton of problems with the edges being higher than the base, making them super sketch when trying to make fast turns/skids. They were also quite flimsy to the point where "soft" wasn't even the right word.

I've dealt with a lot of skis but overall I was very unimpressed.

That's just my two cents though.

^ I just want to know that while your name and profile picture suggest you are a female, the colour of your name suggests you are a male. I don't know if you're aware of this, or care for that matter, but I just thought I'd let you know

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Very aware, thanks. I don't need to stand out. (Besides the random times I talk about my bf, a pink name would be nice. Ha!) We're all skiers, no need to differentiate.

I respectfully disagree. The Da Nollies carve just as well as any park ski on the market. If you are the right size and ski with some semblance of technique then you will not have a problem. Freeskier magazine tests are a joke anyway. I doubt even one of the editors of that magazine know what they are doing. I greatly preferred mine to any older K2 or Armada or Line park ski I have been on in the past couple of years. Edges being higher than the base is a factory defect that he should have warranted or had them fixed, which is probably why they skied so shitty. And yes they are pretty soft but not to that extent at all. I would consider them a more softer medium flex. Great for smaller terrain parks and non-blower days. Overall it is a solidly built ski that is great for littler guys and a good addition to a quiver if you ski primarily park or have more than one pair of skis.

ill second this on the da nollies. Really soft and sketchy if you have any speed. I never really enjoyed mine and they kinda just sit in the garage gathering dust. Granted these are the 09 ones, im not sure how they changed this year. Cant say i ever had any durability problems with them though they have been pretty abused on rails and still look relatively good. That being said i do enjoy the other skis icelantic has to offer the nomads and keepers are both great skis. Just the da nollie is terrible for my riding style at least.

Just for clarification... the skis in that magazine are tested by 25+ pros and the scores are averaged. The ski test last year was in Copper, this year in Aspen. It's a pretty big event that is taken seriously.

24 pro's and Max the Poacher.

And yet the companies that advertise the most in the magazine seem to always have the highest rated skis. It is NOT taken seriously. If you want to get technical about it then think that every one of those pros is a sponsored skier that is paid to say their brand is the best. Most of those pros are sponsored by Volkl and Salomon and K2 and Armada and Rossingnol, which is weird because those brands always have the highest ratings. Actually, if you were to log onto freeskier I am sure you will see all of those brands at the top of every category. It is purely a marketing event and if you don't realize that then you are sorely disillusioned. Just because a couple guys took one or two runs on the Da Nollies and deemed them a "bad ski" does not mean that it is one. If you personally have ridden them for an extended period of time and have a solid, first hand opinion about them then please share it, but don't spit out shit from freeskier magazine and pretend like it is justified.

I know a good handful of them, and I guess "pro" is actually a bad word. They're in the industry but not all of them are "pros". I talk to them about the ski testing personally. That's not at all how it goes down, haha. But you guys are getting all worked up about something that's really not a big deal. I stated my opinion about the Da Nollies which is the same thing I've heard from other people who've ridden them, regardless of what they were rated. I just found it ironic. Each to their own. The Da Nollies are still a shitty ski in my opinion. You guys can keep getting pissed all you want. He asked for opinions and I gave mine. Chill.