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Film.
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I have no idea about this ski and my local shop is having a huge sale on them. They look super sick but once some stuff i should about this ski.examples: is it durable? is it too buttery to take on bigger jumps?
Does how much butter the ski has on it affect the skiing at all? Is it light? Can it traverse from the park to the powwwww,and chutes. any negatives?
Also i searched bared but the search bar is broken so its almost usless.
Mar 29 2011 6:30PM
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Film.
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Anyone have any idea about this ski?
Mar 29 2011 6:53PM
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Film.
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Heyro? Anybody know anything about the Fat-ypus G-Butters?
Mar 30 2011 6:51PM
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skiRay
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talk to: jibhonkey.

hes been sponsored by fatypus for some time now and knows the ski well
Mar 30 2011 6:57PM
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K.C.dia
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Super fun ski. SUPER light, poppy, just overall one of the best, if not the best, park ski i've ever ridden. they're also super durable. my buddy jake, jibhonkey ^^, has ridden for them for a few years and has only legitimately snapped one pair and it was on same gnarly gnarly urban. Just a super stable, fun, overall sick park ski that I would recommend to anyone.
Mar 30 2011 7:27PM
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Film.
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Ok thanks man super sick proably gonna buy them
Mar 30 2011 7:44PM
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Balto
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FP makes a very solid product from everything i've seen/heard
Mar 30 2011 8:14PM
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tacobellslayer
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I got a pair after reading Jibhonkey's review. Used em for about 2 months now. From what I've experienced with em, they're about the best skis you can get (at least for the park).
First off, they're super light. It'll be the first thing you notice about em. Second, they're extremely durable. After 2 solid months of rails, jumps, and everything between, I've had no edge cracks, no core shots, and very little base damage (one or two scratches that will go away when I wax em next).
Mar 31 2011 12:36AM
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tacobellslayer
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Oops, dont know what happened there.

Thirdly, they are built to butter, but they're not wet noodles by any means. If anything, I'de say they're a bit on the stiffer side. They have lots of flex in the tip and tail, which means while the ski itself is not bendable like rubber, you can put pressure on your nose or tail and pop or butter like no other. That's another big thing, they're extremely poppy.

I've used them just a bit in the big mountain (most of the time I'll just use my fatter pow skis). As you can expect, they work fine in pow and you can drop a few medium sized cliffs with them, but they're definitely not a big mountain shredder's delight. You might end up washing out if you're dropping cliffs or drops into hard pack. However, you can use them and have fun going through pow with feathers on your feet, but they're not ideal.

Overall, I love em and I wouldn't have any other ski. I'de recommend buying them if I were you. Plus if you buy on their website right now, you can get the 11/12 models. If you have any other questions, feel free to PM me.
Mar 31 2011 12:44AM
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pinhead_larry
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I know a Faty-Pus ski rep and he loves the gbutters. He uses the dsenders on pow days and gbutters for park
Mar 31 2011 12:44AM
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