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Salomon Suspect

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Big.Bird
Posts: 563 - Karma: 180
i need new skis and most people have said that they ski great, with terrible durability. but my question is that considering im only 115 pounds, i feel like i would have trouble with durability because i dont have alot of force. can someone help me out here? +k for help
Apr 10 2011 8:30PM
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stickerman
Posts: 2043 - Karma: 147
a kid i know is like the same height/weight as you and he destoryed them. 3 pairs. not really an aggresive skier either. i would check out another ski if you have the option to.
Apr 10 2011 8:35PM
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-GL-
Posts: 1696 - Karma: 37
i do not have these skis and cant really say much about them but from what i have heard they have terrible durability, and if i were you i just wouldnt chance it skis are alot of money and especially if there your only pair or one of your only pairs i wouldnt do it
Apr 10 2011 8:50PM
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Blurst
Posts: 13577 - Karma: 10,169
Are you hitting primarily jumps or rails?
Apr 10 2011 8:53PM
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DBL
Posts: 1405 - Karma: 2,218
I weigh 120 and i have no problem with the ski, BUT it chipped like crazy in a week and the edges are fucked (multiple cracks, etc), dont get them, get line, armada, moment, rossi, ect...
Apr 10 2011 8:54PM
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teleak
Posts: 2251 - Karma: 105
just don't do it. The edges just fall off.
Apr 10 2011 8:55PM
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broto
Posts: 9039 - Karma: 25,662
dude they are so durable. constructed with pressed high density cardboard, elmers 1 part epoxy glue, and spaghetti edges, you'll never have to buy another park ski in your life!
Apr 10 2011 9:25PM
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AWALLRUS.
Posts: 5762 - Karma: 223
i have dumonts, i think they're similar? anyways they have no inside edges anymore. every day there would be another 3 inches missing
Apr 10 2011 9:27PM
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[Sensible]
Posts: 113 - Karma: 10
I cannot be the only one who found this hilarious.
Apr 10 2011 9:29PM
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Wilcox_
Posts: 240 - Karma: 159
suspects are pieces of shit
Apr 10 2011 9:36PM
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No_Dub
Posts: 3357 - Karma: 294
negative edges?



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Apr 10 2011 9:36PM
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kungfusteeze
Posts: 700 - Karma: 47
My friend bought Suspects, three days later... BAM herpes. But really, my friend wrecked em 3 days in...
Apr 11 2011 4:18AM
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alexg1687
Posts: 1505 - Karma: 1,581
I don't understand Salomon. They have some of the best skiers with THE best exposure in the world. Simon Dumont, Dane Tudor, Sammy Carlson and Bobby Brown. You'd think that they'd be working desperately on fixing up their durability problems but season upon season we hear about suspects falling to pieces. Its the worst publicity possible for a ski company and it just really surprises me that they're happy to let it go. Does anyone else have some insight on this???
Apr 11 2011 4:43AM
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_DUSTY_
Posts: 1097 - Karma: 686
The reason suspects suck is because the wood core rots really quickly. It does not really matter how much you weight they will break eventually. A friend of mine broke his in three months but I broke mine after three years (they broke three times in a row though after that.) I'm not getting any more salomon skis because most of their cores seem to rot rather quickly.
Apr 11 2011 10:23AM
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Banane.
Posts: 3102 - Karma: 414
Btw, wrong forum.
Apr 11 2011 10:52AM
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