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Help me decide which skis to take away with me

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alexg1687
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So this is a pretty classic dilemma. I'm going to either Whistler or Aspen next January for a month long trip. I have 3 pairs of skis that I could take with me (I'm not going to take my race skis).

1. 2008 K2 seths - 98mm underfoot, mounted 2.5cm back from centre.

PROS - Fat enough for powder, soft enough for powder, I dont get to use them much so it'd be good to use them on this trip.

CONS - Too soft to charge around on groomers, not good for park

2. 2010 K2 extremes - mounted with marker schizos so binding position can be changed.

PROS - Awesome for charging around the mountain, can be skied in powder (but not the best), just all round awesome skis.

CONS - Perhaps too stiff for riding powder all the time if its my only option apart from the armadas, don't really want to use them for rails and park stuff (I'm used to the armadas for that stuff now).

3. 2010 Armada AR6s - mounted core centre.

PROS - Sweeeeeeeeeeeet for park, great fun to charge around on groomers

CONS - Hopeless for powder, they're centre mounted which makes me think they might not handle even basic soft snow ie. anything more than hard pack.

So...which two pairs do I take? If I take the seths and the ar6s I run the risk of not having an intermediate ski for normal days when I might want to ski between the trees a little bit but want control on groomers. If I choose the ar6s and the extremes and we get epic powder I'll be a bit pissed off. If i take the 2 K2 pairs I won't be doing any park stuff (maybe some jumps but no rails).

/end procrastination
May 25 2011 11:03AM
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Shifties4Dayz
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id say the seths or ar6s
May 25 2011 11:19AM
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Sklar
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take park skis, demo pow skis if it snows?
May 25 2011 11:21AM
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Style+eeze
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You're overthinking it like crazy. Take seths and ar6s. end of story
May 25 2011 11:42AM
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RubberSoul
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definitely just take the ar6s and seths
May 25 2011 11:45AM
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alexg1687
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anyone got any experience riding centre mounted ar6s in soft snow? I centre mounted them because the closest thing we have to powder in australia is the flour your girlfriend uses to bake a cake back at the lodge.
May 25 2011 11:47AM
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teleak
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May 25 2011 11:48AM
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colleenator
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AR6 and seths. might see you at whistler :)
May 25 2011 2:07PM
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nickyp
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I do. They're easier to ride in softies than a lot of other skis, because of the asymmetry, and directional sidecut. It depends on what you want to ride really. I find the 86mm waist on the Ar6s too small for anything other than park or charging beat up crud. They'll be lovely in Whistler's parks. Take the Seth's for when it snows, so you can really enjoy the fresh.

Disregard the Extremes. The AR6 is a better park ski at centre, the Seth is a better a -2.
May 25 2011 2:17PM
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chicken
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yeah this. or get a pair of park skis and mount them a little back. people have been skiing pow on narrow skis for the past hundred years.
May 25 2011 2:21PM
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hella.sick.skier
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ar6's n seths. ar6 will ski the whole mtn fine
May 25 2011 2:29PM
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ski0
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ppl overthink thier gear way to much. dont worry so much about that stuff just go out and have fun skiing.
May 25 2011 2:36PM
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ukskier
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ar6 no doubt, you dont want to be on a wide ski all the time but it realy depends if you aree there for the park or the powder

May 25 2011 4:41PM
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brf726
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seths and ar6's, you can ski powder on any ski, girth just makes it easier
May 25 2011 5:05PM
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Twig
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AR6 at core centre =/= true centre? recommended is -2.5cm from true i think?
I'd definitely take them and I'd probably just rent if dumped a shit ton... but if you're taking 2 definitely seths... but I hate the K2 Extreme so...
May 25 2011 5:13PM
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extravert
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seth and ar6. 98 is really not that wide, you should be fine in the trees.
May 25 2011 7:27PM
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danbrown
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pep rode seth pistols in the park the first year they came out. the only reason they wouldnt be ideal for park is that theyre mounted back from center, but thats not even a huge issue. theyre certainly not too soft to shred groomers either, you can rip any ski on groomers as long as they have a sufficient edge.
May 25 2011 7:39PM
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danbrown
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also, its 2011. kids ski park on hellbents.
May 25 2011 7:42PM
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EmperorKuzco
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yes..yes I have, AVOID IF POSSIBLE! Probably 7-10 inches of STEAMBOATFRESHFLUFFCHAMPAIGNE!!<333 overnight then in the morning I remembered my demo'ed pow skis had to be back so I was pissed, so I just shredded and tried to hit cliffs on centered AR6s and although it was still fun, it was very hard to keep up and stomp decent sized cliffs.
May 25 2011 7:58PM
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Ducky.
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Seths
May 25 2011 7:59PM
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hjb
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AR6s and Seths.

K2 Extremes are a nothing ski in my opinion. It's supposed to be an all mountain freestyle ski, but it's just sooo mediocre at everything, and doesn't excel at an area in particular.
May 25 2011 8:00PM
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TWoods
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You can take two skis? Take Ar6s for park days, and Seths. Maybe the extremes are an intermediate ski in Australia, but in Aspen or especially whistler, the seths would be the average person's intermediate ski, and they would likely own a longer, fatter pow ski. There's no reason to take the extremes.

May 25 2011 8:13PM
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--ski--
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Personally I thoroughly dislike k2 extremes. So based on that alone I'd take the other two.
I got nothing against k2 I just don't like the extremes.
May 25 2011 8:19PM
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Maximumsushi
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If you can take two pairs of skis, take the AR6s and the Seths.

If you can take one pair, take the Seths. They're certainly not too soft to ski on groomers, and they're by no means soley a "pow ski." A ski 98mm underfoot is an all mountain ski, and you'll have no problems skiing that in anywhere. I've skied a pow day today and dropped sizeable cliffs this season on 76mm waist skis, and I spent about 120 days of last season skiing solely a 112mm ski. You'll be fine.
May 25 2011 9:34PM
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MADDECENT
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This.

Take the Seths
May 25 2011 11:25PM
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Bar_Down
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i find it funny how you created this thread now, considering your trip is in january, and you type /procrastination at the end. seems kinda ironic to me
May 25 2011 11:28PM
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alexg1687
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Well I had an assignment due a matter of hours away.....i needed something to keep me occupied :)

Thanks for the help everyone. Its taken me a while but k+ for everyone who gave a good response.
May 25 2011 11:42PM
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