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Park Ski VS Pow Ski

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binturong-qwerty
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Hey I only have enough money for one pair of skis. I live in PA, so I will be skiing mostly park but I am lucky enough that I can ski 14 days or so of powder. Should I get park skis and just demo pow skis or should I buy pow skis?
Jul 11 2011 3:03AM
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RudyGarmisch
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Demoing or renting is an option. Could just get a 95-110mm underfoot ski and use it for both.
Jul 11 2011 3:05AM
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Pool.
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yeah go with this, it seems like what youd be mostly doing is skiing east coast so id reccomend more of a park oriented ski like a line chronic crytonite, but you gave no height weight or skiier type so i cant rally help much
Jul 11 2011 4:25AM
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Newschool_Pope
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ON3P Jeronimos!
Jul 11 2011 7:56AM
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BE..
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this. plus most east coast pow days are not going to require alot of girth to stay afloat considering the most you will usually have to deal with is under knee deep.
Jul 11 2011 8:03AM
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starsky_hucks
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youll want more than line CCs for pow
Jul 11 2011 8:21AM
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mountainviper
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Depends on how you ride park....if your not super tech then wide skis can actually be alot of fun in the park....look at next years bacons....shoot I'm ice coast and I'm ridin the opus as an everyday next year....I've got some CCs for those icy park days but I'm becoming far less tech and more into big floaty airs....depends on your riding style....if your the type that has to get that last 180 in then yeah get the CCs.
Jul 11 2011 8:48AM
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captaintrips
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get fatter park skis
Jul 11 2011 9:53AM
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J.Shep
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I live on the east coast and was in your shoes last year deciding between park and pow. I originally bought some K2 EXT's thinking it would be a good east coast ski that could do a little bit of fresh out west when I went there. I took my k2's to Utah and was happy with how they performed on groomers, but once you get off the trail I immediately noticed I lost a lot of my maneuverability.

I came back and reluctantly decided to buy another pair of skis, wanting some fatter ones. I decided on some Armada JJ's as I had heard great things about their ability to ski all conditions. I took them out on the east, they were a blast. Took them out west and had even more fun.

Long story short: With the advancement in ski technologies, such as rocker and 5-dimension skis, I'd suggest going with a fatter ski that is designed for all-mountian.

JJ's
CRJ's
ON3P Caylors or Billy Goats

And I'm sure there are more.

Jul 11 2011 10:55AM
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Chrris
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Personally, id say fat ski. Where I live, a powder day is heel deep snow. And I still love the feel of fat skis. Sure they're not the best on groomers. And if you're scared your performance might go down with a fatter ski, you don't notice a ton of difference until you exceed the 105mm mark.I'd recommend k2 kung fujas. I love mine, but if I could, I'd get bacons.
Jul 11 2011 12:21PM
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mountainviper
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Yeah I know a few guys who do 60/40 park/bigmountain who are ridin next years bacons instead of the CCs.....the wider skis feel way more stable on landings and boxes...I stay away from actual rails on them though...it's ultra stable but their too expensive to jack up like that.
Jul 11 2011 12:42PM
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iggyskier
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Jmos or Jeffrey's would be my vote. Jeffrey's are still on presale until Wednesday for $549.
Jul 11 2011 12:55PM
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AJizzle
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^ and who could be scared of a jefferey, he's just a bloke from around the corner
Jul 11 2011 6:39PM
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