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Need help with new powderskis!

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PowFun
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I was thinking of buying some new powderskis and need some help. I'm trying to decide which ones I should get. I'm thinking of using the skis for powder kickers and regular freeriding in deep pow. I reckon that the skis the shouldn't be too heavy if I'm supposed to be able to to spins and flips easier? It would also be preferable if the skis where true twintip with a rocker. I'm not really sure what the rocker does and how this an advantage? If someone could explain that it would be much appreciated. Thanks for answers.
Jul 26 2011 1:29PM
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J.Shep
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Rocker helps keep your tips out of the snow, thus providing better float.

There are a number of skis that would fit what you're looking for. Armada, Line, ON3P, Atomic all make skis that fit what you're looking for. For a pure pow ski I'd look for something 120+ width underfoot but there are skis that are 110-115 underfoot that will still rock pow with a bit more hardpack performance.
Jul 26 2011 1:56PM
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AJizzle
Posts: 1882 - Karma: 522
If u want a soft ski i'd go with either the benchetler or the solly rocker2, if u like stiffer skis, there r a couple to go with, but one of my favorite is the lib tech nas pow, soooooo poppy!
Jul 26 2011 2:06PM
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mountainviper
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Line opus dude....light, good swing weight.....it's destroyed everything I've pointed it down...not a true symmetrical twin tip but it doesnt even matter cause this thing is built with riding switch in mind....
Jul 26 2011 2:06PM
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AJizzle
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Oh and I wouldn't go any further forward than 2.5 cm back from center on the benchetler, and would ski the nas pow 2cm forward of the line, def not center mount, as it will make their regular pow performance shit.
Jul 26 2011 2:14PM
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Thick.Black.Gurl
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I second this! It was the ski that came to my mind first! Very good ski and is everything that u want. Only thing is that they are super soft, so going through crud will be difficult, but if thats ok, these are perfect!
Jul 26 2011 3:06PM
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stephengillboy
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going through crud with eps seperates the men from the boys
Jul 26 2011 4:32PM
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Thick.Black.Gurl
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Yup!
Jul 26 2011 4:46PM
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Bonzalo
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well there are tons of skis that will fit you, i think you will have to narrow your search telling us your height, skiing ability, agressiveness, etc.

Some skis i would say are:

Armada JJs
Moment Night trains/Bibby pro
On3p Jeffrey/Blue goat
K2 Obsethed
Line Francis bacon/Pollard Opus
Amplid Cholesterone/Infracomb
Rossignol S7 jib

Im not sure if there are lots of true twin tip powder skis, doesnt make any sense to me.
Jul 26 2011 4:55PM
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Thick.Black.Gurl
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Volkl Chopsticks are true twins, there symmetric. There really wide and I think no camber, I know people who love them and people who dont. Look at them, though I think the opus would be better, but you know yourself best.
Jul 26 2011 5:11PM
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mountainviper
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I dunno...compared to the ep pros I think the opus is much stiffer....especially in the tails...much easier to drive on the hard stuff....ya get a touch of front tip chatter on the hardpack but nothin like some of the other pow skis I've ridden...it's like they took all the best stuff from last years bacons and the ep pros and fused them into one awesome frankenski....or maybe I'm jus that manly...grunt grunt...haha
Jul 26 2011 5:18PM
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PowFun
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I'm 6'1,5 tall. Any ideas on the lenght of the ski?
Jul 26 2011 8:15PM
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J.Shep
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At least 185+. Rocker will end up shortening the running length of the ski, making the ski feel a lot shorter than it actually is.
Jul 26 2011 8:26PM
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AJizzle
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id go no shorter than 185, more likely go in the low to mid 190 range
Jul 26 2011 8:43PM
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PowFun
Posts: 151 - Karma: 76
Can I just ask real quick what park ski lenght I should have aswell. I know this differs from person to person, but I currently got a pair of Salomon Suspect's. They are 171cm long, don't you agree that might be a little short?
Jul 26 2011 10:54PM
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PowFun
Posts: 151 - Karma: 76
I can do backflips and 3's, that's about it. Been freeskiing for 1 season now.
Jul 27 2011 1:15AM
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stephengillboy
Posts: 462 - Karma: 191
haha yea the opus is definitely gonna be better in the crud...thats why i made the comment, eps are much more work
Jul 27 2011 10:13PM
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lanny94
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arg's i love mine
Jul 27 2011 10:42PM
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