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Rockered skis in the park

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Pineal
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Hey I'm thinking about getting a pair of skis with rocker and i was wondering what skiing park with rockered skis is like. is hitting rails any different? so if you ride park with rockered skis please tell me about what its like. thanks k+
Jun 27 2012 10:07PM
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E__
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Most On3P skis seem to be rockered and no one complains about them in the park but other than that I can't really help cause mine aren't.
Jun 27 2012 10:14PM
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Pineal
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I'm thinking rossignol scimitars by the way
Jun 27 2012 10:15PM
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skiskate
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I ride surface one lifes as my daily ski. I dont usually go in the park much because im not very good, just when theres not much snow around. But they didnt really feel any different on rails than my park skis. And landing jumps you just gotta make sure you land really centered so you dont wash out on spins.
Jun 27 2012 10:23PM
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thenightman
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Jun 27 2012 10:25PM
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Flying~Squirrel
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from what i hear the rocker is better for rails but you lose a lot of stability on jumps.
Jun 27 2012 10:29PM
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Piste.Off
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My 120mm rockered live life's are 100x more fun in the park than my park skis. proof
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Jun 27 2012 10:32PM
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Pineal
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thanks for the responses. i heard its easier to spin is that true or not?
Jun 27 2012 10:38PM
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CrotchKiller
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i ski my 189 hellbents in the park and its fun as fuck. Honestly doesn't seem much harder then throwing my all mountain skis around.
Jun 27 2012 10:41PM
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midwestpowhunter
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Ya bro rockered skis are more playful and easier to butter I don't find them anymore difficult than traditional skis. Heck I even think boxes and rails are fun on my args
Jun 27 2012 10:50PM
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TimRiley
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I ski rockered skis in the park and have zero problems with them on rails or jumps. No difference for me on spins.
Jun 27 2012 10:52PM
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Pineal
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thanks for the help k+ for good responses

Jun 27 2012 10:54PM
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mophead
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dumb for jumps bigger than 40 ft
Jun 28 2012 10:41AM
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scarsimd
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They wash out on proper jumps! Keep that in mind!

Jun 28 2012 10:42AM
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.ZT.
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yep, good skis for all mountain though and they can butter very well. pretty fun, i got to demo a pair of Gotamas in the park and they were surprisingly fun!
Jun 28 2012 11:00AM
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Flowbear
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I use k2 domain and they have jib rocker. It makes surface swaps on rails easier and butters are alot funner. But they do feel a bit different first time using them but once u get used to them they're deffinatley better then regular skis.
Jun 28 2012 11:18AM
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scarsimd
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I blew out the edge on my domains and moved onto the afterbang, and i think afterbangs are the better ski!

Jun 28 2012 11:25AM
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Flowbear
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Yeah mine did the same thing. Within the first 2 months my sidewall blue out a bit and my edges were pretty much gone. i found that the abangs were to stiff.
Jun 28 2012 11:39AM
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freeskibum82
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i picked up the Sickles, which have jib tip and full rocker at 110mm under waist. We'll see how they do in the park.
Jun 28 2012 11:47AM
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SIMPLE.
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Ontop of earlier posts it's also easier to do surface switch ups
Jun 28 2012 2:18PM
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GrabsForFun
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I ride Armada Halos and they are slightly rokkered in the tail. They and many other sort of rockered skis are parkskis
Jun 28 2012 3:57PM
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CrotchKiller
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bullshit
Jun 28 2012 4:03PM
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Pretzel___Slaya
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I ride the surface one lifes in the park, now that i broke my true park skis. My only complaint is the weight, they weigh quite a bit more.
Jun 28 2012 4:06PM
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KillaSteeze
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how on earth do you find the abangs better then the domains? plus my domains have held up fine
Jun 28 2012 4:20PM
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Where-am-I
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i have a pair of 2012s, i've had plenty of fun on them but i definitely prefer a more stable, fully cambered ski. you can't quite lock into landing on rockered skis the same way as with cambered. also, if you live in an area with softer conditions you will enjoy rockered park skis much more than if you ski an ice bump.
Jun 28 2012 5:15PM
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SkiBrightonBadly
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On3p's FR.
Jun 28 2012 6:01PM
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garrett.
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get a stiffer rockered park ski, aka. moment vice, I have them and love them! still buttery with the rocker but stiff enough to be stable on any size jump.
Jun 28 2012 6:05PM
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finnafuckyobitch
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been riding the surface one lifes in the park for a few years now, couldnt have had a better experience with them, very fun for butters and swivels
Jun 28 2012 8:23PM
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ontapt
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I switched to rockered last season and had heard of this. You don't lose anything on jumps! especially if you get them a little bit longer than you would get if you got a chambered ski.
Jun 28 2012 8:25PM
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Aomame
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someone's 10
Jun 28 2012 10:15PM
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84891jnf92048
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Yeah, ON3P is the only company that makes rockered park skis, that must be who he's talking about.

But yeah, OP, I ski Scimitars, check out my review if you want to know what I think of them, overall I love em and you should get them.
Jun 29 2012 1:25AM
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scarsimd
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They blew out on the second day of using them! I had to buy two pairs of skis in three days! Fucking stupid. The abangs just suit my riding perfectly!

Jun 29 2012 4:38AM
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HolySchimmel
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Im rocking (haha) coreupt bangers, and they do pretty well in the park. As seen in this edit: https://www.newschoolers.com/watch/481997.0/Westward-Sea--2-Episode-5?t=6

Works pretty well for me too, although I didnt go on rails much so far, so I cant talk about that
Jun 29 2012 6:16AM
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Matt_Rossi
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Surface is coming out with a ski called the One Time for the park and it has 3 stage rocker, and like most surface's, the rocker is not only ridiculous, but also fun as hell. Apparently it helps sliding rails, and there stiff so you won't wash out on jumps easily

Jun 29 2012 6:43PM
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