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Best skis you've ever owned?

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Kebec
Posts: 627 - Karma: 74
i've owned crap skis that rust and break all the time, so i wanna hear from everyone else, and i might get an idea on good skis to buy
Aug 26 2012 3:48PM
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KillaSteeze
Posts: 3329 - Karma: 351
welll this is my current set up

POW: K2 Hellbents
Park: K2 Domains
Aug 26 2012 3:54PM
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Newschool_Pope
Posts: 2473 - Karma: 267
skid a ton of skis.

my favorite park ski is the atomic punx,
pow ski is the hellbent
Aug 26 2012 4:06PM
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saskskier
Posts: 4774 - Karma: 10,005
First generation K2 Fujatives. They were bombproof and fun because of how soft they were. I wish I hadn't given them away.
Aug 26 2012 4:26PM
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LC.
Posts: 5952 - Karma: 2,423
Explosivs.
Aug 26 2012 4:49PM
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50Kal
Posts: 2828 - Karma: 5,373
Sounds like a user problem and not the ski.

Need more information to be more useful. Your ability, your sizes, what kinda skiing your doing, where your skiing, ect......
Aug 26 2012 5:34PM
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Lt-Aldo-Raine
Posts: 2309 - Karma: 120
Rossi 08 ghetto scratches

I've put 3 hard years on them and they're still in tip top shape.
Aug 26 2012 6:12PM
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YouAllSuck
Posts: 632 - Karma: 1,177
i had some K2 Disordely's that i rode hard for three years, they worked well. The cores are completely shot, but they worked well for three seasons.

Aug 26 2012 6:27PM
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Twig
Posts: 6407 - Karma: 60,031
Line Sir Francis Bacon 11/12.
I ride them every day from urban to pow. They do it all, best ski I've owned for sure.
Aug 26 2012 6:51PM
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Caleb.E
Posts: 3556 - Karma: 1,015
same here, i have now moved on to the domains.. absolutely love them.
Aug 26 2012 7:02PM
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rozboon
Posts: 1642 - Karma: 868
I'm seriously digging my Ace of Spades Ti... durable as f*ck, stable, powerful for a park ski. Heaps of fun.
Aug 26 2012 10:37PM
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Mr_Hyde
Posts: 337 - Karma: 121
Line Skogens with the mono rail on them
Aug 26 2012 10:39PM
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Aiden-P
Posts: 1310 - Karma: 38
suspects, bombproof
Aug 26 2012 11:21PM
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rozboon
Posts: 1642 - Karma: 868
Not sure if troll or just new Suspects?
Aug 27 2012 12:37AM
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AndyGreen
Posts: 827 - Karma: 61
i agree havent used them for urban, but still a great ski
Aug 27 2012 1:03AM
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K-Dot.
Posts: 3739 - Karma: 7,737
if I didn't already have a pair of shiros I'd have these. fun skis
Aug 27 2012 1:05AM
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I_ski123
Posts: 421 - Karma: 24
renegades
Aug 27 2012 3:05AM
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VD.
Posts: 4054 - Karma: 4,565
To date my ON3P Caylors
Aug 27 2012 5:29AM
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Kebec
Posts: 627 - Karma: 74
ace of spades look pretty good, i'm looking for different skis to try out mainly for park
Aug 27 2012 10:01AM
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Crispy.
Posts: 6109 - Karma: 7,683
Liberty LTEs
Aug 27 2012 10:42AM
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FreezerKid
Posts: 744 - Karma: 274
.
Aug 27 2012 11:02AM
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ILB15
Posts: 39 - Karma: 21
every where: Rossi Scratch Brigades (black and white ones 92mm waist)
Aug 27 2012 11:26AM
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Dustin.
Posts: 13839 - Karma: 7,704
I still have a pair of AR5's is working order. Unbelievably tough.
Aug 27 2012 11:39AM
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Session
Posts: 5375 - Karma: 22,079
Up until this point I will say ON3P Caylor.
Aug 27 2012 12:44PM
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TACO-DOG.exe
Posts: 11988 - Karma: 12,261
my second pair of twin tips were invaders. i wish i had a pair in the right size so i could use them to their full ability but they were fun when i had them
Aug 27 2012 12:59PM
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PartyHon
Posts: 2019 - Karma: 425
punx fo sho fo park. really light

the dynastar big troubles 06' for everywhere. cause they can go through anything and are really durable

then for pow/big mountain=my bentchetlers. love those. like surfin through pow
Aug 27 2012 1:47PM
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WI_Personallty
Posts: 881 - Karma: 161
2013 thalls.
Aug 27 2012 3:02PM
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snakerton
Posts: 2434 - Karma: 1,977
i thought you just got those...?

also hellbents. my favorite ski
Aug 27 2012 3:20PM
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k2andcannoli
Posts: 644 - Karma: -36

Park: OG dumonts 181

Crap: Lib Tech NAS Freeride 185

Pow: Nordica Blower 185; Atomic Bentchetler 192

Aug 27 2012 3:27PM
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PON3
Posts: 3817 - Karma: 783
Line skogens. Still shredding them!
Aug 27 2012 3:41PM
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K-Dot.
Posts: 3739 - Karma: 7,737
2014 tommy whamsticks are better.
Aug 27 2012 3:51PM
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WI_Personallty
Posts: 881 - Karma: 161

Why yes i did, but considering my old skis were 2011 clicks and I wasn't very happy with the pair of skis I picked up on an off season sale where I got them for 200 bucks with bindings. So you tell me which you know is best. 2013 Thalls or 2011 full cap clicks.

Aug 27 2012 4:10PM
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th0rduden
Posts: 1 - Karma: 10
Just got Armada AR5, so i hope they're dope!
Aug 27 2012 4:15PM
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WI_Personallty
Posts: 881 - Karma: 161
you just got the ar5? Are you sure it's not the throwback ar7. Those skis are ten years old.
Aug 27 2012 4:32PM
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I_Am_Mod
Posts: 13214 - Karma: 3,753
scott p4, not really a playful ski, but has a very modest design, regular camber, 108mm underfoot but is stiff as fuck, titanal reinforced core, i cracked mine in multiple places and had a ripped out binding but i still ride em and up until last season they were my go to ski whenever i got difficult conditions on the mountain, these things are at their prime when you're skiing stuff that other people hate/struggle with which makes these babies awesome !

and also a honorably mention of my coreupt TJ schillers for being amazingly stable at high speeds and being insane poppy, after a season riding they still look like they're only a week old !

i'd also like to add my ep pros to the list, but although they're holding up and are amazingly fun, i have trouble calling them my 'best' skis ....
Aug 27 2012 5:15PM
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XtRemE11
Posts: 5680 - Karma: 246
OG kung fujas, before they had rocker and were pretty much flat, or very little camber. easily the best ski ive ever owned for park and just all around fun. just the perfect combination of perfect things making a perfect ski.
i usually like soft skis because i like to butter and use a lot of the skis flex, but these werent soft, it was like just stiff enough to be stable on big gnarly landings, but for ollies and butters and jibbing around the flex was perfect, like it was soft enough so it didnt take much effort to get into a butter, but stiff enough so that once you had the ski flexed, it gave a super good platform to pop out, hold it, not wash out, whatever. its not just the stiffness being so good, its how much it flexed, and where the ski started to get stiffer as it flexed more, and how much stiffer it became. made ollies, butters, popping off small and big jumps and everything so good.

that and the weight was perfect, light enough to be able to spin super fast if you want, but heavy enough to not feel like your wearing twigs and give you a floaty stable feeling in the air.

Fuck it actually really gets to me thinking about it because i know they dont make it anymore, it made skiing that much fun. i bought the 2010 fujas and its just nowhere near the same ski.

K2 if your reading this, make that ski again!


Aug 27 2012 6:44PM
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DUKES
Posts: 5150 - Karma: 691
pretty sure you can still buy the og fujas on untracked
Aug 27 2012 6:55PM
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XtRemE11
Posts: 5680 - Karma: 246
no thats the 2010, with camber underfoot and rocker tip/tail.
Aug 27 2012 6:58PM
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DUKES
Posts: 5150 - Karma: 691
yeah i just checked. they had the 2009s a month ago. i loved them heavy or not they were "dah-bomb''
Aug 27 2012 7:00PM
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Balto
Posts: 25985 - Karma: 4,404
08/09 191 on3p wren has been my favorite ski ever for the past few seasons, but that title was transfered to my 12/13 191 BG's at the end of last season. I love both equally
Aug 27 2012 7:05PM
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LC.
Posts: 5952 - Karma: 2,423
Yes! I still have some 08/09 Fujas as my park and cruising ski. 189 (really 195) and no rocker, perfect. They're pretty soft though dude. I generally don't like how K2s ski at all, but in a soft ski like this they feel nice.
Aug 28 2012 1:28AM
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XtRemE11
Posts: 5680 - Karma: 246
im used to skiing invaders, ep's etc.. i always have liked/skiied soft skis, so really the fujas was pretty damn stiff compared to those, i somehow pulled out of many shitty/backseat landings on 60-70 footers and the skis never gave out, felt plenty stiff for that type of stuff.
Aug 28 2012 1:42AM
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Ryanvdonk
Posts: 12811 - Karma: 1,971
the prototype JMOS i owned for 3 season before one snapped. i loved those things, stiff, charged pow and crud, but since they were more centered could still take them in the park and float some big 3s. only thing i would have changed was a slight tweak with the rocker...think the jeffery on steroids
Aug 28 2012 3:21AM
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SkiTheYeast
Posts: 2310 - Karma: 390
Atomic punx for park
Aug 28 2012 11:14AM
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CoryFlynn
Posts: 427 - Karma: 185
For pow id have to say the Line 10/11 Sir Francis Bacons
Aug 28 2012 3:54PM
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Chlamydia
Posts: 499 - Karma: 14
yep
Aug 28 2012 7:08PM
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traylortrash
Posts: 1935 - Karma: 2,450
I've owned multiple pairs of thalls, love that ski... liked my ar6's too, armada makes quality skis.
Aug 28 2012 7:30PM
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MothaHucker
Posts: 4678 - Karma: 2,591

park skis: RMU wiscos

pow skis: icelantic gypsies

Aug 28 2012 7:43PM
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SamtheEagle
Posts: 1658 - Karma: 713
JJ's. If i could only have one pair of skis those would easily be my choice
Aug 29 2012 10:00PM
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K-Dot.
Posts: 3739 - Karma: 7,737
i realllllllllllly wanted the gypsies so bad this year but ended up finding a better deal on some shiros which are very similar. but do you love your gypsies? i've pretty much been drooling over them since they were announced, such a sick ski
Aug 29 2012 10:38PM
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MothaHucker
Posts: 4678 - Karma: 2,591
only rode them for a few deep days up in CO, but yes. they are far and away the best pow ski I have ridden (I have ridden a fair amount of pow skis) mostly because they have a ton of float, they are buttery and fun to throw around, super playful, but can also charge as hard as I wanted them to and can rail groomers because the sidecut corresponds with the rocker. You should find a pair to demo if you can.
Aug 29 2012 10:42PM
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