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PE's in pow?

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meb9486
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I know the PE's are great for all-mtn and park but how do they handle in pow, im heading out to copper in January and was wondering how they are for skiing steep/deep, pow and trees?
thanks -matt
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Oct 20 2004 1:04PM
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eljefe
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Last march I went to utah to look at college, but I thought Id get a day of skiing in too. Since it was march I went ahead and took my PE's only to show up with 15 inches of freshies. The PE's skied like champs and I was almost happy I had skinny skies, cause it made everything feel really deep. So to answer your question...yes they ski great in pow. I have mine mounted forward too.
Oct 20 2004 2:08PM
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BennyB
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PEs are awesome in pow, i was in colorado last year and there was like 2 feet of snow...and they did great in em

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Oct 20 2004 2:30PM
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meb9486
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sweet to hear
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Oct 20 2004 2:37PM
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huckster989
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yeah I skied mainly on the PEs this last year and they do great in the pow but i mean they are no fat powder ski but they will get you where you need to go and you'll have a blast while you do it with them


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Oct 20 2004 2:53PM
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saucerboy84
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agreed, the tip is so fat it works really well in keeping the skis up
Oct 20 2004 2:57PM
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ski_Crystal
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what do you guys have them mounted at then??
i'm getting mine remounted (was thinking about +4 or +5) and was wondering how far is too far forward
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Oct 20 2004 3:17PM
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B-Flip
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dope in pow
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Oct 20 2004 4:19PM
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EastCoastPride
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Yep yep they're great in powder. Like somebody else said, the tips are reallly fat so it helps the flotation factor by a power of 9 MHz/sec. I skied them at Alta last Christmas when it snowed 7 feet in 5 days and I couldn't have been happier with them.


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Oct 20 2004 4:50PM
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meb9486
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oh man now that i know they will be good i cant wait to get out there, Im goin with the purdue ski and snowboard club. if anyone else here is going let me know
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Oct 20 2004 4:56PM
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Tosh
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i have thme mounted at +3 and skied pow all year at baker whistler etc and they worked awsome for me and where good in park too
Oct 20 2004 5:06PM
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saucerboy84
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yep +3 for me too
Oct 21 2004 4:11PM
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EastCoastPride
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+2 for me.


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Oct 21 2004 4:12PM
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+7 bitches
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Oct 21 2004 4:26PM
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snow_pro_jibber
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just got em mounted at +5
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Oct 21 2004 6:06PM
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ski_Crystal
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once again... i want mine at +5, will that work ok in powder or will it hard to keep the tips afloat??
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Oct 21 2004 7:13PM
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boeski
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depends on the size...if you have 169's +5 is good, if you have 179 mount more like +7. thats ski is awesome in powder no worries.

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Oct 21 2004 7:39PM
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ski_Crystal
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ok, thanks that's great to hear. by the way, i have the 169s
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Oct 21 2004 8:27PM
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saucerboy84
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i hope +7 is a joke, isnt that forward of center?
Oct 22 2004 4:22PM
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SnowCoast
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I think +7.5 is center, so 7 is just about center. Not sure if its exact core center, but thats relatively close. I remember someone saying exact center is +12.5, not sure though.
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Oct 22 2004 4:24PM
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+7 is centre for most skis, for the pe + 7 is the balance point but not the exact centre and no i wasnt joking
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Oct 22 2004 4:38PM
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+2 or 3 is just about perfect for all skiing genres
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Oct 22 2004 4:56PM
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meb9486
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mine are at + 3, and +7.5 is core center
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Oct 22 2004 6:22PM
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saucerboy84
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hmm, for some reason i thought it was +6, +7 seven is prolly pretty nice for park and rails...
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