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Sir Francis Bacon in the park?

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Afeld
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I am planing on getting some SFB. I am not planning on spending the majority of time in the park, but will they be good for an occasional day or lap?
Nov 24 2012 2:00PM
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Monsieur_Patate
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I read here on NS a guy talking about his and saying that he was surprised how well the Bacons were doing in the park, easy to spin and holding up on landings. I haven't tried those, so it's not first hand info, but I figured it could help. I'm sorry I couldn't find the original thread, I tried, but it was months ago..
Nov 24 2012 3:40PM
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iffe
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I haven't tried the new Bacons, but I occasionally ski park on the Opus. They're pretty fun in park. I also had the previous Bacons and had a lot of fun in park with those too.
Nov 24 2012 4:01PM
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Twig
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I skied 95% park on the Bacons last year. They are a little heavy to do fast spinny tricks but for the odd laps they will be perfect. I'm thinking about getting another pair as my daily park ski, either that or Blends.
Nov 24 2012 5:23PM
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geist
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there is some edit kicking around of a scandi kid killin it on bacons on park and urban but he's probably good on any ski ;/
Nov 24 2012 6:29PM
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ben_ciapp
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Nice Sugarbush is the shit!!!

I've skied the SFB they are great on the jumps, but on rails all you can do is hop on slide the rail and hop off, any real tricks are completely out of the question, because off there width.
Nov 24 2012 8:13PM
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Twig
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not true sorry dude, I ski mostly rails on mine and have no problems spinning on and off, doing swaps etc.
Nov 25 2012 5:37AM
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LEATH
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go for it. I have some old FSB's and they are sweet. I'm not a great park skier by anymeans but they work for me. I'm thinking about taking the EPpros out for a few days this winter for some park laps.
Nov 28 2012 1:37PM
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XtRemE11
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i ski mine in the park quite a bit, they are definitely good park skis, good on jumps, rails they are a tad heavy/big, but im not into gettin wiked techy anyway. like every fucking rockered ski i ski though i just wish they were flat underfoot. i dont really like the feel they have when popping off jumps, and any buttery fun advantage the rocker would give you is kinda screwed by the camber. honestly, it feels like a big normal park ski, i wish it felt like a mini ep or hellbent.
Nov 28 2012 3:31PM
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XtRemE11
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someone, link to edit??
Nov 28 2012 3:38PM
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karky
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i don't mean to jack the thread, but i'm curious how tall you all are and what size bacon's you ride.

anybody over 6'2" riding the 184?
Nov 28 2012 5:08PM
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willyg0808
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Super sturdy with landings, but they're going to blow for rails. You can't detune/bevel underfoot because thats really your only effective edge because of early rise
Nov 28 2012 5:17PM
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Peach.
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My elizabeths were the shit in the park. So much fun.
Nov 28 2012 5:18PM
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NToTheZ
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Nov 28 2012 5:21PM
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NToTheZ
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^bacon
Nov 28 2012 5:22PM
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karky
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i love that edit.

so short, so much style.
Nov 28 2012 8:46PM
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radish
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bumping, as I am curious about this myself.

I am 5'10" 145 lbs. and trying to decide between the 178 or 184. I could get a great deal on the 178, I just don't want them to be to short.
Sep 1 2013 11:25PM
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geist
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what are u gunna use them for? everything? 178 wld be fine im sure, i am about 5'9'' and i had the opus a couple years ago at 178. they were definitely big enough for pow/bc so a 178 bacon wld prob do u fine for all mountain
Sep 2 2013 7:37AM
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radish
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Yeah I would be using them for everything. Pretty much my everyday ski, except deep snow days. leaning toward the 178 for sure
Sep 2 2013 5:55PM
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geist
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http://vimeo.com/69342669
e.g of bacon in park
Sep 10 2013 2:51PM
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