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Surface no times?

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applejuice205
Posts: 76 - Karma: 71
Hey guys, im able to get some surface no times for super cheap, and i want to hear your thoughts on them. I know there are already threads on this, but people say they suck for no particular reason and im curious to hear why
Jan 21 2013 6:26PM
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tdollo
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They snap in no time
Jan 21 2013 9:25PM
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applejuice205
Posts: 76 - Karma: 71
have you owned a pair? im mainly asking for feedback of people who have actually owned them, not people on ns just following the trend and dissing surface
Jan 21 2013 10:05PM
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Park.
Posts: 2480 - Karma: 4,582
No personal experience but a ton of people had them at my local hill (just surface skis in general) and by now only a few people havent snapped them or had issues with them. All of the others got different skis.
Jan 21 2013 10:08PM
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~Gotama~
Posts: 821 - Karma: 3,160
i have them and love them, they havent snapped yet
Jan 21 2013 10:12PM
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applejuice205
Posts: 76 - Karma: 71
^thank you, how long have you had them, and do you do alot of jibbing, jumps, etc
Jan 21 2013 10:25PM
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VersaceCockring
Posts: 366 - Karma: 638
I had a pair as my first park ski. But I eventually needed something with a wider underfoot.
Jan 22 2013 2:45AM
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Obie.
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I owned a pair two seasons ago and they snapped in a week. I'm not sure how much changes they have done to strengthen the core or whatever since.
Jan 22 2013 7:58AM
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~Gotama~
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i got them at the beginning of this season. i do pretty much all rails but some small jumps too. i do a lot of tail presses and nose butters but they seem to handle it just fine. surface claimed to have fixed the snapping issue on their 2011 skis.
Jan 22 2013 10:19AM
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applejuice205
Posts: 76 - Karma: 71
cool, im probably guna get some of the skullcandy no times.  theyre only like $170 on the house
Jan 22 2013 11:45AM
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GrumpisPringle
Posts: 630 - Karma: 728
on the first day my friends pair was chipped realy realy bad... just get some abangs or something
Jan 23 2013 12:46AM
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Park.
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ha abangs are gay and suck
Jan 23 2013 9:11AM
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Park.
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ha abangs are gay and suck
Jan 23 2013 9:11AM
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applejuice205
Posts: 76 - Karma: 71
amen to that, i was going for a lighter ski and the weight difference between anthems and afterbangs is negligible.  no times are 2 lbs lighter than both
Jan 23 2013 11:57AM
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Lil_Crit
Posts: 79 - Karma: 13
Bought a pair of 2012's for this season and been using them on the dails.

Pros:Poppy, fast, stiff, light, earlyrise makes it very had to catch an edge, the edges are pretty durable

Cons:chips so easily, wish they were just a little more buttery

All in all I bought them for $160 on the clymb and most definitely am getting my moneys worth. They honestly don't ever feel like they are going to snap, if you snap these skis you probably land back seat too much/ suck balls.
Jan 23 2013 12:09PM
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applejuice205
Posts: 76 - Karma: 71
its about dam time i got a first hand opinion, thats what i wanted to hear.  and i doubt its as easy as people make it out to be to snap a ski
Jan 23 2013 12:15PM
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Kimmler
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my friend had a pair at the beginning of the season. snapped them within a week of riding them. from what he said surface wouldn't replace them either, just give him some money off a new pair. i don't care how hard you ride a pair of skis they shouldn't snap that easily.
Jan 23 2013 1:40PM
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applejuice205
Posts: 76 - Karma: 71
Thats also true, but i dont do jumps bigger than 10 feet, i mainly got them for jibbing



Jan 23 2013 3:37PM
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Kimmler
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yeah at the time when he had them it was early season in pa, no jumps at all.
Jan 23 2013 3:39PM
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applejuice205
Posts: 76 - Karma: 71
How did he break them? If you overflex skis right when you get them theyl snap, you need to soften up the wood so it becomes softer, ie less chance of snapping
Jan 23 2013 4:49PM
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applejuice205
Posts: 76 - Karma: 71
^oops, i meant break in the skis by taking it easy on them for a few uses, so it wil then soften them up. same concept as a flexible longboard. its stiff when you get it but becomes flexy

Jan 23 2013 5:30PM
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j_hamborg
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I have skied mine for two seasons with no issues. I grabbed a pair of Blanks now but I still have my no times for urban! They are rad.
Jan 23 2013 5:58PM
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applejuice205
Posts: 76 - Karma: 71
it seems to just be the luck of the draw. or it could be what i said, you cant go hard right when you get them, which is the more likely answer, ill probably end up being alright. ill post something if they break or whatever, i doubt they will.
Jan 23 2013 6:09PM
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llambert
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How cheap? If you ski park hard then you got about a year on them, I own a pair as beater skis, they're super light not bad to ride but once the edges go which mine have they're hard to ride, especially on ice
Summary if you can get a new pair for like 175 or less its prolly worth it to you
Jan 23 2013 6:43PM
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applejuice205
Posts: 76 - Karma: 71
yep, 175 on the house boardshop. also came with free skullcandy headphones and free 2 day shipping, i cant go wrong really
Jan 23 2013 6:59PM
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Lil_Crit
Posts: 79 - Karma: 13
I just wanted to let you know man in the surface noise thread they explained that the skullcandy collabs and the blue and yellow skis are a year apart. The blue and yellow ones are the improved version you should go for those
Jan 24 2013 3:53PM
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applejuice205
Posts: 76 - Karma: 71
Shit, already got em. Maybe after these break xD
Jan 24 2013 5:05PM
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applejuice205
Posts: 76 - Karma: 71
update: took them out yesterday. if they wouldve broken, they wouldve broken then because i did a few 180s off some jumps and i pretty much landed straight on the noses. they get my aproval, not to mention theyre super light
Jan 28 2013 6:25PM
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PaperClipSteeze
Posts: 215 - Karma: 382
just picked up the same skis, curious to see how they hold up
Feb 26 2013 10:28PM
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Flacko
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i like them, i like my double times better because you can ski so much more on them.
Feb 26 2013 11:17PM
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applejuice205
Posts: 76 - Karma: 71
whoah its been forever since ive been on here. anyways, still havent snapped, but the topsheet on one of the skis started to come off on the tip. i just glued it back on. like i said awhile ago, for 175 bucks these are sick if youre looking for some really light skis
Dec 5 2013 9:59PM
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