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Help me pick a ski NS

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TylerMacDonald
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Somehow I managed to almost destroy a pair of Rossignol Storms in less than a season. The ski in general held up great but the edges have a ton of cracks, dents and multiple spots on each ski that look like they're about to pull out.

I ski 80-90% park, 90% of that is rails. The skis I have to choose from are K2 domains, Iron Maidens, Chronic and Travelling Circus. I want something thats a little on the soft side, has durable edges and a low swing weight.
Apr 3 2013 9:00AM
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TylerMacDonald
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Also I`m 5'7`` weigh around 170 and I`m a more advanced skier. I don`t want a complete noodle for a ski, I could butter ar7`s fairly easily. The biggest jumps around here are about 40` so they`d need to be able to hold up on those as well.

If someone could number these skis from softest to stiffest it would be greatly appreciated.
Apr 3 2013 11:14AM
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pooptrack
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Traveling circus skis are really soft, so not for jumps bigger. Domains are the next softest skis, I've ridden them and can say that they aren't really soft though, they handle jumps pretty well but don't dampen landings super well and don't pop as much since they don't have much camber. This makes them awesome for rails though, like absolutely incredible. You can surface swap, shuffle and balance on rails like no other with this ski. The iron maiden/recoil is like the next level of the domain, it has a faster base, some camber, and it's unsymmetrical. It'll handle the mountain better and be better for jumps while sacrificing just a little bit on rails. The chronic is really similar to the recoil, it also has some rocker, camber, a faster base and isn't symmetrical. Line and k2 use the same materials so durability should remain similar. Hope this helps.
Apr 3 2013 11:43AM
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Park.
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quick thing though, I am pretty sure that the K2 iron maden has a crazy thick edge, like 3.5mm or something like that. not sure if all the other K2s have it or not, but just for the heads up that will help a ton with edge durability
Apr 3 2013 10:20PM
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theschneidler
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If you ski where I think you ski, go with the Chronics
Apr 3 2013 10:25PM
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