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Alpha 1's or Halo's

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ABalls
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I ski in the east at Holiday Valley where it is a sheet of ice 50% of the time. I take about 20 park laps for every non park lap. Which ski should I get?
Apr 27 2013 7:44PM
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Freeskier_boi
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I would recommend the Alpha for u!
Apr 27 2013 7:46PM
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ABalls
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Thanks man. Thats what I was thinking just cuz they were stiffer and that they would be more stable on hard pack.
Apr 27 2013 7:49PM
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Freeskier_boi
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Your totally right dude!
Apr 27 2013 10:45PM
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jmasterp
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Height, weight, ability level, and what types of things you hit in the park (rails, jumps etc)? What skis you have now, and what you like/don't like about them. These would help us a lot more!
Apr 28 2013 7:46PM
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ABalls
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6'2, 185 lbs, advanced skill level, going into my 4th year of park. I would say 85% rails to 15% jumps. Right now I have 176 cm ar7's and love them but they are a bit stiff and are heavier.
Apr 28 2013 10:08PM
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mlp
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Dude are you kidding me? Alphas and ar7's are the same stiffness, if u think the ar7s are to stiff get the halos
Apr 29 2013 9:49AM
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Park.
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u should consider a full camber ski or something with only early rise because the shape of both of your choices is not really ideal for icy or hard skiing conditions. you should look at el reys or something like that
Apr 29 2013 11:12AM
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ABalls
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I was more concerned about the swing weight of the ski. I considered the alpha 1 skis because their stiffness would have performed better on the ice.
Apr 29 2013 12:49PM
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ABalls
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What about the T Halls?
Apr 29 2013 12:51PM
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mlp
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the swing weight is about the same on all of them. And how did the ar7s preform on the ice?
Apr 29 2013 2:37PM
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Park.
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as far as ice goes, great, but they have a ton of camber which is great for popping but not so much for switchups and stuff so it of course will be amazing on everything but I think the El Rey or maybe some other ski like K2 would be better suited for what you are looking at
Apr 29 2013 5:19PM
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ABalls
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Pretty good at first. Towards the end of the season I was sliding all over the place because my edges were detuned. They are the best ski I have ever owned though.
Apr 29 2013 9:15PM
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ABalls
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Thanks! I'll check out the k2 lineup then.
Apr 29 2013 9:16PM
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