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Line blend vs surface watch life

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travman39
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I'm 210 pounds 6 feet tall want either 178 line blends the green and black ones or I can get surface watch life's in size 173 these are for days where I wanna hit pow in morning for a few runs and want park after it's tracked out without switching from my hell bents toy nordica ace of spaces
Sep 24 2013 9:54PM
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bigdipper50
Posts: 68 - Karma: 39
watch life for sure!!! They have the nice blunted tips and ride really nice all over the mountain

line skis have slow bases. I have a friend who rides blends and he says that there is really nothing special about them
Sep 24 2013 10:09PM
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travman39
Posts: 1060 - Karma: 28
Watch life's would be less park oriented tho and stiffer? I'm scared to get surface skis after my double times snapped and were stiff as a 2x4
Sep 24 2013 10:11PM
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Rheptar
Posts: 132 - Karma: -8
i currently ride the watch lifes and once u get ridding on them they break in and slay. U can throw down mad hard in the park with these for sure.

But when u do get fresh pow with these they rip so hard u probs wont wanna go into the park that day lol
Sep 24 2013 10:14PM
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No.Quarter
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They both have slow bases, in fact, surface is probably slower across the board because they use extruded in all their sis excluding the LAB series. I would still go with surface though because they are a smaller brand.
Sep 24 2013 10:14PM
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bigdipper50
Posts: 68 - Karma: 39
^ i agree with u on that. Ull like the watch life especailly since ur a big dude. The extra width under foot should help u out alot and the skis shouldnt break. Double times are like notorious for breaking

go surface
Sep 24 2013 10:17PM
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Pipe_Munky
Posts: 10888 - Karma: 2,184
Blend!
Sep 25 2013 9:42AM
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El_Barto.
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I have watch lifes and green lifes and i love that ski
Sep 25 2013 11:14AM
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jstorrs
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Simple Answer:
Want the skis to hold up? Go Line.
Want the skis to fall apart? Go Surface.

Sep 25 2013 7:00PM
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El_Barto.
Posts: 11661 - Karma: 24,346
No. Shut the fuck up newb
Sep 26 2013 1:06AM
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JahFeels
Posts: 779 - Karma: 587
the blends are pretty floppy compared to the watch lifes
Sep 26 2013 1:19PM
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ben_ciapp
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my question is why would you want 178's... when i was 5'10 190lb i loved the 185's! your larger your gonna want the longer ones!
Sep 26 2013 10:16PM
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travman39
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I want a shorter ski cuz both my other skis are pretty long
Sep 27 2013 12:52AM
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jjdsteeze
Posts: 2562 - Karma: 4,135
Surface all the way
Sep 29 2013 7:38AM
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spstevens
Posts: 123 - Karma: 105
I am 6 ft 175 and ride the 179 blends and have had them for 3 seasons now, really like them and use them for the park and just playing around the rest of my home "mountain"
Sep 29 2013 1:04PM
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Mr_pretzel
Posts: 4616 - Karma: 1,290
Having spent quite some time on both.
Two pretty different skis.

Blends are soft, fun, more of a play-ski. They wont charge in the same way and require more finesse while skiing in crappy conditions. They still float, and carve really nicely. Amazing ski, but after they changed the flex i wouldn't really call them all mtn skis anymore.

Watchlifes are stiffer and something that can go anywhere. They are poppy and energetic but not playful and buttery like the blends.

Also fuck surfaces durability.


And why go 178? Your 6 feet 210 there isn't a ski length out there that should intimidate you. You could 190s for park and be fine.
Sep 29 2013 5:59PM
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M.M
Posts: 1696 - Karma: 4,494
id say on3p jeronimos for you, i have blends and they are pretty playful for me and i weigh 140, and i would never trust surface just cause friends skis durability. on3p's are so durable and so fun to ski, i have never ridden jmos but all other on3ps ive been on have been amazing
Sep 29 2013 6:43PM
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TheDetectives
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neither of those are even close to long enough
Jan 8 2014 9:59PM
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