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Armada Alpha or Line Chronic?

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mway2323
Posts: 29 - Karma: 46
lookin to get one of these skis! i ski 50% park and 50% all mountain, which would be better?

amd if i was to get either of them where should i mount my fks's on them?

help me out!
Dec 23 2013 9:55PM
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mway2323
Posts: 29 - Karma: 46
alpha x* my b
Dec 23 2013 10:17PM
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ThePierceStudios
Posts: 86 - Karma: 526
I have not skied the Armada Alpha's but I skied the Chronics last year and they are one of the best skis I have ever skied. I think they would be a good match for you 50, 50 skiing.
Dec 23 2013 10:29PM
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profa_212
Posts: 8949 - Karma: 36,479
If you are actually a 50/50 skier I would go a little wider. Like ~100mm. Look at the line blend or moment pb&j.
Dec 23 2013 10:53PM
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conradsolaka
Posts: 2 - Karma: 19
i have a line chronic for sale brand new never skid ill let go for 400 size 178
Dec 24 2013 12:02AM
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conradsolaka
Posts: 2 - Karma: 19
i have a line chronic for sale brand new never skid ill let go for 400 size 178
Dec 24 2013 12:02AM
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SkiTheYeast
Posts: 2310 - Karma: 391
If you beat the shit out of your skis go with armada the durability is almost unmatched i have 10 days of heavy park use mostly rails on my alpha x's not a single edge crack! after 5 days on my chronics i had 4 edge crack and after 20 days i was missing a 3inch chunk of edge missing.
Dec 24 2013 12:19PM
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Cotter
Posts: 2546 - Karma: 849
Line skis last around 40-50 days from past experience. Which is fine if you ski 10 days a season, less fine if you ski 50+ days a season
Dec 24 2013 3:17PM
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At0micski
Posts: 256 - Karma: 169
depends on where he lives.

east coast alpha and chronic but west coast those might work better.
Dec 24 2013 6:11PM
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Sanic
Posts: 21 - Karma: 34
Alpha
Dec 24 2013 6:25PM
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NPRM
Posts: 689 - Karma: 339
Go line chronic, you wont like how stiff the alphas are, and the chronics are a way more fun ski
Dec 24 2013 6:40PM
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Thadius.Castle
Posts: 1436 - Karma: 250
Love my Chronics, only ridden them a day but they killed it on a 10+ inch storm day. I couldn't ask for anything more, and after hitting a few hand rails the edges are fine.
Dec 24 2013 7:03PM
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G_Amato
Posts: 23 - Karma: 37
I have skied the alphas for a year now and i love them. Personally i would go with the Alphas X's because last years technology was pretty wicked. I cant see where you can go wrong with grabbing a pair.
Dec 25 2013 12:10AM
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Shlogan
Posts: 4942 - Karma: 430
Hey man I got the Alpha X in 182 early november and have gotten maybe 20 days on em? so id love to answer questions you got, because going into ordering the ski i was stoked to hear as much as i could bout em. also I watched Hornbeck skiing them in edits over, and over, and over haha. But yeah they are exactly what i wanted and could be the same for you.
Dec 25 2013 10:12AM
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