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Most butteriest, softest, playful, light ski for rails?
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Hi as title says I am wanting your opinions on an all park ski that will kill it on rails and some jumps, primarily just rails, and one that is really super soft, thanks for your help.
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Atomic punx are pretty tits
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sounds good but want more opinions plz
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line traveling circus ski
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Scott jib TW is very fun on rails
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line blends are really buttery and such and ive been riding them hard on rails and they are great for anything
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K2 Press is a decent budget choice. Super buttery, no camber though so they are unstable at speed. Great for rails, shit for anything bigger than medium jumps though.
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Caravan sb 100, el dentes, halos
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k2 presses are complete shit. I would only think about buying them if I knew nothing about buying skis.
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Sure they are cap construction but why would you go with complete shit? A ski that cost me 150 dollars and has put up with a summer of beating and the start of the season with out a single issue.
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They are like the K2 equivalent of Line Masterminds. It's just not really a good price point ski, which is what it should be marketed as. It's such a beginner ski, that should be the extent of what its used as.
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I remember my first year skiing
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Thanks for the useful and well thought out answer that totally answered my question. Dick.
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Haha what the fuck? You're an asshole, don't question other peoples choices.
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Atomic infamous super good price too
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This. I'd say they've grown pretty fast to be the best price point ski in the market, and for good reason. Atomic found a winning formula and it's great. They didn't cut corners and when a company makes a ski that is marketed more towards beginners, corners are often cut.
That being said the Infamous is pretty light/playful. It's rather soft compared to the Punx and its a little more agile.
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ok, got it down to 3, on3p filthy rich, k2 domain, or atomic infamous, which one is overall best for rails?
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No ones said anything about a filthy rich.. From what I've heard they are definetly not anywhere near the softest ski..
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Domain would be probably best for rails, infamous and filthy rich for rails AND jumps. FR will probably hold up better than the others though.
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I got the l-toros, was looking for pretty much the same thing you are. They're super playful, love to pop around, slash and be skiied aggressive. Really good mix of minimal camber and super slight early rise makes them feel super consistant on jumps, don't catch, and feel really poppy.
Easy to get the tips and tails flexing, but takes a bit of effort to really butter them and flex them a lot, so they're still super stable on jumps, but you can butter them super easy too.
I'd look at the salomon remix too, flexed them in a shop and they seemed awesome, medium soft flex and pretty big rocker.
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Got pick up some og invaders. Or the old Atomic Urban Punx they were super soft
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Which ski would be close to L-toros flex wise? Domains, Punx (old or new), Thalls, Al Dente, TC?
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Just by hand flexing those skis, I'd say close to t-halls, maybe a little stiffer than domains. Al dentes actually felt pretty stiff.
The difference between the l toro and other soft skis I've ridden is that it's really soft initially. Super easy to initiate presses and butters, and load the tails up to pop. But they get to a point and really stiffen up, which gives you a good platform to lean on when your buttering or pressing, and allows you to really get aggressive with how big you butter and press.
Where something like my invaders or joysticks would be soft initially, and stay soft throughout the flex, made them easy as he'll to flex the crap out if them, but they basically folded over on higher speed or bigger butters and stuff.
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The Al Dente's are NOT THAT SOFT. People like to say they're super soft but I'd say they're more of a healthy medium flex. Very fun ski though which I would recommend for park and all mountain skiing.
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Thank you, it was very helpful.
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yes, domains, atomic infamous (more similar to last years punx then this years) line blends are awesome and a little more versitile, also, the nordica soul rider is similar to blends, another fat soft ski would be the Dynastar Slicer, this ski has an amazing flex pattern and great pop
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pon2oons. jk line invaders or anthems
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last years atomic punx softest skis ive ever ridden
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I love my Line Sir Francis Bacons for that although they are a lot wider than any true park skis.
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Line Blends.They are rockered and have super soft tips/tails
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Well if you'd be kind enough to tell us where we can find a pair we would be very grateful.
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last years line masterminds are the actual shit so light and they flex like a motherfucker
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Al Dente by far the best park ski out there, so much fun to rip on, butters and presses are so easy... best skis i've ever rode, go swoop sum up
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It's a great ski, but OP wants soft. Al Dente is not really soft in the tail.
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just an FYI to people posting in this thread: if a ski has decent rocker / early rise, it is usually a stiffer ski. if there was a super soft completely rockered ski, it would get speed wobbles insanely quick
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so rocker makes the ski more stiff? i thought camber does that?
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Fat-ypus is all that needs to be said. Try some G-butters. Soft ski, super playful, holds its own on big jumps, and is indestructible.
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I really love my Joysticks. really soft and light. Kill it everywhere. Topsheet chips kinda easy but it doesn't really bother me.
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ninthward true twin. absolutely love mine. the only problem would be finding a pair to buy
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No, he's saying that most rockered skis aren't soft because the tips would flap around and the ski would feel unstable at high speed. Rocker in itself doesn't have anything to do with the flex of the ski, nor does camber.
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