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Best park ski for technical rail tricks

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werd.
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Not too concerned about the flex, although if I had to choose I'd pick something on the softer side. A low swing weight is probably my number one priority, and I want a ski that's extremely easy to scissor with on rails
Jan 20 2014 7:51PM
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dilly
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line afterdicks
Jan 20 2014 7:53PM
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werd.
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I've heard they're really heavy?
Jan 20 2014 7:54PM
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BackseatBrah
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Ya they are go with the Pillow Line 403s, they flex like an undercooked rigatoni
Jan 20 2014 7:56PM
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dilly
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ya that was a joke but on a serious note, I heard the future spins were wicked light which might help?
Jan 20 2014 7:56PM
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werd.
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I've been thinking about the future spins, they seem like a pretty sick ski
Jan 20 2014 8:16PM
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BackseatBrah
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It's 8:28
Jan 20 2014 8:28PM
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smoothie_juice
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Future spins are actually pretty heavy. If you are really set on a light ski, go with faction kennedy's or filthy rich ON3P's. Both great and light. Filthy rich is a little rockered which could help potentially.
Feb 3 2014 6:40PM
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The_OG_Parkrat
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Filthy richs are a pretty good ski if you mainly want park I have heard they aren't the best all mountain ski but if you only ski park you will be fine.
Feb 3 2014 7:01PM
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MartianMan
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U mean ON3P Filthy Rich's*

But yeah Faction makes a lightweight version of the Kennedy's called the Candide 1.0, and they are unbelievably light.
Feb 3 2014 8:02PM
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MontanaMuggin
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Surface blanks. Crazy light
Feb 3 2014 8:31PM
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kung_powpow
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Armada t halls
Feb 4 2014 10:25AM
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_Mack
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Line chronics are a great rail ski, I find them to be really light and easy to throw tricks on, but I'm coming off k2 domains, and there a little wider to which I like
Feb 4 2014 6:31PM
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patt.
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I have 'em there not as flexy as the other skis mentioned
Feb 4 2014 6:40PM
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MontanaMuggin
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There pretty stiff yeah
Feb 4 2014 8:14PM
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coby
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icelantic da'nollies would be my choice. Pretty mcuh what you want, super light, on the softer side, low swing weight
Feb 4 2014 10:55PM
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kung_powpow
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OP said he wasn't too interested in how flexy they are. The t halls are on the softer side, and they have a low swing weight. 2.5 edges are nice on rails and I have about 30 days on mine with 0 edge cracks
Feb 6 2014 2:25PM
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werd.
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I have it narrowed down to either Domains or Filthy Riches. Anyone have personal experience with either of these? I'm leaning toward the Filthy Riches because of the good things I've heard about weight and durability
Feb 6 2014 4:28PM
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The_OG_Parkrat
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My friend has rode domains he kept them for a season he regretted buying them from the moment he snapped into them they were not what he was expecting they did not hold up either I have no experience with the filthy riches but I have heard nothing bad about them.
Feb 7 2014 12:41PM
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tomPietrowski
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I wopuld not say either ski your looking at will be exactly what your after. You want somthing fairly narrow, mid flex and low swing weight. If you want to go ON3P maybe look prestor instead.

The Thall is a good call, nice and soft and pretty light.

The Punx would be good too, one of the lightest skis out. Also look infamous if you prefer a softer ski.

The Faction Candide could alsdo be worth a look.

From Line the futre spin will be your best bet, but its not a great ski, certainly not the same level as the other skis I mentioned.

Hope that helps let me know if you have any questions.
Feb 7 2014 12:45PM
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RubberSoul
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i know it's sorta obnoxious when people quote stuff and say "this" but i want to emphasize that this is a spot on post, listen to him
Feb 7 2014 3:34PM
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kung_powpow
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This
Feb 7 2014 5:43PM
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Kreech
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Why wouldn't the FR be a good choice. I would say it's an arguably better rail ski than the prester for two reasons: the first is that it's fully symmetrical so it'll have a super even swing weight for swaps and whatnot. Also, it's rockered, which will make presses, butters on, and surface swaps MUCH easier. It's also softer and more forgiving. I would take the FR over the prester as a pure park ski any day as long as I wasn't hitting jumps over like 50 feet (which I'm not). The prester will probably have a slight edge in terms of pure carving performance, but any time there's fresh snow, the rocker on the FR will be very nice to have.
Feb 7 2014 8:09PM
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tomPietrowski
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I would agree its prob a better jib ski but the op said he wants a tech rail trick ski. To me that is big spins on and off and switch ups ect. For that a ski with full camber will offer better pop on and also be much more stable on landings. Now if it's slower jib stuff butters, surface swaps ect then a ski with some rocker may be better. So it comes down to what the op wants to do.
Feb 8 2014 4:18AM
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yangumane
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I'm also looking into buying FRs for next season and I just wanted to say I've looked all over and I haven't heard a singles negative thing about them
Feb 8 2014 12:40PM
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