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When is fat to fat?

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jsnow
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So I was given the chance to buy some Rossignol Sickles and the guy said they are an amazing park ski, but they seem a little wide for park. Or is 111 not to fat for park now?
Feb 24 2014 9:26PM
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Abu_Hajaar
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Fat rockered skis are super trendy in the parks right now. Also gear talk
Feb 24 2014 9:28PM
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Heart
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200+ pounds is my cutoff.
Feb 24 2014 9:29PM
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SnowshoeThompson
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too*
it depends on how/what you ride in the park.
Feb 24 2014 9:31PM
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stinkypinky
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OP's mom
Feb 24 2014 9:33PM
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jsnow
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Feb 24 2014 9:35PM
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washparkdub
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lolololol
Feb 24 2014 9:59PM
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BrokenBones
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That ski is a super good "one-ski-quiver". If you can only get one ski it would be a great choice. Not exactly a "park ski", though it will handle jumps very well.
Feb 24 2014 10:01PM
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Parks.
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exactly this, i aint got time for thick bitches.
Feb 24 2014 10:18PM
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yangumane
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it's about 140 when they push the thick line
Feb 24 2014 10:22PM
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Parks.
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hey man, nothing wrong with a little extra butter ;)
Feb 24 2014 10:24PM
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KingGeedorah
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inb4 eheath jokes.
Feb 24 2014 10:31PM
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yangumane
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*cues Inspired edit*
Feb 24 2014 10:52PM
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srg_bchkv
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Yes, that's too wide, but you still can ride park. Chances are that you'll like it.
Feb 25 2014 12:03AM
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Blake.P
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you can ride any ski in the park if you really want to, but that is probably too big for a pure park ski. i would say anything up to 100 for a pure park ski, 100-115 for all mountain/one ski quiver, then 115 and over for pow skis is a (generally) good frame of reference IMO
Feb 25 2014 12:10AM
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Twig
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I'm going to weigh in on this because I've skied everything from 82-127 in the park and am (slowly) coming to a conclusion.

115 + is a powder ski. They are skiable in the park, it's fun occasionally but for every day it's a lot of weight to be hucking around, makes it way harder to learn most tricks and I flat out am too scared to try some tricks I know I can do due to fear of not getting them round.

100-115 is manageable as an every day park ski if you ski a certain way. For butters/presses/surface swaps this is a perfect size, for spinning on and off rails and bigger spins on jumps, this is still a big ski. I am currently riding Line Sir Francis Bacons as a 1 ski quiver and finding them a lot of fun 80% of the time, but limiting when I want to try a small handful of tricks.

90-100 is the perfect pure park ski size for most people. Narrow enough to not limit your spin tricks but wide enough to feel stable on rails doing surface swaps etc. Best of both worlds for me.

Feb 25 2014 7:42AM
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Deforestation
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Might as well go for some 140s (or just strap two snowboards to your feet)
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Feb 25 2014 9:17AM
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