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Afterbangs?

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coen_bida
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Are the 2014 line afterbangs a good ski?
Mar 6 2014 8:19PM
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RyCo19
Posts: 365 - Karma: 503
I hear Gear Talk knows...
Mar 6 2014 8:25PM
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baaangthat
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dynamite first post.
Mar 6 2014 8:26PM
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RyCo19
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Since you're new, I'll even make it easy for you. Click this: https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/forums/forumthreads/cat_id/25/
Mar 6 2014 8:27PM
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Twerk
Posts: 252 - Karma: 1,059
I heard all of the 12 year olds have them with their saga suits.
Mar 6 2014 8:47PM
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Matt5838
Posts: 321 - Karma: 335
If you want that butter
Mar 6 2014 9:14PM
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yangumane
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correction: if you want heavy ass skis that delam at every opportunity
Mar 6 2014 9:15PM
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stokedelic
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i have the afterbangs and i have absolutely no complaints
just dont try to use them in powder (should be obvious)
Mar 6 2014 9:20PM
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MartianMan
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Yeah I can't think of anything good to say about the Abang. The whole skate deck construction is a bullshit way of making skis. It is heavy, lifeless, and doesn't even have a sidewall. Their whole point is to be very durable, but they are cheaply made and fall apart incredibly easily. Not to mention it is a fully symmetrical noodle, so sucks for all mountain. And the majority of Abang riders are 12 year old gapers. I think Line definitely makes a few good models of skis, but IMO, this is not one of them.
Mar 6 2014 9:23PM
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dingus
Posts: 1328 - Karma: 7,877
Afterbangs are heavy, stiff, and get water inside them since the wood is exposed, and the new ones snap on a dime, if you want line get the futurespins but I would steer away from line in my opinion
Mar 6 2014 9:56PM
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uyghur
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it's such a good idea on paper too it's a shame it doesnt work as planned
Mar 6 2014 10:20PM
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MartianMan
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Maybe the performance didn't work out, but the marketing did 100%. I cannot tell you how many of these are on the east coast, not just on park skiers, but on a shit ton of gapers who never go in the park in their lives. Line has insanely good marketing to make "a ski built like a skateboard" sound genius, when in reality, they should have stuck to the cap wall.
Mar 6 2014 11:21PM
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TheSkiingBlader
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I have the biggest love/hate relationship with my Afterbangs. I do love them sometimes, but the heaviness is the worst! Mine are so beat to shit, but its been a hell of a journey
Mar 7 2014 12:22AM
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