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Good big mountain skis

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jakejolo_9
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I am using these for my yearly trip out west, I am an advanced skier and I do butters and do 20 foot cliffs or shorter and I use them on moguls, given this what ski would be better for these ski, the moment bibby pro 2014 or the 2015 atomic bentchetler and r any of these decent on grooms
Mar 25 2014 8:02PM
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prestontholtt
Posts: 48 - Karma: 67
i like the 4frnt YLEs a lot. and they are great on groomers

Mar 25 2014 8:49PM
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skier58284
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The Bibby Pros and Bent Chetlers would both work well for you. Also look into the Pettitors, JJs, and Super 7s/Squad 7s. I'm currently on K2 Obsethed and I love them, they're my favorite skis I've ever been on. I haven't tried the Pettitors yet but they're probably pretty similar. The Bent Chetler are a little bigger and a little more rocker, they prefer short radius turns on the groomers and having more rocker will likely spin out more if you're far back or forward, but if you want something playful that could be a good thing. I don't really like Rossignols, their all mountain skis don't hold an edge on groomers very well, so I personally wouldn't go with the Squad 7s/Super 7s, but still something that's pretty popular and worth checking out. I think I demod the JJs and found them fairly similar to the Rossi S7s (basically a softer less aggressive version of Squad 7/Super 7). I would take K2s (Obsethed/Pettitor) over any of the other options but if you want more playful you might want to look into the others. And if you wait until the 2015 skis are out, the new Bent Chetler is going to have side-to-side rocker in the tip and tail (basically like the DPS Spoon and Surface Lab 001, but only in the tip and tail) which should make it a lot of fun in pow.
Mar 25 2014 9:49PM
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profa_212
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^ correct me if I'm wrong???but the bentchetlers have less rocker than the pettitors? The bents really don't have a ton of rocker at all for a pure pow ski. And they perform great all mountain. I would highly recommend.
Mar 25 2014 11:09PM
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charmander
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so what are you looking for? a playful powder ski or a big mountain ski?

cause no ones talking big mountain yet
Mar 25 2014 11:49PM
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jadavis
Posts: 142 - Karma: 136
Just throwing it out there... The time for big mountain "out west" is coming to a close pretty quick. You'd be spending money on something you don't really need.

Suggestions: Automatic, Influence 115, Norwalks. None of these will really butter well as they are stiffer. If you want buttery go Bent Chetlers, but they aren't a true big mountain ski.
Mar 26 2014 4:20AM
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charmander
Posts: 10636 - Karma: 373
Just to put it out there, a big mountain ski is more like: 4FRNT Renegade, Blizzard Spur, Atomic Atlas etc. Stiff!

Get an Automatic if you think you want to go fast and still have a playful buttery ski, it's a good compromise.
Mar 26 2014 10:32AM
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*xSTEEZE_KINGx*
Posts: 23 - Karma: 49
K2 hellbents are sick or Sir Francis Bacons, the bacons are really light and have amazing swing weight
Mar 27 2014 12:26AM
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1kewldewd
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Yeah YLE seem like exactly what you want. They are better at groomers than my park skis
Mar 27 2014 7:52PM
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