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How many days do you use your pow skis?

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SKI.ING
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How many days do you use your pow skis, on average, a season? I feel like everyone buys pow sticks, but they are rarely used and then sold like whores on B/S/T. For me I probably average 5 days a season with them.
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JahFeels
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I started to ride my bentchetlers as my everyday ski last year. I felt more comfortable riding park with them compared to my blends.
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Skroob
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I ski Baker... Everyday
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B.Quincy
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fghtoffyrdmnsexcept alot of people do. I ride sir francis bacon's everyday, i rode them in keystone park all season last year. fat skis are just different, but they DO rip on groomers and they're really fun in the park. 50-50s and surface swaps for daysss.


Okay i see what your saying but the sfb's are what 106 mm underfoot? Those arent really a true powder ski but more of an all mountain freeride ski in my opinion. Usually when talking about a true powder ski one would assume it is a least 110-115 mm underfoot and up. So yeah thats what those skis are made for but not specifically powder, so think about cruising down groomers on a 120-130 purely powder ski not that fun anymore is it?
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fghtoffyrdmns
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steezysprayerOkay i see what your saying but the sfb's are what 106 mm underfoot? Those arent really a true powder ski but more of an all mountain freeride ski in my opinion. Usually when talking about a true powder ski one would assume it is a least 110-115 mm underfoot and up. So yeah thats what those skis are made for but not specifically powder, so think about cruising down groomers on a 120-130 purely powder ski not that fun anymore is it?


108 at the waist, 140 at the tip and 136 in the tail. I know kids who ski wider skis in the park, ive got a friend who rides rmu professors which are i believe 120 underfoot.
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B.Quincy
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fghtoffyrdmns108 at the waist, 140 at the tip and 136 in the tail. I know kids who ski wider skis in the park, ive got a friend who rides rmu professors which are i believe 120 underfoot.


Okay but just saying your points are very closed minded like yeah some kids find it fun to rip around the mountain and/or park with pow skis but the majority dont so just because you have one example doesnt mean your point is completely valid. Not saying that your wrong about your sfb's but line describes them all mountain skis so yeah just because the tip and tail mm is like a powder ski the sidecut is different as well as the flex patterns. Not saying that my powder skis arent fun to rip around the mountain and park sometimes they arent daily drivers for most people so you kind of just need to accept that.
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fghtoffyrdmns
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steezysprayerOkay but just saying your points are very closed minded like yeah some kids find it fun to rip around the mountain and/or park with pow skis but the majority dont so just because you have one example doesnt mean your point is completely valid. Not saying that your wrong about your sfb's but line describes them all mountain skis so yeah just because the tip and tail mm is like a powder ski the sidecut is different as well as the flex patterns. Not saying that my powder skis arent fun to rip around the mountain and park sometimes they arent daily drivers for most people so you kind of just need to accept that.


i understand it's not for everyone, but it's very possible and more people do it than you think
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B.Quincy
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fghtoffyrdmnsi understand it's not for everyone, but it's very possible and more people do it than you think


Okay but most people who actually ski park on a consistent basis prefer to have a pow ski and a park ski just saying.
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skier58284
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If you mean skis that are intended by the manufacturer to be pow skis, almost every day. My actual pow skis are 131mm and I got them near the end of last season, I'll be on them on some of the big pow days this season but not much else. My daily drivers are 117mm ('pow skis' by most people's standards, not by mine) and I ski them pretty much every day, I'll likely get 100+ days on them this season.
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fghtoffyrdmns
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steezysprayerOkay but most people who actually ski park on a consistent basis prefer to have a pow ski and a park ski just saying.


https://vimeo.com/108790475
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B.Quincy
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Sh4dowIf you mean skis that are intended by the manufacturer to be pow skis, almost every day. My actual pow skis are 131mm and I got them near the end of last season, I'll be on them on some of the big pow days this season but not much else. My daily drivers are 117mm ('pow skis' by most people's standards, not by mine) and I ski them pretty much every day, I'll likely get 100+ days on them this season.


Exactly my point most specific pow skis arent daily drivers for most people just saying
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B.Quincy
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fghtoffyrdmnshttps://vimeo.com/108790475

Most? Like come on read posts before you respond like of course there is a select few who do this but the MAJORITY dont so yeah good job finding some kid from norway skiing on pow skis in all assets of freeskiing sick bro
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Karma_Police
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hobdawgtahoe will never see decent pow again so my shreditors are mint in the garage


You're right, it will literally never snow again.

I keep forgetting that 800" season 3 years ago.

I'm glad you're an expert climatologist and know the weather patterns.
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SFBv420.0
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i ski either 112 or 124 underfoot every day
put them go uphill binders on all my skis
cause there is almost always powder somewhere
last 3 seasons mother nature's been slackin in the big dump days
so the 138's and 142's have been a bit lonely
although i have been finding those big ole rev/rev make upside down storms and various wind and zipper crusts more enjoyable
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pastysmasher
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Used my petitors loads last season and only really used my park skis at the end of the season, when the pow was gone. However, my new investment in a pair ok Kartel 98's could mean the pow skis only come out on the big days.
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steezburgereddie
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Back home i never skied any condition that my k2 domains couldnt handle. I moved out west yhis year and got myself son on3p jeffreys so hopefully i get to use them alot this season.
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CrotchKiller
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Karma_PoliceBecause you live in steamboat and 8" constitutes a pow day and you don't need a fat ski...........

Really unless you live somewhere it snows more than 400" you can ski a 100-105 mm ski every day including "pow" days.


Yea but why would you? No reason to buy anything less then 125 underfoot.
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JahLiam
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CrutchKillerWhy would you buy anything but pow skis?


there's a reason people call it the "ice coast"
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CrotchKiller
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JahLiamthere's a reason people call it the "ice coast"


Never heard of it
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skebumw
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imakestickerzI ride mine almost everyday. Fat skis rip on groomers


dude fo sho i have a pare of yle's for pow but i use them like 2 or 3 of the 5 days is ski a week
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btmsup
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I am up in the air about buying a pair of K2 Hellbents this year. We don't get much "pow" in WI, but I get up to the UP here and there and our to CO a couple times a year. I have read a few reviews that say the Hellbent skis are pretty good on the groomers too. Can anyone confirm this. I have 4FRNT clicks now and they are awesome, but deciding if adding the K2's to a arsenal would be worth the money if I can only rock them in the steep and deep.
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profa_212
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btmsupI am up in the air about buying a pair of K2 Hellbents this year. We don't get much "pow" in WI, but I get up to the UP here and there and our to CO a couple times a year. I have read a few reviews that say the Hellbent skis are pretty good on the groomers too. Can anyone confirm this. I have 4FRNT clicks now and they are awesome, but deciding if adding the K2's to a arsenal would be worth the money if I can only rock them in the steep and deep.


Don't buy the hellbents for that type of ski. They are floppy and wide. You can find much better pow skis for the Midwest.

Look at the Atomic Bent Chetlers, Moment Bibby Pros, Line Opus, k2 shreditor 112, faction 3.0, and many more skis will do better in your situation than hellbents.
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GetOnMyNeville
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No pow skis because midwest probs
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