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qazwsxedc34
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I’m an aggressive skier looking for a park orientated ski. I am 5’ 8” 135lbs and have been skiing 164 K2 recoils for park and all-mountain. I have skied my friends 176 Atomic Punx and 172 recoils and thought these lengths suited my stature.

I loved the feel of the Atomic Punx for park. They were stiff underfoot and soft in the tips and tails. I loved how light and poppy they were compared to the recoils.

What is the most burliest ski for the east coast out of these skis? And what would be the lightest in swing weight, as the recoil is fairly heavy.

Any input on these ski’s would greatly be appreciated, especially The Caddy Head ski as I have a great deal on them with Atomic sth12 bindings.
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Jan 25 2015 10:12PM
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Burgy
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armada t halls or line chronics sounds what you are looking for. both solid skis that can butter nice and are fairly light wait. im also on the east and so many people ride t halls in my area, seem to be a burly ski! noticing a lot of chronics to in edits on ns
Jan 25 2015 10:27PM
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Hdjaiahsbfuw
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I currently ski the punx from last year in a 182 (I'm 6'1, 150 pounds) and i find it really unforgiving for the stiffness on jumps when you land a bit backseat or just in general. Like i feel as if it transfers all of the shock to my shins and i'm talking when I land 40+ jumps not small things. On rails the low swing weight is nice for swaps and spinning off of rails however the edge hold up is just terrible. I've only had them for a year now and they have major cracks, the edge is basically all gone underfoot and the edge has been torn out in places. So honestly if you are charging hard with this ski then probably not your best bet. The fischers would definitely be wayyy too stiff for you as they are even more stiff than the punx given your weight it wouldn't be too good on your shins. I would lean towards something more similar to chronics or maybe something in the volkl line such as the kink or wall.
Jan 25 2015 10:50PM
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qazwsxedc34
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BeefSistaI currently ski the punx from last year in a 182 (I'm 6'1, 150 pounds) and i find it really unforgiving for the stiffness on jumps when you land a bit backseat or just in general. Like i feel as if it transfers all of the shock to my shins and i'm talking when I land 40+ jumps not small things. On rails the low swing weight is nice for swaps and spinning off of rails however the edge hold up is just terrible. I've only had them for a year now and they have major cracks, the edge is basically all gone underfoot and the edge has been torn out in places. So honestly if you are charging hard with this ski then probably not your best bet. The fischers would definitely be wayyy too stiff for you as they are even more stiff than the punx given your weight it wouldn't be too good on your shins. I would lean towards something more similar to chronics or maybe something in the volkl line such as the kink or wall.


Fuck, I have the Punx. Hope I too don’t experience these problems. Day two of skiing them and it seems I might have an edge crack.

How would you compare the recoils and chronics. Are they similar?

Also, 40+ foot jumps on soft skis would suck.
Jan 25 2015 11:06PM
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Hdjaiahsbfuw
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CONAIR_BUSCEMIFuck, I have the Punx. Hope I too don’t experience these problems. Day two of skiing them and it seems I might have an edge crack.

How would you compare the recoils and chronics. Are they similar?

Also, 40+ foot jumps on soft skis would suck.


I honestly can't tell you about the recoils as I've never skied them and none of my friends have however one of my friends said that his chronics are nice and poppy however aren't too flexy so they would kinda be in between the punx and something like the al dente i guess you could say dont quote me.

Yah it could possibly suck having a flexy ski on larger jumps however I have some salomon twenty twelves from a while ago in like 163 that are flexy as a shit. Like it unreal how soft they are and I still ride them when I'm dickin around and have hit the same jumps as i would on my atomics and they have held up pretty swell not gonna lie. I'm sure that if they were larger then they would be holding up just fine on the jumps.
Jan 25 2015 11:46PM
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Park.
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Atomic's honestly have terrible durablillity if you throw down on rails, but I wouldnt consider them super stiff. I think they are pretty forgiving as far as comp skis go. Fischers on the other hand are some serious sticks if you wanna go big on jumps. IMO the Atomics felt like riding on cardboard since they had no pop and no snap. The Chronics are pretty fucking soft too for a do it all ski. I Don't know anyone who would call that ski stiff and 3 people I ride with use them. I wouldn't call them very poppy though.

Caddy is what you want out of your options. I personally would get the Fischers, but The caddy is going to suit what you need the most, but get some better bindings if you can because the sth 12 is garbage
Jan 25 2015 11:59PM
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