Member of the Month

KilaTsunami
October, 2024

Online

Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post. Register to become a member today!

I margarine, help me butter. Will a flexy ski help?

profile picture
averageMIskier
Posts: 600 - Karma: 1,385
Alright I try to butter, but my skis are stiff as fuck, and that is not going to change. I am 130 lbs, 5'10. Im scrawny as fuck and can't for the life of me consistently flex my skis. I have stiff boots. I am just looking for a ski that can help me actually butter. I am wondering what the flexiest ski is out there that is not the Line Mastermind. Am I just doing it all wrong? Are some skis better for buttering than others? What would you recommend? I currently can halfway butter, more so margarine. I need new park skis, dont care what size or what brand as long as it can hold up. I am not crazy big or disastering huge concrete ledges, so most skis should hold up for me.

Thanks for the input.
Feb 9 2015 6:54PM
12 10
profile picture
B.Quincy
Posts: 1074 - Karma: 963
I mean the line tcs are super flexy but not so durable... Ik the candide 2.0s are flexy and durable.
Feb 9 2015 6:59PM
0 0
profile picture
macavity
Posts: 264 - Karma: 493
what skis are you currently on? it's a little hard to judge what you should change without knowing what you're skiing on now.

notoriously buttery skis would include line afterbangs and TC, armada b dogs and al dentes, atomic punx (from my understanding), j skis (I've heard they are noodles).
Feb 9 2015 7:02PM
2 0
profile picture
..=
Posts: 548 - Karma: 1,224
The new TC ski is easily one of the softest skis I've flexed, go with those if you want something very soft and with rocker
Feb 9 2015 7:13PM
0 0
profile picture
50Kal
Posts: 2828 - Karma: 5,373
Buttering is for pussys. Send it big. No girl likes a floppy d. And by d I mean skis.
Feb 9 2015 7:49PM
2 7
profile picture
averageMIskier
Posts: 600 - Karma: 1,385
I ride 2010 liberty LTEs
Feb 9 2015 9:18PM
0 0
profile picture
averageMIskier
Posts: 600 - Karma: 1,385
Also I do not fuck with line skis.
Feb 9 2015 9:18PM
3 0
profile picture
Fitz_
Posts: 427 - Karma: 592
Honestly the LTE is actually pretty soft (I have the 2013 so i assume they can't be much different from the 2010 ones but I could be wrong) but just hit the gym during the off season and do a lot of legs and core to strengthen yourself up and put some pounds on you because weight and strenght is a big factor in making a ski butter the way you want it too. That's just my 2 cents I hope this helped but it's your choice either way
Feb 9 2015 10:23PM
0 0
profile picture
Manilla8_
Posts: 6 - Karma: -3
I suggest the 2014 afterbangs. They have a 3D butter zone and they are VERY flexy thats probably the best ski for nose butters.
Feb 9 2015 11:12PM
1 2
profile picture
Scotty_Boy
Posts: 777 - Karma: 1,449
K2 Domain. Flat underfoot with slight tip and tail rocker, things are softer than clouds.
Feb 9 2015 11:57PM
0 0
profile picture
suup
Posts: 1485 - Karma: 4,367
Manilla8_I suggest the 2014 afterbangs. They have a 3D butter zone and they are VERY flexy thats probably the best ski for nose butters.


Not terrible advice
Feb 10 2015 1:01AM
0 0
profile picture
snugs
Posts: 966 - Karma: 4,090
Anything from icelantic, mainly nomads or nollies
Feb 10 2015 10:56AM
0 0
profile picture
assatrailz
Posts: 324 - Karma: 745
I ride new line tcs and I can lean toward and be at a 90° angle
Feb 10 2015 11:54AM
0 0
profile picture
BenWhit
Posts: 4654 - Karma: 3,256
do some squats
Feb 10 2015 1:04PM
0 0
profile picture
BenWhit
Posts: 4654 - Karma: 3,256
but know that buying a ski for the sole purpose of buttering well, you will be sacrificing performance in other major categories
Feb 10 2015 1:05PM
0 0
profile picture
averageMIskier
Posts: 600 - Karma: 1,385
Prodigy_Honestly the LTE is actually pretty soft (I have the 2013 so i assume they can't be much different from the 2010 ones but I could be wrong) but just hit the gym during the off season and do a lot of legs and core to strengthen yourself up and put some pounds on you because weight and strenght is a big factor in making a ski butter the way you want it too. That's just my 2 cents I hope this helped but it's your choice either way


My skis are not soft. Honestly they were comparable to the nightsticks. I did the whole concrete block thing and that worked some, but the tails are still so stiff.
Feb 10 2015 2:02PM
0 0
profile picture
macavity
Posts: 264 - Karma: 493
some videos could be helpful in determining your issue buttering too. it's possible you just aren't doing it correctly. I only recently learned to butter, before I just had terrible technique with it. it won't matter if you have the softest skis ever if you aren't doing it correctly.

are you just trying them on flat ground? over rollers? off jumps? I find flat ground butters are really hard to learn. if you're just trying them on flat ground, I'd recommend trying them off of little knolls/rollers. you really just gotta lean into it, way more thank you'd think. like 'chest almost parallel with the ground' more.

also getting some leg strength up would probably be a good idea, as some people have recommended.
Feb 10 2015 3:00PM
0 0
profile picture
steeze4days
Posts: 358 - Karma: 1,948
hughlorinwhat skis are you currently on? it's a little hard to judge what you should change without knowing what you're skiing on now.

notoriously buttery skis would include line afterbangs and TC, armada b dogs and al dentes, atomic punx (from my understanding), j skis (I've heard they are noodles).


Woah woah woah, hold up buddy, Punx are in no way what so ever buttery, as a matter of fact they're fairly stiff...
Feb 10 2015 3:52PM
0 0
profile picture
macavity
Posts: 264 - Karma: 493
steeze4daysWoah woah woah, hold up buddy, Punx are in no way what so ever buttery, as a matter of fact they're fairly stiff...


sorry, I realized I was wrong about the punx after doing more research... you caught me lol. the rest of those skis I mentioned are pretty flexy, though.
Feb 11 2015 5:00PM
0 0
profile picture
Park.
Posts: 2480 - Karma: 4,582
OP if you actually have the 2013 LTE, then you do actually have a great buttery ski. those sticks are not stiff. I've ridden them and could butter like crazy when I was smaller than you. All Liberty skis are generally softer than what they claim, so just take that into consideration wehn you look at other skis. If you can't butter with your current skis, then you need work on your form.

as far as other skis that can butter, K2 domain (honestly about the same flex as what you have) basically every Line ski, J skis, RMU Diam, Volkl Ledge, just so many. if you want more rocker, more camber, etc, just say so. It will make the process alot easier
Feb 11 2015 7:37PM
0 0
All times are Eastern (-5)