Sup NS, i made a thread similar to this but that wasn't very detailed and was pretty basic. The waves suck balls and my girlfriend's out of town, sooo i'm bored as fuck. Before we get started, some tunes
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/757217/The-Jimi-Hendrix-Experience---All-Along-The-Watchtower--Official-Audio-
I am 6'2", 185 and i ski fast and chargy, but i like to pop off shit and throw butters. Also, when it gets steep and scary i like to make small turns (balls of steel) so i'm not looking for a straightlining monster.
These skis will be for school next year, so the mountains that i will be skiing (dependent upon the school i attend) will be either Hood, Brundage/bogus basin, Mt washington, ALTA hopefully, Lake louise, or jay peak
When i am not skiing endless blower pow (95% of the time) i enjoy blasting through crud, popping off rollers, windlips, etc (like candide but much, much, much worse).
When i am not trying to be candide (45% of the time) i enjoy laying some trenches on the corduroy.
Before you guys go all "ZOMG 4FRNT DEVASTATOR/YLE" please read the list i've come up with.
So, here is the list i've come up with with my own pros and cons!!!
Surface Balance 194
o Waist 122, Turn Radius 17.9m
o 3 stage rocker, stiff as hell
Moment Bibby 192
o Waist 120, turn radius 25.5
o Rocker camber rocker, is this what I’m looking for?
Salomon Rocker2 122 192
o Waist 122, Turn Radius 26m
o Rocker camber Rocker, low swing weight
Atomic Bent Chetler 192
o Waist 120, turn radius 20.5 meters
o Rocker Camber Rocker, surfy, HRZN tech
Armada AK JJ 195
o Waist 120, turn radius 18m
o Rocker Camber Rocker, fun but can lay trenches
ON3P Jeffrey 122 191
o Waist 122, turn radius 27.0m
o Rocker flat Rocker, jibby as hell. Stiff?
4FRNT YLE 187
o Waist 119, turn radius 25m
o Rocker camber rocker, Fat park ski, too short?
4FRNT Devastator 194
o Waist 111, turn radius 25m
o Rocker Camber rocker, on the skinnier side, can rip park, too chargy?
Line Magnum Opus 188
o Waist 124, turn radius 17m
o Rocker camber rocker, surfy as hell, too light not chargy enough?
Volkl two 196
o Waist 124, turn radius 32.5
o Full rocker, straightlining bastard
K2 Pettitor 189
o Waist 120, turn radius slightly above 22m
o Rocker camber rocker, jack of all trades?
JSkis Friend 187
o Waist 114, turn radius 19.5
o Rocker Camber rocker, seems similar to pettitor, carve harder? Bombproof
o Too short?
I rode some regular JJ's in alta last weekend and had a blast, but for deep snow i need the longer size.
My top 4 from the list are, in no particular order, Moment Bibby, Armada AKJJ, Surface Balance and JSkis Friend.
If you've made it this far, I applaud you.
TL;DR need crud eating machine with a shorter turn radius that floats well