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How soft are the ar7s?

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snowmosexual
Posts: 1933 - Karma: 10,028
I'm getting new park skis and I prefer a medium ski on the softer side. I just came off the Rossi Storms which were pretty stiff. How does the ar7 compare? and are the bdogs total noodles?
Aug 21 2015 11:05AM
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Newschoolers55
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Never ridden them, but i heard they have medium/mid stiff flex
Aug 21 2015 11:12AM
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Burgy
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iv never ridden them, so they might feel different on snow, but when I hand flexed them they felt a lot softer then what people say they are. they were a softish flex in the tip and a medium flex in the tail, the closer you got to the center the stiffer the flex felt. they felt like they'd be very poppy and stable but also very buttery.
Aug 21 2015 11:56AM
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270on420out
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They are stiff at first but they soften up after a while and then they have a nice flex
Aug 21 2015 12:02PM
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tomPietrowski
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Medium flex I would say and they do soften up slightly. If your worried they are two stuff go for the thall instead. Same dimensions but slightly softer in the tip and tail
Aug 21 2015 1:41PM
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maciejpopko
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I rode the AR7s for the past two seasons and I can confirm they're toward the stiffer side but soften up. I weigh 160lbs at 6 foot and used the 181s.
Aug 22 2015 3:12PM
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x.murphy
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I rode them this year and I can say they're my favorite ski. They aren't to stiff they're a nice medium, everyone says they're armadas stiff ski which is true compared to their other skis in the line but they aren't boner solid.
Sep 8 2015 1:47AM
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Surfboard
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Storms are pretty soft imo... AR7's are definitely stiffer than storms
Sep 8 2015 8:29AM
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freeski1620
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tomPietrowskiMedium flex I would say and they do soften up slightly. If your worried they are two stuff go for the thall instead. Same dimensions but slightly softer in the tip and tail


Tom is a wise dude.

If I had to rank the 3 from stiffest to softest I'd say
AR7
PC
Thall

Thall seems to be the ski of choice here in the shop.
Sep 8 2015 7:25PM
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MehoyMinoy
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i heard they were pretty stiff
Sep 9 2015 11:59AM
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