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Best All Mountain East Coast Park Ski

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Gr0mo
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In the market for an east coast park ski but not sure what do buy.

I shred on a shitty 1k vert hill in the Poconos that receives almost no natural snow and is riddled with ice and frozen death cookies half of the year. I ski about 50% park and the rest I'm ripping groomers, steeps, bumps, and tight trees. I was looking with something at around an 80-90 mm waist that's not a total noodle, with decent camber under foot and not too much rocker.

Nordica OMW and the Aramda Ar7 were at the top of my list but both of them have been discontinued so they are slightly harder to find.

Also, I already own a pair of SFB's so I'm not too worried about the the performance in any type of fresh snow.

any suggestions would be appreciated.
Oct 19 2016 12:47PM
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SofaKingSick
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im all east coast recently and personally my favorite do-it-all east coast park/resort ski is high 90s in the waist. i broke my ARVs (after yearrrrs of abuse) and couldnt afford the ARVti so i went with revision talismans and though theyre softer than id prefer, i absolutely love them and the price was great on them

so what im saying is id suggest something in that realm. a tiny bit more width for whe you do have soft snow but plenty skinny for everything including park-only days. ARV96, ARVti, revision talisman, soul riders....others. i know there are several other skis in that category
Oct 19 2016 1:35PM
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Gr0mo
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Titsandwich11im all east coast recently and personally my favorite do-it-all east coast park/resort ski is high 90s in the waist. i broke my ARVs (after yearrrrs of abuse) and couldnt afford the ARVti so i went with revision talismans and though theyre softer than id prefer, i absolutely love them and the price was great on them

so what im saying is id suggest something in that realm. a tiny bit more width for whe you do have soft snow but plenty skinny for everything including park-only days. ARV96, ARVti, revision talisman, soul riders....others. i know there are several other skis in that category


I noticed that finding park skis under 90mm is actually harder then it was several years ago. I was a little apprehensive about going above 90 just because i don't have much experience with how quick edge to edge something center mounted at ~100mm would be. I can say my SFB's are certainly much slower edge to edge then my current park skis (AR7)
Oct 19 2016 1:47PM
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SofaKingSick
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Gr0moI noticed that finding park skis under 90mm is actually harder then it was several years ago. I was a little apprehensive about going above 90 just because i don't have much experience with how quick edge to edge something center mounted at ~100mm would be. I can say my SFB's are certainly much slower edge to edge then my current park skis (AR7)


hm well it's all personal preference/style/riding habits. personally ive never once thought my 96 waist skis were sluggish edge to edge, and i love little bit of extra width, esp in soft snow... and i think that is why, as you noted, we see more and more park skis being in the 90s. but if you think youd prefer to keep it a little skinnier, great! in that case my only suggestion would be to get something fairly stiff and badass.....like the ar7s. im sure you can find some somewhere
Oct 19 2016 3:05PM
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