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Wide skis in the park

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_anderson_
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What are your thoughts on riding wide skis in the park? (like 100mm wide or more)
Oct 30 2016 6:26PM
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chicknfriedsteak
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Super fun, it gets harder to do certain tricks with wider skis, but that's cool, because it makes you change up you style.
Oct 30 2016 6:45PM
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Aparker
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rails r impossible, at least for me i just tried edollos and couldnt do a front swap pretz 2, but skiing is fun and carving
Oct 30 2016 8:24PM
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cozzey
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_anderson_What are your thoughts on riding wide skis in the park? (like 100mm wide or more)


I rode park for all of last season on Blizzard Peacemakers and had a blast, rails were not actually as bad as imagined, could get swaps and pretz with a 104 mm ski. I recently bought a pair of Volkl kinks to try out in the park but instead sold them because i liked the fat style
Oct 30 2016 8:28PM
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Obie.
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Aparkerrails r impossible, at least for me i just tried edollos and couldnt do a front swap pretz 2, but skiing is fun and carving


Lol 98mm isn't that wide of a ski. Especially for today's park - ski standard.
I think they're super fun, even rode a pair of old beat up Moment Night Trains as a daily midwestern stick for a season. 50/50s, surface swaps etc.. find their way into your style of riding more and more (not saying it's a necessity to have wide skis for this).
Oct 30 2016 9:37PM
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270on420out
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I ride my Surface Outsiders (110 underfoot) in the park sometimes. After a few runs rails feel exactly the same, but jumps take some getting used to (Though I suspect that's cause of the rocker, not so much the width).

I wouldnt reccomend it if you're the kinda guy who loves swaps, 4s on, cork 9s, etc. But I personally love surfing around on them.
Oct 30 2016 10:02PM
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Dunderflip
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i learned swaps on my outsiders, the only difference ive ever noticed is that theyre more stable on rails than my 90 underfoot pair. landings are a little shakier too but thats cause im a backseat bandit and i wash out on the rocker.
Oct 30 2016 10:23PM
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K-Dot.
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I've watched my friend 3 swap a flat rail on shreditor 102s so yeah I think they have their place in the park
Oct 30 2016 10:24PM
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casey_cope
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So much fun. I got a pair of 101 L-Toros and they're a lot of fun in the park. And then you can actually ski the rest of the mountain
Oct 30 2016 11:22PM
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PeppermillReno
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100mm is fine but you probably want them on the shorter end or they will just be too heavy.
Oct 31 2016 2:26AM
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jjdsteeze
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Ride my 112mm surface one life's in the park and have no issues with swaps/spins out/etc
Oct 31 2016 11:43AM
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Young_patty
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Last year I rode moment pb&j's(101) in the park and they were super fun, this year however I'm stepping up to a 105 underfoot pair of revision blinks so that will be fun.
Oct 31 2016 12:01PM
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Jesse_
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Almost all the travelling circus guys use the blends (100mm underfoot) and they do some super cool shit.
Oct 31 2016 3:13PM
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mtbakerpow
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I've done some huge slow spins on rocker2 122's.wouldnt go near rails on them though
Nov 1 2016 3:56PM
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oxiclean
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mtbakerpowI've done some huge slow spins on rocker2 122's.wouldnt go near rails on them though


I've got the 108 they're real fun in park on rails just don't want to brake em
Nov 1 2016 9:40PM
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