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New Park Ski Help

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mmccarthy81
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I can get discounts on Armada, Line, and Faction now from my work and need a new park ski. I'm 5' 11" 150 pounds and need help deciding between the Candide 1.0, ARV 86, and maybe the Chronic. I ski like 80% rails and 20% jumps, this ski likely won't ever leave the park so all mountain performance is worthless to me. What ski is the best for riding switch and spinning on rails? Help me out y'all

Edit: I'm coming off of Blends as my park ski and like them but want to try something narrower, so if anyone knows how any of the skis listed above compare to them please let me know

**This thread was edited on Jan 12th 2018 at 8:45:00am

**This thread was edited on Jan 12th 2018 at 10:00:06am
Jan 12 2018 8:40AM
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Cade2
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draw from a hat
Jan 12 2018 6:19PM
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mmccarthy81
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CadeRdraw from a hat


Dammit I picked the surprise ski blades card
Jan 12 2018 9:53PM
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IHUFFPAINT
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All are good in my opinion. I find the Line to be a bit more flexy up front and a bit more playful. Faction is good for all over the mountain but I really couldnt find a ton of flex in both back and front. I haven't rode Armada so I don't know but I have a friend and he says his ARV's are a bit heavy and he cant get a ton of spin out of them. I would say get another pair of blends or the Chronics. I know your getting a discount but you might want to check out NinthWard and Vishnu, both are really good rail skis.
Jan 16 2018 9:59PM
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mmccarthy81
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WdpperezAll are good in my opinion. I find the Line to be a bit more flexy up front and a bit more playful. Faction is good for all over the mountain but I really couldnt find a ton of flex in both back and front. I haven't rode Armada so I don't know but I have a friend and he says his ARV's are a bit heavy and he cant get a ton of spin out of them. I would say get another pair of blends or the Chronics. I know your getting a discount but you might want to check out NinthWard and Vishnu, both are really good rail skis.


I wouldn't mind paying more for a good all mountain or pow ski but considering these are going to get beat up on rails no matter what I decided to keep it cheap. I honestly think I'm going to get more Blends btw. There's nothing I don't like in them so why bother switching I guess.
Jan 17 2018 10:48AM
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Crust_Station
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Just retired my chronics, 50 days and the sidewall blew out, I dont know how often youre riding so it may not be an issue but every time I rode them shit would fall off, durability is definitely an issue
Jan 17 2018 10:52AM
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mmccarthy81
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Crust_StationJust retired my chronics, 50 days and the sidewall blew out, I dont know how often youre riding so it may not be an issue but every time I rode them shit would fall off, durability is definitely an issue


I'm familiar with Line's durability. I put about 50 days now on my current Blends and they held together well enough to keep skiing them. I had to do some periodic sanding and epoxy work to some exposed wood because of the top sheet chipping but they still ski like new. Bases have been fine. Line also hooked me up with over half off on new ones when I posted regarding the top sheet durability after I think 25-30 days on them. I also have a friend whose been on the same pair of Chronics for 2 and a half seasons and the only issue he had was top sheets as well. I like the way they ski, most of the durability issues I've found to be cosmetic, and they hooked me up with a solid pro-deal so I'll stand by Line.
Jan 17 2018 11:13AM
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