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Help me decide please.

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Faithless_1
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This is my first season buying skis, I'm an advanced skier, I'm 5'9 180 pounds and I ski the East Coast mostly Killington,with some trips to jay, New Hampshire and Ny resorts. 50%park 50% all mountain (glades,groomers park etc). I've seen good deals on a couple pairs of skis and need help deciding what to get, my budget is pretty low. I've been looking at the
-Armada arv 86/ 96(dont know what width to chose)
-Faction prodigy 2
-K2 Poacher
-Volkl transfer 89
I don't know if 96 mm like the poacher is to wide for an east coast ski, so as a result i should go with the volkl or arv 86.
Let me know which ski to get and also a matching binding.
Give me your opinions and suggestions for other skis
Is 96 overkill, should i go narrower?

**This thread was edited on May 1st 2018 at 7:51:15pm
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May 1 2018 7:40PM
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Colingarnes
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Prodigy hands down in my opinion.
May 1 2018 10:06PM
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Cade2
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do you want a soft ski or a stiffer ski?
May 2 2018 12:00AM
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Non_State_Actor
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The ARV 96 is a fun ski and does ok on ice but if I were planning to ski a ton in icy conditions I'd look for something with a bit more effective edge.

I don't think 96 is too wide for anything though.
May 2 2018 12:03AM
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Schoess
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ON3P Kartel 96 best ski ever made hands down. Way more durable than all these skis, plus more fun
May 2 2018 9:10AM
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Faithless_1
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I'm looking for more of a mid flex, not to soft not to stiff. because I need something stiff enough to stick big landings and carve turns but want to be able to butter pretty easily
May 3 2018 5:17PM
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Faithless_1
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Cade2do you want a soft ski or a stiffer ski?


I'm looking for more of a mid flex, not to soft not to stiff. because I need something stiff enough to stick big landings and carve turns but want to be able to butter pretty easily
May 3 2018 5:20PM
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Cade2
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Faithless_1I'm looking for more of a mid flex, not to soft not to stiff. because I need something stiff enough to stick big landings and carve turns but want to be able to butter pretty easily


poachers have a nice mid stiff flex and you can find them for pretty cheap, if you have the money katel 96/98 would be another good option
May 3 2018 5:54PM
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Colingarnes
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Magnus 102
May 3 2018 8:46PM
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Non_State_Actor
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Faithless_1Let me know which ski to get and also a matching binding.

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May 3 2018 10:54PM
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