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ARV 96 or Honey Badger?

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Grant_Tarbell
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For the park at Timberline. Or any other park skis that might be better I like to butter and have about 400 to drop. I can get the armadas for cheap tho thanks!
Jan 6 2019 6:31PM
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Jdunn3
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They are two pretty different skis
Jan 6 2019 8:46PM
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Demillsta
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T H A N O S D O G
T H A N O S D O G
Jan 6 2019 9:02PM
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sijbot
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If you rly wanna butter than go with the honey badgers, I felt the flex’s on both the other day and the arv are stiff asf.
Jan 6 2019 9:04PM
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Paul.
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If you can get the arv96 for about 400 definitely do that over the honey badger. The HB is line's price point park ski and you will regret buying it in about a year.
Jan 6 2019 9:49PM
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Demillsta
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Paul.If you can get the arv96 for about 400 definitely do that over the honey badger. The HB is line's price point park ski and you will regret buying it in about a year.

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Jan 6 2019 10:16PM
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milo-mcsenderson
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ARVs, honey badgers will get destroyed, used to ride AR7s, Armada's full camber park ski, I ragged em for about 3 years and they would've lasted longer had I not caught one in a tube at a dry slope and snapped it, ARVs construction is very similar (I replaced the AR7s with last seasons ones on sale) they're super fun man, the wider platform is awesome and they butter, did my first NB3 on them only a couple weeks ago. Honey Badgers are fun but if you got the cash for ARVs get them, or look for some second hand pairs on here and have the best of both worlds
Jan 7 2019 7:20AM
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SofaKingSick
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ARVs no question
Jan 7 2019 9:47AM
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Woos
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Eh ARVs even though they aren't great for buttering. I don't trust Honey Badgers. I'd shop around more and see what else you can find for $400 otherwise.
Jan 7 2019 11:16AM
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Grant_Tarbell
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thanks guys. I think the candide 2.0 might be a better deal for me
Jan 7 2019 2:39PM
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Woos
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Grant_Tarbellthanks guys. I think the candide 2.0 might be a better deal for me


Are you only shopping on Evo or something? Those are the 3 skis evo has like under $400. There are much cheaper places to find skis dude.
Jan 7 2019 4:14PM
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Grant_Tarbell
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No I’m not those are the company’s that I have pro deals for
Jan 7 2019 4:14PM
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MaimHelp
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Arv 96s break in pretty fast if you keep bettering them. Look at my profile pic.
Jan 7 2019 8:09PM
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Demillsta
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MaimHelpArv 96s break in pretty fast if you keep bettering them. Look at my profile pic.

^This guy butters
Jan 7 2019 8:48PM
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MaimHelp
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ddemille1^This guy butters

Ez
Jan 7 2019 8:48PM
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milo-mcsenderson
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Grant_Tarbellthanks guys. I think the candide 2.0 might be a better deal for me


Candides look great, but I've heard poor things about Faction's durability... I'd got ARVs over them, but honestly man, check out some of the stuff on the BST threads in here. Would have copped so many skis from it if I wasn't English and they're all in the US...
Jan 8 2019 6:17AM
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Grant_Tarbell
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MF-HARPCandides look great, but I've heard poor things about Faction's durability... I'd got ARVs over them, but honestly man, check out some of the stuff on the BST threads in here. Would have copped so many skis from it if I wasn't English and they're all in the US...


BST thread? Thanks for the help!
Jan 8 2019 9:33AM
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milo-mcsenderson
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Grant_TarbellBST thread? Thanks for the help!


Buy/Sell/Trade, sorry that wasn't clear man, always heaps of good options floating about on there
Jan 8 2019 10:11AM
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Grant_Tarbell
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Sweet! Thank you
Jan 8 2019 10:11AM
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SofaKingSick
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if you can get the ARVs for cheap i say 100% do that, theyre a nasty all around park ski that you can ski the whole mountain with. no idea why someone above said theyre stiff because they aint

but yes you can find some great options if you peruse the BST forums
Jan 8 2019 10:28AM
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Woos
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SofaKingSickif you can get the ARVs for cheap i say 100% do that, theyre a nasty all around park ski that you can ski the whole mountain with. no idea why someone above said theyre stiff because they aint

but yes you can find some great options if you peruse the BST forums


Yeah lol, people are acting like they're Kartels or some comp park ski. They definitely have more flex than skis like that. I wouldn't consider them a buttery ski however.
Jan 8 2019 2:47PM
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Grabfate
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I recently got the 96's and I like them a lot and they seem to be a much better ski overall than the badgers (slight bias) so another vote for T H A N O S D O G from me
Jan 8 2019 4:25PM
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postal_slime
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where are these cheap arvs you all speak of?
Jan 15 2019 6:39PM
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