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Looking for a beginner park ski for a bigger guy. Thoughts on Tom Wallisch Pro or Whip It's?
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6'1"
200 Ibs
29/M
I am an intermediate all mountain skiier comfortable on most of the mountain besides the real technical stuff. I ski in CO and ride all over the state from Monarch to Steamboat. Last year I demo'd a few skis, got my feet wet in the park and got comfortable doing 180s on small jumps and 5050s. Issues I ran into were completing the rotation for my 360s and rotating on box slides. Now I am ready to pull the trigger on a pair of sticks more oriented toward park to help my progression. Looking for something that will help a beginner park skiier progress on rotation and box slides (possibly rails later) with a light swing weight but will hold up for a bigger guy. I am not looking to do anything bigger than medium jumps. My split is 75/25 all mountain/park. If the ski could double as an all mountain that would be an added bonus but I already have an all mountain set up so the priority is that it allows me to progress in the park. I am looking for suggestions that you have about what skis allowed you to progress or what I should be looking for. I am also specifically curious if the Tom Wallisch Pro or J Skis whipit seems like they would fit what I am looking for? I think the 90 waist would be wide enough for my size but narrow enough to progress in the park. Also my length would have to be a 177 at a minimum. Thanks in advance for the advice.
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Personally I'm more into jibbing and playful park skiing than throwing down crazy rotations in jump lines so I would never personally consider the T-Walls. They are more of a slopestyle ski. I don't have enough experience with the Whip It's but I hear they are okay, nothing mind blowing but not a bad park ski at all.
At your size I would look into some midfats as well like Vishnu Wides, Line Blends, Candide 2.0s, ON3P Magnus 102s, Moment PB&Js, ON3P Kartels, etc.
I'm 5'11" and 180lbs and I'm a 24/M. Personally I'm riding Vishnu Wets and K2 Domains (looking at adding K2 Poachers, ON3P Kartels, or Moment PB&Js to my quiver for the rest of the mountain and jump lines). The Wets are especially great but when I'm outside of the park I'm craving a fatter ski. They can still shred the hell out of a groomer though, especially for a soft center mounted park ski with a lot of rocker.
If you're set on a 90ish wasted ski I would say check out the Armada E-Dollos, Vishnu Wets, ON3P Magnuses, K2 Poachers, this years Line Chronic, Nordica Soul Riders, and skis similar to that.
Keep in mind I am not saying the two skis you mentioned are bad but I think their are better options, especially for people that aren't going huge, people doing more all mountain skiing, people who are more playful, etc.
**This post was edited on Jan 17th 2019 at 1:03:57pm
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