Why are people so ignorant about skis?

OregonDeadI would like to try an entire season on the genomes too. Hopefully you did not kill the stoke this sounds awesome

Bened_notnilI tried to not put him down too much but this is a guy that pretty much only rides groomers and the occasional black. He will probably still have fun because he won't know he is suffering. I just feel bad because his old skis were 2016 Line Tiger snakes, and that will be a big change to get used to.

OregonDeadwhere is this? dude should just change his life to go with the genomes and chase storms from now on

Cade2Bro outsiders are park skis!

Cade2Bro outsiders are park skis!

BallZach420^ not bad ones either

Bened_notnilWhile not the worst ski you could use in the park, you are just plain wrong if you think the Outsiders are a "park ski". Definitely a fun ski though, almost bought a pair a few weeks ago.

Bened_notnilMy friend who isn't the greatest skier just came into the shop I "work" at and asked me to mount up a pair of Liberty Genomes for him. In case you don't know, the Liberty Genome has a 141 underfoot.

broken_skier0Why do they make skis which are 141? Unless you're a heli-guide and ski nothing but bottomless powder, I can't imagine those skis working for anyone.

**This post was edited on Oct 16th 2020 at 6:32:25pm

Bened_notnilMy friend who isn't the greatest skier just came into the shop I "work" at and asked me to mount up a pair of Liberty Genomes for him. In case you don't know, the Liberty Genome has a 141 underfoot. He said he wanted to use them as his only pair of skis for the year. I feel bad for laughing at him, but he pretends to do research about it, and then he just buys the first pair of cool top sheets he sees. He did the same thing for a bike last summer, and bought a 2017 Norco Aurum (a downhill bike) that he wanted to use for trail and town riding. And just a few weeks ago, he came into my shop and tried to convince me that Surface Outsiders are park skis.

Of course I mounted the skis for him, and of course I didn't charge him for it, but he should really put some effort into not wasting his money.

alexhallsdadsounds to me like the dudes just got huge balls. respect.

CalumSKIDon’t fat shame
he’s a big sender

Bened_notnilYeah, my shop has like 5 skis over 125mm underfoot and we might sell 1 a year to someone who actually needs that width.

animatorI’m not even sure I could name 5 skis over 125... moment chipotle banana, moment ghost train, armada Magic j, liberty genome... what am I missing?

finderArmada Bubba and ARG, Volkl Chopstick

BLandzAre you really Alex Halls dad? Thats crazy give this man orange name

animatorI’m not even sure I could name 5 skis over 125... moment chipotle banana, moment ghost train, armada Magic j, liberty genome... what am I missing?

finderArmada Bubba and ARG, Volkl Chopstick

Bened_notnilHellbents, Moment Comis, Line Pescado

mystery3As long as your guy is having fun who cares how wide his skis are?

Most people are ignorant about skis because they don't really care, they don't geek out on equipped like we do. Same people that drive appliance cars and boring beige-mobile crossovers.

animatorI’m not even sure I could name 5 skis over 125... moment chipotle banana, moment ghost train, armada Magic j, liberty genome... what am I missing?

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SFBv420.0maybe just the ski that the goat designed and changed the ski game forevars
thanks shane
sorry these damn kids dont study or know history anymore

broken_skier0Because skiing something too wide on a groomer, and 141 is ridiculous as an all mountain, puts an incredible strain on your knee joints.

**This post was edited on Oct 17th 2020 at 1:27:45pm

TRVP_ANGELdamn this guy sounds like @FruitBootPro in a nutshell

FruitBootProI mean I've skied skis as wide as 116 on groomers and actually really enjoyed them

mystery3Have fun "ripping the groomers" on your carving skis my dude, i'll have plenty of fun skiing my noctas (122mm) daily and whip out my 110 waist for low tide days.

It shouldn't matter to you what that dude wants to ski.

e.litttyeah adding onto the fat daily driver group, I currently have Kartel 116s and before that I rode a pair of 2014 LINE Mangum Opus's daily (124 underfoot) everyday. That man is going to have a hoot rolling around with those thicc skis.

broken_skier0Why do they make skis which are 141? Unless you're a heli-guide and ski nothing but bottomless powder, I can't imagine those skis working for anyone.

**This post was edited on Oct 16th 2020 at 6:32:25pm

FruitBootProHaha 124 underfoot? I'd never go above 120 for something that isn't purely for pow

In retrospect, did it work well?

e.litttYeah the skis were actually super playful, I got them used so they were a bit on the shorter side for my height imo (178cm skis and I'm 183cm tall) so that probably helped with things. The magnum opus's had a really nice rocker profile, so it was pretty easy to kick out and pivot when you wanted to do tighter turns in the trees and I felt like the edges held well on groomers. Also the ski was pretty light, like I learned how to do blind 270s off on them haha

FruitBootProfr tho, how are you gonna say outsiders are too fat when @Young_patty skis deathwishes in park totally fine

I mean I've skied skis as wide as 116 on groomers and actually really enjoyed them

**This post was edited on Oct 17th 2020 at 2:18:18pm

animatorLmfao I totally forgot about the Spatula I’m an idiot. I consider myself pretty well versed in skiing history I was trying to think of more modern skis since the guy was saying his shop currently stocks skis more than 125

DominatorJacquesThese boys rip terrain park on 116's

animatorI’m not even sure I could name 5 skis over 125... moment chipotle banana, moment ghost train, armada Magic j, liberty genome... what am I missing?

animatorI’m not even sure I could name 5 skis over 125... moment chipotle banana, moment ghost train, armada Magic j, liberty genome... what am I missing?

TheWeazSpatulas aren’t actually that wide, I think they were only 115 underfoot.

pontoons and pon2oons are just over 130.