Ultimate jibby all mountain/park ski

XtRemE11I've been wanting a ski like this for a couple years now, and im thinking ill run the cast setup so i can tour some.

Last year I was on some older 120 waist on3p jeffreys as my every day ski. But I do enough park that it was a little too much ski for that. I think it would have been more manageable in the park if it were softer, something like my old hellbents, but being a stiff heavy chargey ski was just a little too much.

Most of my days i'm typically doing some inbounds runs in the morning, and spend a good chunk of the day riding side country, sometimes i'll bring my pack and skins and spend the whole day out there. and then i'll probably do a couple hours of park at the end of the day.

I typically like a medium or medium soft flex ski, a good amount of rocker and flat or close to flat camber underfoot, center or very close to center mount. and something thats pretty loose and maneuverable, easy to throw sideways and surf around. A lot of my sidecountry or backcountry days is in tight steeps. and for inbounds, i dont care about carving, im usually just popping off stuff and screwing around. my jeffreys for example, are much stiffer than i'd need for my weight and strength, 165-170lbs. I've had plenty of big sketchy backseat landings and if anything would have liked them to flex out a little more.

I will probably be keeping my jeffrey's and MIGHT be getting some new park skis this year, but if these can handle all my park needs that would be good.

Any ideas? so far I'm thinking a custom jeffrey 108 with softer flex, YLE 110, reckoner 112, prodigy 3.0.

evo.comARV 106 falls in here, too. They got a more "all mountain" makeover this year, Twig covered that well in his Roofbox review.

mystery3My vote is for the Sego Bighorn 106.

Maybe the Icelantic Nomad 105 as well.

animatorNever skied softer flex J 108s but I have a stock one and it’s a fun ski, probably medium stiff but the profile makes it easy to leverage the rocker. My friend has had 3 RMUs and had horror stories about the quality being real sub-par. Edge high, sloppy sidewalls, the like. No personal experience so take that with a grain. Reckoner 112 is damn slept on, super fun ski in just about every condition. Closest thing to what you’re looking for IMO, besides maybe a soft J 108 (again, haven’t skied one) and the Prodigy. This years Prodigy 3.0 is softer than last year and is super enjoyable. Also a fantastic option, little better in harder snow than the Reck

XtRemE11Yeah I experienced rmu’s durability issues, though as far as I know they’re in a new factory and the build quality is awesome now. Looked at the yle118’s in person and they seemed solid.

the reckoner 112 seems sick. Maybe a little wide for park, i think 106-108 is my sweet spot for width. Which is why I’m leaning towards the Jeffrey

XtRemE11Hadn’t really considered the bighorn, looks interesting. Thought it’s more of a stiff charger? I like the rocker profile

mystery3I rode it on a demo a couple years ago, it's reasonably stiff underfoot but the tips and tails are soft. I don't believe they're changed it in the meantime. It's super fun, Libby, and loose

XtRemE11I've been wanting a ski like this for a couple years now, and im thinking ill run the cast setup so i can tour some.

Last year I was on some older 120 waist on3p jeffreys as my every day ski. But I do enough park that it was a little too much ski for that. I think it would have been more manageable in the park if it were softer, something like my old hellbents, but being a stiff heavy chargey ski was just a little too much.

Most of my days i'm typically doing some inbounds runs in the morning, and spend a good chunk of the day riding side country, sometimes i'll bring my pack and skins and spend the whole day out there. and then i'll probably do a couple hours of park at the end of the day.

I typically like a medium or medium soft flex ski, a good amount of rocker and flat or close to flat camber underfoot, center or very close to center mount. and something thats pretty loose and maneuverable, easy to throw sideways and surf around. A lot of my sidecountry or backcountry days is in tight steeps. and for inbounds, i dont care about carving, im usually just popping off stuff and screwing around. my jeffreys for example, are much stiffer than i'd need for my weight and strength, 165-170lbs. I've had plenty of big sketchy backseat landings and if anything would have liked them to flex out a little more.

I will probably be keeping my jeffrey's and MIGHT be getting some new park skis this year, but if these can handle all my park needs that would be good.

Any ideas? so far I'm thinking a custom jeffrey 108 with softer flex, YLE 110, reckoner 112, prodigy 3.0.