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Anotherandrew
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I have a few options for buying skis this year and I'm looking for some input. I have some honey badgers but I am in need of some new skis. I think I could make my honey badgers work for rails and that's it.

1. Buy all mountains this year and just use old line honey badgers in the park. Next year I'll buy park skis. I'm leaning towards this option.
2. Buy park skis this year, but then may be missing out on all mountain skis for a year. Then buy all mountains in a year or two.

I'm an 18 years old, 5"9, and 125 lbs. I'm a type III skier and I mainly do park. I use to ski out east but now I'll be skiing in the pacific northwest. I'll honestly probably be doing 80% park. I just do not want to miss out on the fun terrain that all mountain skis can handle. I have never really experienced that kind of terrain though, only park skiing.

Additionally, for the actually skis to buy, if I were to go with the first option I've been thinking about getting armada arw 106 ul's and then edollos. Any other Ideas for skis? Like one park ski and one all mountain ski a little closer to a powder ski.
Sep 23 2021 5:25PM
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BradFiAusNzCoCa
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Do the all mountains and have your Honey Badgers for rails. Trust me, you’ll get bad fomo if you don’t splurge on some skis that you can ride all over and really enjoy the terrain.

Having an all mountain ski doesn’t mean you can’t hit jumps and the occasional rail with it. Some people hit rails and ski whole mountain with same skis

**This post was edited on Sep 23rd 2021 at 6:48:43pm
Sep 23 2021 6:47PM
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animator
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Don’t buy the UL 106 but definitely keep the Badgers for park. The UL is sick for touring and soft snow but as soon as things get choppy they suck, I skied them on a pow day and loved them then 2 days after a pow day and hated them. They’re too light to be powerful for all mountain conditions. Look at an ON3P Jeff 110 or a Moment Wildcat 108, these are skis that are a little more expensive but will last longer and you’ll get more than your money’s worth.
Sep 23 2021 7:23PM
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Anotherandrew
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animatorDon’t buy the UL 106 but definitely keep the Badgers for park. The UL is sick for touring and soft snow but as soon as things get choppy they suck, I skied them on a pow day and loved them then 2 days after a pow day and hated them. They’re too light to be powerful for all mountain conditions. Look at an ON3P Jeff 110 or a Moment Wildcat 108, these are skis that are a little more expensive but will last longer and you’ll get more than your money’s worth.


Thanks for the info. So the 106 uls are pretty much a skinny pow ski? Would they be a good middle point for park or should I just stay away from them?

ON3Ps and Moments seem crazy popular on NS, are they overrated or actually good? I've heard ON3Ps have killer durability. If I got either one of those would they be able to do an occasional rail and park lap if I don't want to go back for the badgers?
Sep 23 2021 8:18PM
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isaacwrong
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Surface give'r/upper, blend, vishnu wide, edollo, reckoner 102 probs missing a ton more but these are solid one ski quiver imo
Sep 23 2021 8:34PM
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animator
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AnotherandrewThanks for the info. So the 106 uls are pretty much a skinny pow ski? Would they be a good middle point for park or should I just stay away from them?

ON3Ps and Moments seem crazy popular on NS, are they overrated or actually good? I've heard ON3Ps have killer durability. If I got either one of those would they be able to do an occasional rail and park lap if I don't want to go back for the badgers?


They have 1.7mm edges so I wouldn’t ski them in the park. They’d be an awesome pow/touring ski for the east coast and that’s about it IMO. Moment and ON3P have a lot of following because they can back up all of their claims. ON3P makes some of the most durable skis in the world and Moments don’t slouch either. 100% worth every penny you pay for them.
Sep 23 2021 9:02PM
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CatdickBojangles
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Get some Jeffrey 102s or 110s and cover both needs with 1 ski.
Sep 23 2021 9:08PM
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Anotherandrew
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BradFiAusNzCoCaDo the all mountains and have your Honey Badgers for rails. Trust me, you’ll get bad fomo if you don’t splurge on some skis that you can ride all over and really enjoy the terrain.

Having an all mountain ski doesn’t mean you can’t hit jumps and the occasional rail with it. Some people hit rails and ski whole mountain with same skis

**This post was edited on Sep 23rd 2021 at 6:48:43pm


Thanks.
I'll be getting new proper park skis next season, I would just need an all mountain pair for this season. Should I go for a wider all mountain that definitely lacks in park but it doesn't really matter if I have different skis?

Should I get Jeffrey 110s or moment wildcat 108s?
Sep 23 2021 11:48PM
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KCoCM
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No worse feeling than having a storm rock your world and not having a fat enough pair of sticks to enjoy the sweet deep depths of mother nature to the max. thats all i'll say.

something like reck 102 or nomad 105's might do you right, but if ur gunna have multiple pairs of skis one of them should be like 108-110+ IMO if youre going to be living out west for a whole season.

EDIT: i rocked honey badgers and arv JJs for two seasons without a mid option. Does it suck sometimes to not have something in between? yes. do the days where youre skiing the aftermath of a fresh storm on your fat boys and floating and slashing and cumming in your pants for 5 straight hours make up for it? yea u better believe it.

I guess it comes down to how much youre going to be able to get to the hill. are you able to ski 3 or more days a week whenever you want? get some fatter shit to be ready for snow. are you only able to ski 1-2 days a week and sometimes not even that? getting a mid ski might be the better move.

**This post was edited on Sep 24th 2021 at 12:03:24am
Sep 23 2021 11:59PM
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Anotherandrew
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KCoCMNo worse feeling than having a storm rock your world and not having a fat enough pair of sticks to enjoy the sweet deep depths of mother nature to the max. thats all i'll say.

something like reck 102 or nomad 105's might do you right, but if ur gunna have multiple pairs of skis one of them should be like 108-110+ IMO if youre going to be living out west for a whole season.

EDIT: i rocked honey badgers and arv JJs for two seasons without a mid option. Does it suck sometimes to not have something in between? yes. do the days where youre skiing the aftermath of a fresh storm on your fat boys and floating and slashing and cumming in your pants for 5 straight hours make up for it? yea u better believe it.

I guess it comes down to how much youre going to be able to get to the hill. are you able to ski 3 or more days a week whenever you want? get some fatter shit to be ready for snow. are you only able to ski 1-2 days a week and sometimes not even that? getting a mid ski might be the better move.

**This post was edited on Sep 24th 2021 at 12:03:24am


I'm going to be here for 4 seasons, and trying to go as much as I can. I'm sure some seasons I will only go 1-2 times a week, but other seasons I may be going much more than that. I pretty much can only buy 2 skis so that's my struggle. Do I get 1 fat and 1 twig, or 1 mid and 1 twig etc. My honey badgers are just holding on so they will probably get ruined this season. Thanks for the help that's just what I was looking for.
Sep 24 2021 1:49AM
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Non_State_Actor
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Where are you planning to ski mostly?
Sep 24 2021 2:09AM
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teabag
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If you’re gonna be skiing 80% park definitely get skis you can ski in park as well because if your honey badgers break you’ll have nothing to ski park with. I don’t have recommendations but don’t buy a powder only ski
Sep 24 2021 4:36AM
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Session
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Honestly, if you have moved to the PNW. You might see yourself skiing more of the mountain more often. I could see a J102 meeting all those needs. And just use your Honey Badgers for when you want to ski park all day.
Sep 24 2021 11:38AM
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BradFiAusNzCoCa
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I think it depends on your style and if you’re used to wider skis. If you think you’ll be jumping off stuff and want a more intuitive, playful flex then maybe like an SFB. If you want to just charge and destroy anything in your wake then something heavier.

I would probably look at something in the 105+ up range like Jeff 110, UFO 105 or the Wildcat 108 you mentioned. But if you’re not quite ready to jump so wide then a Jeff 102 or wildcat 101 wouldn’t hurt.

You know they say there’s a ski that makes the whole mountain your playground and it comes in a 106..
AnotherandrewThanks.
I'll be getting new proper park skis next season, I would just need an all mountain pair for this season. Should I go for a wider all mountain that definitely lacks in park but it doesn't really matter if I have different skis?

Should I get Jeffrey 110s or moment wildcat 108s?
Sep 24 2021 11:44AM
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Anotherandrew
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SessionHonestly, if you have moved to the PNW. You might see yourself skiing more of the mountain more often. I could see a J102 meeting all those needs. And just use your Honey Badgers for when you want to ski park all day.


Yeah that's what I was thinking I never had done all mountain because eastern skiing isn't that great, but I probably will love it with proper mountains.
Sep 24 2021 5:31PM
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Anotherandrew
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BradFiAusNzCoCaI think it depends on your style and if you’re used to wider skis. If you think you’ll be jumping off stuff and want a more intuitive, playful flex then maybe like an SFB. If you want to just charge and destroy anything in your wake then something heavier.

I would probably look at something in the 105+ up range like Jeff 110, UFO 105 or the Wildcat 108 you mentioned. But if you’re not quite ready to jump so wide then a Jeff 102 or wildcat 101 wouldn’t hurt.

You know they say there’s a ski that makes the whole mountain your playground and it comes in a 106..


I honestly would love a wide ski as one of my skis and then a regular park ski. Would it be a better idea to buy the wides this season and park skis the next or the other way around?
Sep 24 2021 5:33PM
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BradFiAusNzCoCa
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Wide skis this year park skis next year
AnotherandrewI honestly would love a wide ski as one of my skis and then a regular park ski. Would it be a better idea to buy the wides this season and park skis the next or the other way around?
Sep 24 2021 5:56PM
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animator
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AnotherandrewYeah that's what I was thinking I never had done all mountain because eastern skiing isn't that great, but I probably will love it with proper mountains.


Lmao what there’s some retarded terrain on the east coast you just have to know where it is. Jay Peak has some of the gnarliest glades going
Sep 24 2021 6:05PM
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CatdickBojangles
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animatorLmao what there’s some retarded terrain on the east coast you just have to know where it is. Jay Peak has some of the gnarliest glades going


Some of the glades at Killington are fucking gnarly too.
Sep 24 2021 6:12PM
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animator
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CatdickBojanglesSome of the glades at Killington are fucking gnarly too.


Yes sir
Sep 24 2021 6:22PM
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Anotherandrew
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BradFiAusNzCoCaWide skis this year park skis next year


Should I go full wide at 116s or just 106-110s?
Sep 24 2021 10:34PM
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KCoCM
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what do the edges and bases of the honey badgers look like? is it possible they actually become un-skiable before the end of the upcoming season
Sep 24 2021 10:53PM
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Anotherandrew
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KCoCMwhat do the edges and bases of the honey badgers look like? is it possible they actually become un-skiable before the end of the upcoming season


I don't have them with me but lots and lots of cracks, the based is just a ton of scratches/gouges, I never bothered with ptech or anything so many many gouges.
Sep 25 2021 1:42AM
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colorado_frenchy
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Let me throw another option for you, Prodigy 3.0, they'll enable you the make the all mountain your playground 😉
Seriously though it's a great daily driver out West, you can pair it down the road with a dedicated park ski and a dedicated pow ski, but it'll do fine on pretty much anything you'll throw at it, including park. (Just don't mount it at recommend, it's too far back)
Sep 25 2021 10:38AM
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Notaskibum
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KCoCMNo worse feeling than having a storm rock your world and not having a fat enough pair of sticks to enjoy the sweet deep depths of mother nature to the max. thats all i'll say.

something like reck 102 or nomad 105's might do you right, but if ur gunna have multiple pairs of skis one of them should be like 108-110+ IMO if youre going to be living out west for a whole season.

EDIT: i rocked honey badgers and arv JJs for two seasons without a mid option. Does it suck sometimes to not have something in between? yes. do the days where youre skiing the aftermath of a fresh storm on your fat boys and floating and slashing and cumming in your pants for 5 straight hours make up for it? yea u better believe it.

I guess it comes down to how much youre going to be able to get to the hill. are you able to ski 3 or more days a week whenever you want? get some fatter shit to be ready for snow. are you only able to ski 1-2 days a week and sometimes not even that? getting a mid ski might be the better move.

**This post was edited on Sep 24th 2021 at 12:03:24am

I would also recommend the reckenor 102s for this. Not too fat, can hit some jumps if you feel inclined but also still killer on the deep days.
Sep 25 2021 1:54PM
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