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Secondary pair of skis - Reckoner 102 ?

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tombradypreroll
Posts: 45 - Karma: 322
Heellloooo

I'm looking to buy my 2nd pair of skis ever, just started skiing last year and having soooo much fun

Im currently riding armada ARW 98s in a 156 but im 5'5" so i think they're a little too short, im looking at the k2 reckoner 102s in a 163 for my second pair. I definitely want a solid all-mountain ski, but not too sure about the sizing/width.

Im a british columbia resort skier that likes to jump and spin (still learning!!) and not sure if i should stick with a wider ski or get something narrower?? or if you have a whole different recommendation that would be appreciated too :)
2 years ago
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Finbawwr
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Stoked to hear you're loving skiing! I've got the reckoner 102 which I use as my all-mountain playing around on ski, it's great for messing about on - spinning, butters and soft snow. Sounds like a good option, only thing I'll mention is with a narrower ski (mindbender 89 for example) you can learn technique wayyyy easier. A little less fun short term but it pays off if you want to learn bigger tricks or ski faster down the line
2 years ago
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tominiemenmaa
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Do yourself a favor and buy another brand. The wReckoners will blow up before you hit 10 days with them. BTDT. Never gonna buy a pair of K2's again.
2 years ago
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TreyDudski
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^^ my reckoners blew up after 5 days and I was not even hitting rails. The warranty on them is insane and my shop just gave my money back to me, which I then bought something else cause I didn’t want to have to deal with them
2 years ago
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Elimitch
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If you ever want to hit a rail don't get reckoners, myself and many of my homies have had them blow up in like five days.
2 years ago
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s.j.mitchell
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tominiemenmaaDo yourself a favor and buy another brand. The wReckoners will blow up before you hit 10 days with them. BTDT. Never gonna buy a pair of K2's again.


Clearly haven’t ridden poachers
2 years ago
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Flowtis
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s.j.mitchellClearly haven’t ridden poachers


reckoner has a bad rep but poachers are tanks
2 years ago
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jompcock
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My friend at *redacted* fucking hates the Reckoner and stocked up on pairs of Marksmen when he heard the Reckoner was basically its replacement.
2 years ago
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tominiemenmaa
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Yup, and won't be doing anytime soon. Can't support a brand making this shitty ski model. It's a fun ski tho.
s.j.mitchellClearly haven’t ridden poachers
2 years ago
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jack.augustine
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TreyDudski^^ my reckoners blew up after 5 days and I was not even hitting rails. The warranty on them is insane and my shop just gave my money back to me, which I then bought something else cause I didn’t want to have to deal with them


if you ski somewhat awesome they will break in 7 days been through the 2023’s twice and jus destroyed the 2024’s today warranty’s a blessing from god tho
a year ago
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tombradypreroll
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jack.augustineif you ski somewhat awesome they will break in 7 days been through the 2023’s twice and jus destroyed the 2024’s today warranty’s a blessing from god tho


I ended up getting Jeffrey 100s :-)
a year ago
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