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Help me decide new skis please

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penguinkillah
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Hello,

I am looking at adding a third ski for low tide groomer days, have a couple of ideas. I want something with a short turn radius, pretty light and soft, something just fun to carve and play around on, even at low speeds and without fresh snow. I ski minimal park nowadays, maybe just small jump line and tubes, but I like finding natural features for 180s, 360s, nose butters, skiing switch etc. Don't really care about ""charging,"" more concerned with having fun.

The skis I am considering:

Armada kimbo
Line sakana
Season kin

For reference I live in summit county and have epic, so mostly ski breck, vail, keystone, and beaver creek.

One concern I have is that I am 6'3" 200lbs, and all of the skis above are max length 181 or 182. Mirus cors come in 184, but I discounted that ski because it's so expensive.

Thots?
Nov 5 2024 9:56AM
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tesla.coupe
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Kimbo or the og stranger
Nov 5 2024 12:06PM
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dognutz
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line blade

they ski well short anyway
Nov 5 2024 12:07PM
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jimbobs
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I'm similar proportions to you, and casually looking for a very similar ski right now, but not much is available.

The new Reckoner 102 in 191 ticks a lot of your boxes. Maybe the Jeffrey 100 in 191 with a custom soft flex, expensive option tho.
Edit: Line Sir Francis Bacon in 190 could also work.

I own a few skis kinda similar to your wishlist. The Koala 103 in 189 (18m radius) is a fun carving-focused freeride ski, but it's very stiff, so it's a bit much for jibbing and low speeds. I also have some ON3P Jeffrey 102s in 191 (21m radius), and they're super playful, with a middle-of-the-road flex pattern. Carve good for a park ski, but the Koalas lay trenches significantly harder.

I think if the Season Kin or Armada Kimbo ever get a 190ish length, that would probably be my move. Or if Vishnu ever makes a mid-width carvy twintip I'd absolutely go for that.

**This post was edited on Nov 5th 2024 at 12:46:15pm
Nov 5 2024 12:45PM
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deac
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key+
Nov 5 2024 12:48PM
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BallClapper
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For a third ski you could probably find someone selling a busted prodigy for $150. Absolute steal if you ask me.
Nov 5 2024 3:25PM
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penguinkillah
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jimbobsI'm similar proportions to you, and casually looking for a very similar ski right now, but not much is available.

The new Reckoner 102 in 191 ticks a lot of your boxes. Maybe the Jeffrey 100 in 191 with a custom soft flex, expensive option tho.
Edit: Line Sir Francis Bacon in 190 could also work.

I own a few skis kinda similar to your wishlist. The Koala 103 in 189 (18m radius) is a fun carving-focused freeride ski, but it's very stiff, so it's a bit much for jibbing and low speeds. I also have some ON3P Jeffrey 102s in 191 (21m radius), and they're super playful, with a middle-of-the-road flex pattern. Carve good for a park ski, but the Koalas lay trenches significantly harder.

I think if the Season Kin or Armada Kimbo ever get a 190ish length, that would probably be my move. Or if Vishnu ever makes a mid-width carvy twintip I'd absolutely go for that.

**This post was edited on Nov 5th 2024 at 12:46:15pm


That's funny you say that, a 191 on3p krypto is my main daily ski. I like it a lot, great for days where you might be able to find some leftover stashes off piste as well as rail some groomers. But it can feel long, heavy, and cumbersome when spinning off of smaller hits, and I can't really lay carves unless I get it up to decent speed. I emailed season about a month ago asking if there were any plans for a longer kin, unfortunately they said there aren't any plans for that as of now.

Bacons are a bit wide underfoot for what I'm looking for as I already have the 102 on3ps as well as 120 pow skis. I'm leaning toward trying the kimbos.
Nov 5 2024 4:05PM
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penguinkillah
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BallClapperFor a third ski you could probably find someone selling a busted prodigy for $150. Absolute steal if you ask me.


Ok but for my third boot do you think I should get left or right?
Nov 5 2024 4:07PM
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lil.Boye
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The kimbo does look super promising, i would also back the pescado and also line blade
Nov 5 2024 8:53PM
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Wadyatalkinabout
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189 wets with sharp edges
Nov 9 2024 7:16PM
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