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Ep pro or hellbents

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I_ski123
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Hello i'm looking for a new pair of powder/ all mountain skis and these two skis are the ones i'm thinking of. I'm about 5.9-5.10 and weight around 150. Which one of these skis would be the best for what i want to do thanks

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Billiards.
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The Hellbents look so godly to me I love them. You should gettum to make me jealous.
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SkiWashington
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id say go with the sir francis bacons dude. the ep pro is a monster pow ski, and sure it can ride on groomers clean. but unless your going to be doing like 95% pow, you might want a more all around ski- sir francis baconsssssss
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FUUUCK
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If you want a powder/all mountain ski, I'd disregard both those skis.
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FUUUCK
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Yeah bacons are a solid option, you might want to check out Made'ns and seth's as well.
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chazz.
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First off, it would depend on wether or not you wanted a stiffer or softer ski. Hellbents are stiffer, ep pros are like freakin spaghetti. but with that being said, you dont need either. DEFINITLEY GO WITH SIR FRANCIS BACONS, they are made for exaclty what you want, a fat ski that can slay pow and then tear up the groomers, crud, and park. this is the ski for you! dont bother with seths or ak's or anything, you will love bacons. get them!
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SkiWashington
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nice post :)
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shithawks
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ummm its called the equipment forum.
second it also depends wether u want to do mad butters or not (hellbents). but if ur looking for a good big mountain ski get the arg's (armada).
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chazz.
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disregard this post.
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FUUUCK
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hahaha
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4ReeL_
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both your options are way to fat for grouse mountain maybe try a ski 90 or less underfoot.
17 years ago
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Alex_thedroog
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hahahahahahaha
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=FLO=
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Truly Retarded, and are you meaning to misspell "Awesome"?

I have an EP Pro and it is really fun in deep deep snow, but i would rather have a Hellbent, the tail on the EP is way way too soft.  If you lean back at all it will shoot out from under you.  But you dont need either of these skis, i would go with a Bacon or Seth or VCT.
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B.Snow
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Neither of those are really the ideal all mountain ski, but if you want one i'd go with the k2 hellbents in a 169 because the sizing is super weird and they fit more like a 176... If you're ok to go for a different ski I'd definitely go for bacons
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Daver_BC
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when i tried them, they were floppy sons of bitches. haha
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bob_dole
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funny thing about the bacons...my friend has had a few pairs and then never seem to last longer than a few weeks. if you get either of those skis youd definately be on the cool club up at alta...there are so many fucking rockered skis up there now, its rediculous!
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