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How fat is too fat?

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freestyle_rich
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companies are starting to get out of hand with ski widths; the line elizabeth has a huge waist for being a park ski, and no powder skiier needs a wasit of 130mm. i think 80-90 mm is good enough.





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Jul 2 2005 5:19PM
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Deezl
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That's your opinion. 130 is too big for my taste right now but I definitely like 100mm for pow and at least 85 for park.

Jul 2 2005 5:22PM
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beep
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pollard's personal pair are 150 in the waist.

Jul 2 2005 5:26PM
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garrett.
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130 isnt too big, just to big for some people









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Jul 2 2005 5:27PM
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*DrewT*
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I can't imagine how much float you would get with those. I don't think it's out of hand only one pair of skis are that fat

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Jul 2 2005 5:43PM
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beep
Posts: 318 - Karma: 9
there's actually eight pairs or something like that.

try the prophets before you make assumptions about them.

Jul 2 2005 5:48PM
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Lineskier-101
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I think it's great that companies are bringing out fat skis.

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Jul 2 2005 5:56PM
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garrett.
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200 is too fat









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Jul 2 2005 5:56PM
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sketchlinefilms
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maybe^

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Jul 2 2005 6:38PM
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freeskier1316
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becomes to fat when you've got 2 snowboards on your feet i think 130 is plenty big pollard has 150!!! are those his prophets?


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Jul 2 2005 6:40PM
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Ahmets_Brother
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when yoru considered obese

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Jul 2 2005 9:04PM
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switch_9
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I dont think freestyle_rich has skied Made'n ak's yet

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Jul 2 2005 10:09PM
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snowboard fatness is the limit, I think Eric Pollard will reach that level in the near future.

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Jul 2 2005 11:04PM
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Hef
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its too fat when it affects your stance

Jul 3 2005 12:41AM
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mdvorak
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its so you can use em in water too

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Jul 3 2005 1:18AM
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freestyle_rich
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no, no i have not and those are pretty damn wide themselves; i think dropping the width down to 95-100 and just eliminating the camber will make a better powder ski.





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Jul 3 2005 8:29AM
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freestyle_rich
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and how would someone cross a 150mm wide ski?





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Jul 3 2005 8:30AM
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beep
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so this thread got censored, eh? too bad.

Jul 3 2005 10:27AM
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Dilla
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130 is soo big. thats nuts. you only need that for Big Mountain stuff.


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Jul 3 2005 10:38AM
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joshbryant
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You can't say they're too fat until you've tried them.


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Jul 3 2005 10:39AM
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punk_rider
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just trends, ... wait, the skis will become less wide ...

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Jul 3 2005 11:18AM
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Jul 3 2005 11:51AM
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Gnarshred
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iven been wanting to try that.
just to make a statement.
i do like fat skis tho, dont get me wrong.

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Jul 3 2005 12:09PM
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Antoine.
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yeah what the shit are u talkin about


Jul 3 2005 3:44PM
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hemlockjibber8
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80 doesnt float in pow

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Jul 3 2005 4:29PM
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ztragnoB
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i remember a story of someone strapping two snowboards to thier feet, i cant remember who did it though.




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Jul 3 2005 4:29PM
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McConkey did it.








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Jul 3 2005 4:51PM
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lpskier5
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130 is too fat for riding anything but backcountry powder, if youw ant to use them for all mountain too, you can ride anything up to like 110

Jul 3 2005 5:10PM
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General_Shredgnar
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too much float in pow gets annoying cause you are riding the surface not floating through the gooduns, I skied utah great with 85mm width, although I did sink a bit, if I was skiing powder I would go for the maden AK or seth and those are like, what, 90-100, that seems like perfectly fat for pow, but if your shredding larger things it may give you more control for a fatter ski. Fat skis are fun to ride never the less.

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Jul 3 2005 5:48PM
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freestyle_rich
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i always thought that the main factor for floating on powder was the amount of camber in the ski, and that width was just for stability.





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Jul 3 2005 7:36PM
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lineskier07
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i think it just depends on the style of the rider if your into doing crossed up stuff dont get fattys but if you think that shot of pollard over that gangster ass table in hood is dope then get em its all about image dont you know that

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Jul 3 2005 8:41PM
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freeskier1316
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i agree if you have to much float then are you riding powder or the top of powder i personaly like hauling and be kind of sucken in cuz thats the fun of it and when you carve its so cool i would think that if they get to wide then it would ruin that expierence


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Jul 3 2005 9:16PM
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F-STOP
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It's almost like when you are skiing on skis that wide and floating on the surface of the deep powder, you might as well be skiing on powder 6 inches deep. It ruins the entire purpose and fun of cutting through powder. I think it's stupid and the only reason companies are doing it is because it's different, it's new, it's apparently the cool thing to follow and because it's another marketing technique to make another buck for the company. Well they can have their super fat skis. It's ruining skiing's dynamic and graceful appeal. after fat skis showed up, skiing have taken a weird turn in how it is performed. We went from hoping turns in the powder to just both feet on the ground swoopy turns. It's too easy.

Jul 4 2005 1:38AM
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[~_~]
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my Made'N AKs are 108mm at the waist and I love them for pow. So Im gonna have to say that 110mm is fat enough. But I have never skiied the Prophets so I shalt not judge the performance, but I do think they look stupid though couse they're so fat.

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Jul 4 2005 6:06PM
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garrett.
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^i would say the prophets are for the days at aly that are soooo heavy and wet









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Jul 4 2005 7:28PM
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FullClip09
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I think they can be any size companies want if you dont like them dont buy them and don't whine about them like a little pussy.


Jul 4 2005 7:41PM
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^OMG! YOU N00B! OMG OMG! STOP POSTING YOU RETARDED FAYGGET NEWB!

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Jul 4 2005 8:10PM
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jsg
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^HAHAHAHA the name newb makes me laugh HAHAHA we where all them once....BUT UR SAYING U WOULD WANT A PAIR OF SKIS THAT ARE LIKE 5 feet WIDE THEY COULD BE A FUCKING WEAPON!


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Jul 4 2005 8:18PM
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agpproductions
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i like to have one snowboard in each foot for powder. no seriously 160
mm is large enough...more then that seems too large

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Jul 4 2005 8:27PM
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scientist
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until it affects your stance is what i say to

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Jul 4 2005 8:37PM
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AKFREERIDE
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yea, when your stance looks like your givin birth, its to wide

Jul 5 2005 1:16PM
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too fat is when you're able to ski powder like it is groomed.

I live in a place far far away, where on occasion the telly tubbies will come to play....and that's when Ma gets out the shotgun. Damn critters climb in our gutter system all the time.
Jul 5 2005 1:20PM
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whenever I tell any of them that their too fat they laugh and say good one. I insist that it was not a joke but they dont beleive me. its pretty gross- t-man152
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