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Skiing buyers guide...

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Alex_thedroog
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I just got it today and was not impressed at all.  It was not very informative for you unless you were skiing pow or racing, they never once mentioned the park.  For a review on the p3 some testers described it as buttery and they had no idea what that meant and made some stupid ass refernces to butter.  And they left out the hottest boots this year.  Do not buy.
Aug 16 2007 7:34PM
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TheButterHashira
Posts: 9691 - Karma: 1,702
its skiing magazine. it mentions the park perhaps 1 time every magazine
Aug 16 2007 7:37PM
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EastSteez.
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yea thats why i subscribe to Freeskier
Aug 16 2007 7:53PM
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Holte
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...and this surprises you? i'd like to browse it anyway for kicks.
Aug 16 2007 7:55PM
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TheButterHashira
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they actually have good articles for non park rats. i enjoyed their avalanche issue a couple years ago
Aug 16 2007 7:58PM
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ESAND
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It can't be worse than powder. Good lord I forgot how much those reviews sucked dick. Every powder ski whether 90mm or 150mm is reviewd as "does great in powder, also does great on hard snow".
Aug 16 2007 8:04PM
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396222687862
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haha, i also got that mag today, fucking whack. what a waste of time, my whole family gets it for free, oh well. good starter paper for a future bonfire
Aug 16 2007 8:06PM
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Alex_thedroog
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haha, yeah I got it for free from seeing a warren miller film.
Aug 16 2007 8:22PM
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Gnarshred
Posts: 5670 - Karma: 18
I just opened it up...

It sucks how you have to search through to pick out the twins... i think it would make sense to put them all together regardless what terrain they are designed for...
Aug 16 2007 8:23PM
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Jahhsss
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their making a park specific magazine called BOOST, it will have tests from all the freeride skis
Aug 16 2007 10:52PM
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Gnarshred
Posts: 5670 - Karma: 18
^Who Is "They"?
Aug 16 2007 10:53PM
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P.J.S.
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There was already a thread made about the Skiing Mag Buyers Guide

https://www.newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/314349/
Aug 16 2007 10:55PM
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Alex_thedroog
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DAMN....I searched but I didn't find.
Aug 16 2007 11:55PM
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P.J.S.
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at least you tried, the same cannot be said for many.
Aug 17 2007 12:00AM
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cobra_commander
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they is skiing magazine.

and it does not suck to compare the big mountain twins to other big mountain skis. why the fuck would I want to compare a pair of Gots to a pair of fujitives I would much rather compare them to a legend. And for those of you complaining about the lack of a twin tip ski review and them only having powder/all mountain/big mountain skis. I have a few words for you: most of the twin tip all mountain skis probably did not make the cut for the all mountain catagory they only listed the top 40% or so of the skis.  And the other thing I wanted to say is that skiing magazine is for skiers not people who slide up to a rail hop on slide down the rail and get off with out ever making a turn. haha that should cause some fun.
Aug 17 2007 1:27AM
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Gnarshred
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^Your ovaries are showing...

im not going to argue my point, my brain just works differently...

and another thing, so let me get this straight. BOOST is being produced by skiing magazine? if so, is it a full mag or just a buyer's guide?
Aug 17 2007 1:30AM
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cobra_commander
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it's a full mag. and if your talking about who doesn't have balls, I am the one looking for big mountain skis.
Aug 17 2007 1:34AM
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Gnarshred
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I have not said one thing about how or what i ski... or balls for that matter...

I'm not trying to make an enemy, i just wish everyone(myself included) could drop this self esteem shit and mabey we could actually have a Skiing Community instead of a skiing shit on each other fest.
Aug 17 2007 1:36AM
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cobra_commander
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over all they don't rate them on 'how good they are' like freeskier. they rate their different qualities like how stiff it is how well it floats how well it turns. is it more of a power skis or a quick ski. thats how they rate them They don't just say this ski gets 8 out of ten.
Aug 17 2007 2:06AM
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Bluehouse
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Is BOOST still in the works? All I can find out about the mag are it's advertising rates?
Aug 17 2007 3:19AM
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cobra_commander
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they are advertising for it in skiing magazine

Aug 17 2007 12:50PM
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artfullydodged
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i don't know man i tyhink they might send it to skiing subsribers for free
Aug 17 2007 12:56PM
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TheButterHashira
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wasnt freeze made by transworld?
Aug 17 2007 2:44PM
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JayDope
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haha yeah, i got the magazine todya in the mail also, i was not veyr impressed at all, all POW and racing stuff, they had some of the scracthes, and a few line skis in there, and the P3, but other than that it was not worth my time.
Aug 17 2007 2:52PM
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edd1e
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Does no one else think that buyers guides are now becoming obsolete. I mean by the time it is printed and sent out it takes a couple of months, I think. If someone wants a review or details of any aspect of skiing they can just come on here or any other site and get much more detailed information. I'd rather see more interviews and more about the cultural aspects of skiing than ?/10 marks for thousands of skis I have no interest in.
Aug 17 2007 3:07PM
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philipc
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cant wait till freeskier comes out
Aug 17 2007 3:30PM
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Alex_thedroog
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It gives different perspectives on some skis, and good for reading on the toilet/car ride up/road trip/whatever when you don't have a computer or are sick of it.
Aug 17 2007 7:10PM
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MLB
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this is true, there are soo many skis out there....there is something for everybody. Thin skis for bumps, recreational cavers, entry model twin tips. It all depends on what you are into, how long you've been skiing, your skill level, height, weight.....etc.
Aug 17 2007 7:55PM
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dorikin
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I think they should rate things like flex, weight etc. on a numerical type system(or at least just provide all the specs about the skis). Sure, everybody is different, but that doesn't cnhange the raw data about a ski. Having a simple one number rating on how good overall you think a ski performs tells me nothing, as that is going to change with everyone who rides the ski.
Aug 17 2007 8:11PM
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ARSpickert
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earlier in the issue they said something about the libtech nas's and it said that they have been producing them for 4 years... i was under the impression that they came out last year...
Aug 18 2007 1:26AM
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Alex_thedroog
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they have actually been making them for about 6 but didn't come out untill last year.
Aug 18 2007 1:27AM
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ARSpickert
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producing them or planning them?
Aug 18 2007 2:49AM
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cobra_commander
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producing them for atleast 3-4 years I remember seeing them at a SIA a few years ago. they just don't sell to the likes of you.
Aug 18 2007 3:00AM
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PeteyG
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Hey where in the buyers guide was the bindings? I could only find the tele binings???


HELP
Aug 18 2007 3:45PM
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Tucks
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It was horrible Not even bindings
Aug 18 2007 9:07PM
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