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Freeskiers Buyers Guide

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Chinook333
Posts: 78 - Karma: 10
Has anyone with a subscription gotten theirs yet? Today it's on newstands, but normally we get them before that.

I waaaaannnnt miinnnneeee
Aug 28 2007 4:56PM
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casimiro
Posts: 1350 - Karma: 15
am i crazy or did they print the surface live lifes with the tips down in the review section and facing the other direction than all the other skis on the pull out comparison sheet? I thought the trees were the tips they look larger than the blue side.
Sep 6 2007 1:29PM
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constpapa
Posts: 835 - Karma: 327
Has anybody noticed that the Salomon FOIL is not reviewed? what the hell...
Sep 6 2007 1:54PM
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kepler.
Posts: 8761 - Karma: 139
yeah i know. they leave out a lot of skis, just like the invader wasnt reviewed last year
Sep 6 2007 2:08PM
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Coalescent
Posts: 4871 - Karma: 2,063
somebody get me the review for the atomic urban punx
Sep 6 2007 2:38PM
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BMskier
Posts: 3363 - Karma: 365
i got mine and it got rained on
Sep 6 2007 2:45PM
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Jon-Jon
Posts: 228 - Karma: 10
still waiting...
Sep 6 2007 3:18PM
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MadSteezin
Posts: 4572 - Karma: 936
It just came in the mail today!!!! I kissed it too...
Sep 6 2007 6:45PM
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ColbyV
Posts: 1125 - Karma: 57
YES, just got it today
Sep 6 2007 7:02PM
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kepler.
Posts: 8761 - Karma: 139
L: 158, 166, 174, 184 D: 107-84-107 @ 175
$575 stoke: 5.75

jumps: 5 pipe: 6
playfullness: 9 all-mtn: 4

sliding urban ralis is exactly what these skis are designed and named to do. atomic incorporated its new RSR (rail slide reinforcement) technology into this ski. providing an inner edge to help protect and reinforce the outer edges. they also boast a ceramic base made with the hardest p-tex available for increased durability. according to our testers it was a "super buttery and palyful for rails, but way too soft for jumps and pipe" atomic created a pretty specific rail ski but sacrificed all mountain performance to do so
Sep 6 2007 10:22PM
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iggyskier
Posts: 10433 - Karma: 9,727
got it today.  Just read thru it quickly...

and honestly, as with every other buyers guide...sort of sucks. Sorry freeskier...but a lot of the time it seems like you either didn't even ski the skis or forgot to take notes and wrote it as you went.

Either way, I never expect much, and I know it is hard to deliver, but as usual, I was far from impressed.
Sep 7 2007 12:03AM
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Sideways_Shane
Posts: 756 - Karma: 73
got that shit today
Sep 7 2007 12:26AM
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king.tubby
Posts: 2865 - Karma: 122
one thing i thougt was weird was for all the accessories, gloves packs etc, they have like 5 or 10 pictured on the page, but only review 1 or 2 of the items. almost like just looking through a catalogue, but i think a catalogue would be more descriptive. weird.
Sep 7 2007 12:58PM
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LineGhettoBlaster
Posts: 774 - Karma: 11
way to much exitment for a bad ski mag freeskier is terrible someone needs to make a good mag like freze
Sep 7 2007 1:47PM
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michaelclarke
Posts: 1382 - Karma: 638
I skied the STH 16 all last season.. When I first saw the toe piece I was slightly skeptical as are you.. However.. I was quite satisfied with the binding.. I previously had a bunch of trouble staying in a Salomon binding but had ABSOLUTELY NO problems with this system.. I LOVE THIS BINDING.. It's super light and keeps you in.. If you're gonna say im biased because I'm involved with Salomon, ask a 4FRNT rider.. I know at least Mike Hornbeck and Wiley Miller used the STH 16 binding due to some issues with the 4FRNT bindings and they loved them as well..
Sep 7 2007 1:54PM
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coldsmoke20
Posts: 239 - Karma: 108
Damn. anybody else still waiting on thier freeskier?
Sep 7 2007 4:02PM
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mike_e
Posts: 2419 - Karma: 3,066
i just got it im soo stoked cause i wasnt really thinkin about it at the time when i got it..yea im in MD
Sep 7 2007 5:58PM
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psychkub
Posts: 1788 - Karma: 16
I still haven't gotten mine... but that's probably because I moved and it's being re-routed :-(
Sep 7 2007 6:47PM
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Jmanski
Posts: 1152 - Karma: 13
i just got it, i was so pumped that Switch gloves is in it
Sep 7 2007 7:05PM
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SkierX
Posts: 16253 - Karma: 538
Mine finally came here in NY.

I was close to buying it.
Sep 11 2007 10:18AM
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jbskier
Posts: 105 - Karma: 11
im at college my mom fucken sent it a while ago for me and i still havent got it, shit pisses me off
Sep 11 2007 3:25PM
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Rez4frederick
Posts: 4740 - Karma: 40
I read through it and it got boring after looking at it the first time.  thats not how a mag should be.
They rated the T-Halls super low for some reason which seems stupid and probably biased.
Once again, to many ads with Peter Olenick ( at least 4 different ones)
They spent way to much time on the gear girl thing.

Sep 11 2007 3:33PM
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Nine7OH__
Posts: 178 - Karma: 31
i def have mine
Sep 11 2007 3:41PM
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SkierX
Posts: 16253 - Karma: 538
It's a gear guide. You can't honestly expect a high reread value. Also, it's a magazine, which means it only needs to entertain you for a month, because then you get another one. It's not like it only comes out once a year.

Perhaps they rated the T-Halls low because the teters didn't like them as much as other options available? Is that too hard to believe or something?
Sep 11 2007 3:42PM
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SkierX
Posts: 16253 - Karma: 538
Post reply thought...

Overall, comparing this years gear guide to last years, Freeskier has stepped up the game BIGTIME as there are a lot more products being reviewed.
Sep 11 2007 3:44PM
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Bab.
Posts: 766 - Karma: 22
i received it today but i didnt even know i was subscribed so im prety stoked to look at it
Sep 11 2007 5:22PM
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.Brink.
Posts: 1622 - Karma: 188
i still dont have my copy!!! wtf freeskier?!!?!/1
Sep 11 2007 5:35PM
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farmskier
Posts: 935 - Karma: 120
on shiit I already got issue 2 suckas
Sep 11 2007 5:47PM
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Tha_Grouch
Posts: 2216 - Karma: 14
Were you not impressed with the gear/poster girl? If not.. you're crazy son! Chick is wayy fly. haha.

But yeah the reviews and content was lacking in areas.. plus I feel like the prices are way off. And whoever said the rossi steeze was sick must be nuts... Its quite the gender bender.
Sep 11 2007 6:11PM
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SkierX
Posts: 16253 - Karma: 538
Prices are MSRP, not actual retail.
Sep 11 2007 8:36PM
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kepler.
Posts: 8761 - Karma: 139
yeah i thought that to be really stupid. why wouldn't they just put down the MAP price? they have 750 for the il moros and everything just seems so expensive. when in reality its at least a hundred dollars cheaper
Sep 11 2007 8:42PM
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ski_powpow
Posts: 1247 - Karma: 1,200
its hard to figure out the pricing its different everywhere
Sep 11 2007 8:43PM
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MarkieR
Posts: 5337 - Karma: 98
i got my october issue today.  seems as if i've been looked over in regards to the gear guide.  pretty much totally pissed off.
Sep 11 2007 8:53PM
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