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h3ofilms
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Anyone ever ride the ski? I want if for the east (yes, i know the dimentions) and I used the pistols for east coast all mtn riding, ive just never felt the ski, stiff or noodely? ect ect..lemme know
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Sep 10 2003 1:46AM
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west
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not for east, even if you have massive legs, thats big stiff ski





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Sep 10 2003 2:11AM
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phUnk
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Nope, it's not stiff. Explosiv is still stiff, but the Gotama is not. This is from talking to 2 people who've skied it, plus the skiing.com review. Probably a little bit stiffer than Pistols, but not much.

PS. Why the hell would you get a 105mm waist ski for the east? That's the dumbest thing I've heard all day.
Sep 10 2003 2:21AM
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Kev
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i heard it was a lot softer than most volkl skis. Looks like a cool ski... preety massive for east coast, even compared to the seth pistol dude.


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Sep 10 2003 5:57AM
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schlonginator
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pretty massive?? its fucking colossal !!!!




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Sep 10 2003 9:14AM
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Mike-O
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It's really flexy. At stryn sommerski I saw this dude do a switch tail manual for like 20 feet then a looooong sideways butter and it wasn't even a steep spot.
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Sep 10 2003 11:12AM
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vtrider
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buy em! i ride big stix 106 and im from stratton, its worth it for those 3 or 4 mornings a year when your looking at 2+ foot dumps! you cant compare it to anything! just dont try and ride anything 100+mm underfoot on hardpack, it gets sketchy...
Sep 10 2003 3:14PM
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phUnk
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Say you get em for $550 and you get vtrider's 4 massive pow days per season. We'll assume you have bindings.

Say you keep em 3 seasons, that 12 deep pow days.

That's about $45 a day.

Fat skis are cool in the pow, but not $45-a-day worth of cool.
Sep 10 2003 6:32PM
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acc
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no he'd ski them everyday. he's stubborn like that.

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Sep 10 2003 6:39PM
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h3ofilms
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i road my pistols daily in all conditions and never had a problem, made skiing more interesting to me, haha
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Sep 10 2003 8:21PM
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vtrider
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you allso have to figure hes gitting them at pro form, i have 300 bucks invested in my big stix bindings and all. i prolly road them 6 or 7 times last season, 4 times for the whole day (the other times i just busted them out in the morning) no matter what condition the skis end up in, and no matter how far down the line, i will be able to get at least 150 bucks back for them, so thats 150 bucks. 7 times this year alone, thats like 21 bucks a day. its worth it.
Sep 11 2003 2:57AM
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