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You can find a ton of great information of invader vs. anthem in the searchbar, but here is a basic comparison. Neither of them are the "better" ski.
Invader is less wide undefoot, will kill rails, but can get a bit sketchy when hitting bigger jumps.
Anthems have the same butter zone and carbon ollieband and symetrical as the invader and also kill it on rails. They are wider though. This is considered good for hitting bigger jumps because you have more of a platform to land on but they are still very soft and could get sketchy on bigger jumps.
Alot of this is preference because a wider ski will give you more balance on a rail, but they might be harder to spin off or switch-up with at first. If anyone has other info that I missed please add it.
They can get sketchy on bigger jumps, but I found invaders a lot better than Anthems on jumps(more responsive on takeoffs). WHY DO PEOPLE THINK LANDING ON A WIDER SKI HELPS SO MUCH? Just because Lines video says so doesn't mean that it is true, they make lots of claims in every video they have like this... They made it sound like it cushions your landing....... The only place I found Anthems any better was ON rails, because it is much easier to balance(duh, wider..). This is the same reason Hellbents make rails easy, they are wider. I hated Anthems everywhere, and found Invaders to be better than I would have though after skiing Anthems. So take it from someone who has skied both, go Invaders IF you are so set on these(why are you so set on two skis you have never skied? If it is because there are so many on the slopes, so what?) If it is a buttery jib ski you want, ABangs would be better than both FOR THAT because they have closer butter zones to the binding, and 09 Thalls would probably be the best bet. They have the soft point AR6s do moved in a lot for super easy butters, and will perform on jumps that the other two will and some bigger. If it is either an all around park ski or a jump park ski you want, don't get any of these!
