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CRJ vs. Bent Chetlers

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CamBrowne
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im debating between the two. They will be just for shreddin pow in whistler and where ever else there is pow. I lookin for jibby pow ski but can still hold its own on mini putt and some bigger more open face stuff.
im like 5'9 180lbs
and i already have prophet 130s but i figured they would over lap enough tho

wat do you peeps think?
Oct 6 2009 11:47PM
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Trojan~Man
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i got the CRJ and i was looking for a ski to do the same things you said...either way should be fun, there both similar
Oct 6 2009 11:52PM
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iFail
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I asked this + a few other similar skis on TGR, and the one person(Marshal) who had skied these, night trains, ARGs, , , , said that he thought the CRJ was the best pow jib ski, followed by Night Trains, then Chetlers.  Honestly Chetlers may be scary small for you, I was about 160lbs when I demoed them and they seem so short!

Another one to consider for pow jibbing, and probably the best of all these when you take it to big faces, is Surface LL2s/ One Lifes.  SURFACE has fucking awesome customer service, One Lifes are the lightest of all these skis named, and they will charge the best because they are 189s and are the stiffest(of these).  Also the 3 stage rocker apparently is great for park.

Oct 7 2009 12:36AM
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CamBrowne
Posts: 1830 - Karma: 99
bump
Oct 7 2009 6:07PM
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east
Posts: 1073 - Karma: 94

Just got mine, they look pretty sick in person, although when my 188's were put beside my K2 obsetheds (179) they were pretty much the same length, K2 measurements are always short....the flex on the CRJ's is nice, soft towards the tip med/stiff under the boot, the rocker on the tip is fairly large, maybe a bit too large for my liking but we'll see what happens when they hit snow.....

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Oct 15 2009 8:39PM
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gawd
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so the 188s seem short?
Oct 15 2009 8:54PM
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east
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Little confusing I guess, the K2 179cm Obsethed is actually ~184cm, I just measured the 188 CRJ and it is 186.7cm tip to tail....

Oct 15 2009 9:14PM
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gawd
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okay not to bad then, might be a good east coast bc ski.
Oct 15 2009 11:39PM
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skifiend
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i'm pretty sure k2 measures running surface...IE, from contact point to contact point, not tip to tail
Oct 16 2009 7:45AM
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east
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^correct
Oct 16 2009 10:28AM
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MEGAZORD
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wrong.  K2 measures chord length.  A tape, straight from tip to tail, with no sag in the middle. 
Oct 16 2009 10:36AM
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CRENSZN
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I rode the CRJ's last year. There really nice. Super light as well. Overall I impressed. Go with the CRJ.
Oct 16 2009 10:59AM
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fouldsys
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no. that would put 179s at like 199 as tips are usually around 15cm long.
Oct 16 2009 1:09PM
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CamBrowne
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what about the one lifes
how would the one life 189s compare to the 188 crjs?
Oct 16 2009 10:17PM
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east
Posts: 1073 - Karma: 94
not sure...
Oct 20 2009 8:20PM
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