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Ski Swap Success Stories?

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Totes_Magotes
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Winter's nearing and here in Park City, the annual Ski Swap went off just this weekend with a ridiculous selection of items. I picked up:

A Brand new Orage Boris Jacket for $125

Brand new Amplid C7's for $275

A bern hard hat for $30

and the 1st place prize goes to the

Line Afterbangs for $60

Anyone else having success picking up some new gear for beat the bank prices?

Nov 7 2009 3:32PM
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Totes_Magotes
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haha, i found the match.. can't wait to ride them for 2 months until they break.. but still stoked on em
Nov 8 2009 10:15PM
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SMiGGERS
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jon symms came to mine and dropped off his infamous black dna pants with the yellow duct tape stripes and i bought em for $50 hahahha. fuck ya
Nov 8 2009 10:15PM
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TheUngroomed
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my ski swap is next week so ill tell you then
Nov 8 2009 10:17PM
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deleted5
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that wont prove he got them for 60$
Nov 8 2009 10:18PM
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neapolitan
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pick up a brand new pair of nordica supercharger boots for 50$
Nov 8 2009 10:35PM
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Willard
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there wasnt anything even intresting at ours except for a pair of pbr maidens which werent that great and 500
Nov 8 2009 10:43PM
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GreenHorn
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you scored. i almost got some look forza pros (FKS-like) for free. security guard stopped me :(
Nov 8 2009 11:32PM
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some-skill
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my brother got a pair of SICK oakly googles for about 70 bucks
Nov 9 2009 8:07PM
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jKutcher
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so you tried to steal them?  thats a dick move
Nov 9 2009 8:39PM
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Willard
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yeah your stealing from a fellow skier not cool...i stole a pair of anons from a shop a few years back and its kinda like a ski swap year round felt like i dick after i realized what i did
Nov 9 2009 11:01PM
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GreenHorn
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i forgot to mention they were in the trash can, so i was not stealing. the day before they said we could grab them on the last day of the swap
Nov 9 2009 11:06PM
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bootleg_BEN
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^I was with him the security guard had something up his butt, they day before a different security guard told us we could take them the next day.


How much does your guys's swap take from what you sell? our local ski racing association gets 25% seems like alot to me, i sole my boots for 250 and i only get 188 of that.
Nov 9 2009 11:11PM
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i.ski.troll.
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haha Wild Ski Swap?!  We both bought poles that day at Am thrash! haha
Nov 9 2009 11:14PM
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TomTeller
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pair of ghetto poles for $2

Nov 9 2009 11:49PM
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I_Do_Aerials
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cool racer.
Nov 9 2009 11:53PM
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ashamedkrew
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chea!! except you beat me to the sweet batman poles that you probably wont ever use this winter haha
Nov 9 2009 11:54PM
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powday
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me too!


Nov 10 2009 1:18AM
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theblackrod
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i got a dope new pair of sessions pants for 40, originally retailed around 180 i believe.

afterbangs for 60? i just paid 300
Nov 10 2009 10:26PM
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D.Hatch
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i got:
a Dakine pack for 12$
Armada leather convict gloves 5$
ill Purple burton beanie new 6$
rossi pole 5$
large black bib 30$
i know i got some insane deal i just cant remember it...
Nov 10 2009 10:27PM
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jibjunkie
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3 ski swaps and 35 bucks later....
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Nov 18 2009 3:00PM
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remove
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Snowblades and pink boots out of the dumpster and a GORRILA SUIT
Nov 18 2009 5:55PM
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.SimonB.
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i bought you those boots, stop yo claiming. My first ski swap ever i got ^ boots for $10 and some 12 din FKS for $50
Nov 18 2009 6:05PM
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2_fadez
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i bought you those skis with the 10 din fks for $25. you're a jerk.
Nov 18 2009 6:17PM
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KellyK
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line chronics, with griffons for $260.  solid deal
Nov 18 2009 6:23PM
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TastyCorn
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Cereal? Why?
Nov 18 2009 6:26PM
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Aaaron.
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haha scott. 


simon, were those raichles?
Nov 18 2009 6:30PM
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jibjunkie
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yessir not a bad buy for 10 bucks theyre pretty comfy but prolly not gonna use em except for gaper day or backyard.
Nov 18 2009 6:59PM
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Cincher
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don't feel bad, they're anons. they're total dicks towards skiers.
Nov 18 2009 7:20PM
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blong131
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bumping this thread for this year with my ski swap pickup

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$149! nervous they're too much ski for me tho, might try to find someone who wants to trade for something a little smaller.
Sep 25 2010 10:28AM
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DJ_Pauly_D
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sickk shit bro
Sep 25 2010 10:40AM
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wynnyk
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not a ski swap , but at a thrift store I picked up AR5s with Rossi pivot bindings for 35 bucks.

I'm going to a ski swap today though so I'll see what I can get.
Sep 25 2010 11:25AM
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wynnyk
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FT konflicts slightly used - $150

I'll put up pic tomorrow.
Sep 25 2010 10:14PM
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k-fred
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at my home boardshop i can have the old hot doggies fulltilt for 150$ but the new one are 500$...
Sep 25 2010 10:18PM
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ndye
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Pair of thrusters last year for 10 dollars had a small edge crack near the tip but i nailed it with a hammer and it lasted 20 days now my friend has them :)
Sep 26 2010 12:00AM
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*Dos*Planker*
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not a swap but 20 dolla new Fix's
Sep 26 2010 12:09AM
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ankhou
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I got some brand new FTs for $250 at the Vancouver snow show this morning. Not as good a deal as some in this thread, but I'm stoked. My old Salomons are beat. (I saw a lot of jealous looks as I walked out cradling them too). They were just sitting there in the middle of loads of other crappy boots, even 2 hours after the show opened.
Sep 26 2010 12:22AM
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jibjunkie
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soooo fuckin pumped for mine next month
Sep 26 2010 12:43AM
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Kangbang
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my stupid ass ski swap sucked ass. over priced shit items. 08/09 dumonts with sth 12's for $400, the brown leather spk pros that were beat for $250, k2 coomba's with baron's for $800, old 4frnts in bad condition for like $375.
my towns ski swap sucked ass this year!
Sep 26 2010 2:19AM
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fountain.
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i didnt really find too much, but my mom got a new snowboard, boots, and bindings all for around 100. i was super pumped for her
Sep 26 2010 2:31AM
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freeski1620
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The ski swaps i have been to here in colorado so far have been un impressive. from both a retailer and consumers standpoint. everyone either wants a ridiculous deal or Something thats been sold out since the first 15 minutes of the ski sale.
Sep 27 2010 1:26PM
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kstanz
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turkey sale in whistler oct.8-11 !! stoked, hopefully i can find something goood... last year i got some oakly pants oringinally like 200$, price tag said 75$ so i went to buy them and they had been lowered to 15$! pretty exciting
Sep 27 2010 2:25PM
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^BEANS^
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bike swap success story my buddie got a kona stinky deluxe for 350 hardly used
Sep 27 2010 5:11PM
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-ROY-
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gunna definatly hit mine up...prolly will suck but worth a shot

Sep 27 2010 5:26PM
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Algebra
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sell me the c7s right meow.
Sep 27 2010 5:49PM
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A.Eberhard
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Bought a new pair crowbars once for $60.
Sep 27 2010 5:52PM
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blong131
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call me when you get them for $35 with pink irids.
Sep 27 2010 5:54PM
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leone
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$25 dalbello kryptons brand new with extra tongues and tools
Sep 27 2010 6:22PM
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wynnyk
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did you get those seth pros? I asked to put my boots aside on Saturday and picked em up yesterday, and saw that the Seths were still there, along with a couple of pairs of Bumblebees.
Sep 27 2010 7:43PM
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ankhou
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Got a pair of Bumblebees, the Seth Pros were a shell size too small, unfortunately (and used, although that doesn't bother me too much). I was a little concerned there was too much room in the forefoot, but after swapping in my insoles from my old boots they feel fantastic! Didn't realise my feet were skinny enough for FTs. What did you get from the show? There wasn't much other than the boots - no decent deals on skis that I saw, and the outerwear selection was pretty dismal.
Sep 27 2010 9:33PM
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wynnyk
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I picked up a pair of 2010 Konflicts for 150, slightly used, and I think they were marked down so much because they had a bit of sharpie on the liner, but it's not even visible so doesn't matter all at. And yeah there wasn't really any deals that I saw for the skis and everything else, and I found the show itself pretty lame. I'm really happy with these boots though haha.
Sep 27 2010 9:41PM
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