I want some skinny skis, alpha or the JO's

I had a friend who had the JO's and said the edges were like indestructable.

yep, I also got the JO's, the edges truly are indestructable. The front of my top sheet is almost fully ripped off, so I have to send them back for warranty

Get Alpha's!!!! The best ski I have ever ridden on in my life!!!! Armada knows how to make a durable, fun ski! You won't regret getting an Alpha!

ha what a laugh. i cracked mine after a couple of times riding. yes i had detuned the edges as well before. also the top sheet cracked as well after the second day of riding on them. if you want indestructable edges then go with atomic punx

alphas are a ton of fun in the park if your using them just for that. theyre also backed by armadas bombproof reputation. the rocker makes them really playful and hard to catch an edge. not as good out of the park but sounds like youre not using them all mountain so get them

I can vouch for Head skis being indestructible, I had a pair of kids skis for about 7 years, I rode over rocks, metal, anything you can think of; no damage. My sister's Blackjacks are pretty bomber too, they seem to have a fiberglass topsheet.

i havent ridden either of the two but my buddy has a pair of alpha 2s and says that they are sooo fun and they're literally everything you could ask for in a park ski

Having tried both, I can say that the JOs were super light (almost too light, I felt like there was nothing underneath me, kinda uncomfortable - however these were the 07s which were foam core so they might feel different now since the 2010s and beyond are wood core), they were awesome on jumps, but rails were meh, they were really stiff so buttering was almost out of the question and I didn't feel very stable on rails (although swaps were so easy cause they were so light). I did finally get a chance to try out some alphas, they were fun, buttering was easy, they held their own on jumps - it was weird at first taking off switch, but after I got used to it you could take off switch in full confidence that you wont catch your tips, on rails they were pretty fun too, presses were easy and I felt very stable doing nose presses in particular.

have you looked at the dynastar 6th sense superpipes? 78mm waist, and they're pretty bomber. my brother's been on dynastar for a while now and was super stoked when he found out bringing back the 78mm waist for that ski.

Ive owned both. Loved them both and had no complaints. JOs seemed too soft for me after using them for about 2 years. I am 5'8 and 140lbs but only had the 160 size JOs. My JOs were super light and loved that part about them. I also think that they didnt have the best edges. They are not a rail ski, but an amazing jump ski. I just got my Alphas a few weeks ago. I love them so far. I think they have better durability then JOs but not quite as light. Still really light. I would say, get JOs if you want a jump ski and Alphas if you do more rails. Either will do both really well, but if you need to decide between the two thats what I would use to help.