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If First Drop made skis...

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Virtika
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If First Drop made skis.....

- what kind of skis would you want them to be- park? pow?
- what length would you prefer- 175ish? 185ish?
- what would you call them?
- what would the graphic look like?
Sep 2 2010 10:47PM
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DlX
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Fuck you guys are ambitious, good shit. Outerwear, shoes, and possibly skis now? Mad respect for working so hard guys. If you could put out a park ski in the 183-186 range I know myself as well as a bunch of other tall dudes don't have much choice as far as longer skis go and you guys could almost get a monopoly on that. As far as pow skis go I don't have too much info, but if you guys could make a park ski I'd consider. Don't worry about all the hate, ski companys are making outerwear (ex. Armada) now, so why shouldn't you guys make skis? Good luck.
Sep 3 2010 12:41AM
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blatt
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The skis would have to have pockets on them
Sep 3 2010 12:46AM
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Jnossiff
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get some small sizes too for us groms! 166 or 171 or smthin
Sep 3 2010 12:47AM
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bigs
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you should just buy bluehouse
Sep 3 2010 12:47AM
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wintersway
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165, 175, 185

park ski around 90mm waist with slight tip and tail rocker
maybe a pow ski around 115mm waist, rocker, flat camber under foot
Sep 3 2010 12:48AM
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c4t_l0ver
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 same with ...salomon, moment, . rossignol. ect? they all make skis and outerwear.

and snowboard companies too.

Sep 3 2010 12:57AM
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rach
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175cm would be good. If you only planned to make one size, anything bigger would be too big, for me anyways.
I think a pow ski would be sick, with a giant sidecut radius.
For graphics, I have always thought something with a crown would be sick.
Sep 3 2010 1:03AM
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GILLSKI
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name should be first drop...

but idk   nothing i say will matter really
Sep 3 2010 1:03AM
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MothaHucker
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yea im sayin just base it off of moment cuz the squared tip is sick in pow
Sep 3 2010 1:05AM
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InitialG
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If you do go forward with it, take a big lesson from 333. Test your shit...a lot.
Sep 3 2010 1:13AM
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DlX
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It was just an example of a ski company that recently started making outerwear too
Sep 3 2010 1:14AM
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Moonshine
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"Angels Landing"
Sep 3 2010 1:15AM
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thelizards
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Lol
Sep 3 2010 1:16AM
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Aaaron.
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wide and soft
Sep 3 2010 1:18AM
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BC.
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just make a 185 park ski. so little companies are friendly to us tall park skiers.
Sep 3 2010 1:22AM
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zerospinskier
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That's what she said....wait
Sep 3 2010 1:24AM
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Online_Alien
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Put your parents pictures on the skis as thanks for making this all possible with their money.
Sep 3 2010 1:26AM
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Mitch-DownUnder
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thats a big call mate, i think FD get is super good qaulity, its alot better than saga etc. def not mediocre at all!
Sep 3 2010 1:29AM
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Scrambles
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185 PARK SKI, SYMMETRICAL, 95ISH UNDERFOOT, MEDIUM SOFT FLEX, NORMAL CAMBER. PLZ PLZ PLZ DO THIS, I NEED LONGER VERSION OF ANTHEMS!
Sep 3 2010 1:32AM
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Aaaron.
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if i was talking about your mom i would have said cold and cavernous
Sep 3 2010 1:33AM
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Scrambles
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i support FD but their 09/10 stuff was mediocre, customer service was awesome though, sent my stuff in for repairs and it was repaired by a tailor, and they even repaired and reinfored the cuffs for me, even though that wasnt why i sent it in.
Sep 3 2010 1:36AM
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Kangbang
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Sep 3 2010 1:43AM
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RobertBB
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It would be so sick if you made one park ski and one pow ski.

Pow ski with the normal pow rocker and wide underfoot.
Park ski with the early rise/ park rocker and 100% symmetrical ski.

Graphics would be sick anyways!
Sep 3 2010 1:57AM
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Yung_Gnarley
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hahahahahaha
Sep 3 2010 1:58AM
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quixotic
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dude, it was first drops first year, cut them a Lesh and co. a little bit of slack. Now I'm not saying that's an excuse to put out sub par outerwear, but rarely does somebody do something perfectly first try. Everything gets developed and tweaked over time. Businesses constantly learn from their mistakes to try to improve their products. It's just what happens.

But it's good to see you are happy with the repair service they provided you.
Sep 3 2010 1:58AM
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The.Ginger
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i think they would be pretty sick
Sep 3 2010 1:58AM
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Scrambles
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I'm stoked on FD, just not the quality of their first run, i completely understand that it was their first year, so obviously there was flaws. Im not getting FD this year though, not because im worried about quality, im sure its a lot better now, but i hate the new design/colorways. I will probably FD Base layers or shoes(if they make them in size 14)or something else though.
Sep 3 2010 2:08AM
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altadonkeys
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does the square tip actually do anything? or is it just for looks?
Sep 3 2010 2:12AM
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danbrown
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strikes again
Sep 3 2010 2:16AM
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Bukkakeskitrip
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Sep 3 2010 2:18AM
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Nommi
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I think a park and pow ski would be sick, size 165, 175 , 185 etc.
no clue for design just some kind of sick first drop mark underneath definantly
no clue for name, but i certainly think that first drop could make a pair of skis that could make any park / pow skiier super stoked, keep it up First Drop! :D
Sep 3 2010 2:27AM
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StReEtPIRATES
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please don't make skis,or anything but outerwear untill you figure your outerwear game out, and make quality stuff, not mass produced garbage that i've seen in the past. cough cough... last year.
Sep 3 2010 2:39AM
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bob_dole
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if you know there are flaws in the product or if you dont think its the best possible out there you shouldnt put it out. period. plus the fact that they are coming on here asking for opinions on a ski which is going to represent a company so early on is pretty wack. if you know your customer well enough you shouldnt need to be making threads asking for opinions. OR have design our next custom tall tee competitions. your a company with paid employees, make them earn the paycheck.
Sep 3 2010 2:56AM
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JakeSalvador
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Name- First Rocker
Sep 3 2010 3:05AM
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smuggs
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not that i want to feed the marketing troll, but you should have two skis and the skis should look like this

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Sep 3 2010 3:10AM
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oreopancake.
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ask your team what they want, since they will be the one showcasing them.
Sep 3 2010 3:13AM
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joly.sp
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park ski symmetrical, 89 underfoot, stiff flex lots of pop. sz 178
Sep 3 2010 3:21AM
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16bit
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yet NS is the target market for them, money rules everything, plus all the team members already have ski sponsors which are all established in the industry, so I doubt any of them would just drop them for more FD, unless FD manages to find some very very wealthy investors who can pony up some large pay checks
Sep 3 2010 3:25AM
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Oreos
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regardless of this you make me like ON3P less.
Sep 3 2010 3:54AM
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Sabi
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make em longer like 180 or something, park/street jibbing skis, solid build designed to take a pounding from rails, wall rides, big urban drops. graphics should be subtle, stealth style. true center mount and symetrical.
Sep 3 2010 6:53AM
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BlackcountryBill
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I think there should be a solid park ski, and a solid pow ski and call them second drop and third drop respectively.

Skis matching outerwear, this is an awesome/gay idea, mainly awesome....

I'd buy about 176 if I had the choice.

Sep 3 2010 7:41AM
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^BEANS^
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It'd be pretty cool if first drop did a colabo with a ski company.
Sep 3 2010 8:02AM
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shrEddie
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this
Sep 3 2010 8:21AM
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*Dos*Planker*
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you clearly didn't read the title carefully, why should they not try if they are willing to take the risk the ending product could be sick. Armada started making skis and now make sick outerwear, why cant the transition be made from the other side.
Sep 3 2010 8:32AM
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fratskier69
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my only suggestion for graphics is to try and do a clean, simple design. all the companies graphics are getting really complex and confusing.

and for sizes, why not do 160, 170, 180? a bit for everybody, and make a complete park ski, and full-on powder ski, and another ski that is in between
Sep 3 2010 8:55AM
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*TURBONERD*
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osama pros
Sep 3 2010 9:06AM
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Mr_pretzel
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and 190.
Sep 3 2010 9:08AM
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Moonshine
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very true
Sep 3 2010 9:18AM
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hanksy
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This is going against 90% of the rest of the thread, but I dream of a ski that is short, something like 165/170, but meant for people who ski a 181. In terms of flex
Sep 3 2010 9:23AM
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Fischer-Addicted
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YES. . . to go along with everyone else make large models. Both park and pow. make 180, 185, 190, even a 195 maybe????????? (im 6 ft 4 so a pow ski thats my style is really hard to come across.)
Sep 3 2010 9:36AM
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