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What is a good competition ski for east coast slopestyle?

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Park.
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I just want to know what skis would work well for slopestyle competitions since I cant try them all out myself, I want to hear whats good out there. I have a pair of comp skis already, but I'm probably going to beat them to shit in the spring so I am trying to have a plan for next year.

FTR, Armada is out (looking for more indie brands but will consider most bigger brands). Fischer is out too, tried them and hated them. Along with every brand that is out of business (Coreupt).
Rider specs:
Weight: 120 and growing
Height: 5'6 1/2
Skier type: go big and throw down, aggressive, can handle serious skis.

Note: Prefer a more playful ski with low swing weight and good stability for landings. NO SALOMON SUSPECTS. I hate them. Too stiff and heavy for my liking. Order of importance. Stability, swing weight, playfulness. Carving isn't going to be a huge problem.

Dec 10 2012 8:51PM
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rwalk
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If you like rocker go with some ON3P Filthy Riches
Dec 10 2012 9:07PM
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Park.
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Not a fan of heavily rockered skis like the filthy rich. makes less of a stable platform. minimal rocker for me and that is pushing it. Maybe something like the Scott Jib rocker is about all I will take.

Dec 10 2012 9:28PM
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rwalk
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They are definitely really stable for a ski with that much rocker, but i understand it's also a lot about preference. If you want to stick to the smaller brands check out something like the Surface Double Time or the Moment Team. Another thing to check out is either the Liberty LTE or Liberty Antigen, I had the LTE last season and loved it!
Dec 10 2012 9:34PM
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Park.
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I almost got the moment jib for my skis this year until I did more research on them and found out that they are an amazing jump ski, but they suffer terribly on quickness for rails or varied grabs, so I went with the ski that I have wanted for 3 years; the Bluehouse Antics. The Surface skis I have only heard trash about, but I haven't really looked into them, and Liberty is a brand that was a serious consideration for this year but I chose Moment over them and recommended them to my friend who picked the LTE's as his first comp ski this year.
Dec 10 2012 9:47PM
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rwalk
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I haven't heard too much good about surface either, just threw it out there because they are a smaller brand. From just reading Moment's site for a few minutes, the Teams seem to be very similar to the Jib's, just a bit stiffer throughout as well as being symmetrical, which will help out with rails. As for the Liberty's, I have nothing bad to say about the LTE besides the fact that it wasn't a symmetrical ski. The Antigen is virtually symmetrical, and has some minimal rocker unlike the full-cambered LTE.

If you already bought the Antics, why are you making a thread asking for what ski you should get?
Dec 10 2012 9:53PM
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CDdesign
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head caddy, cheap and easy... also a solid, light weight ski... get two pair and have a training one and a comp one

Dec 10 2012 10:08PM
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profa_212
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Im Kinda wondering where you heard that they suffer on quickness for rails? They are a 89mm waist ski with pretty good swing weight. Also, since when does the ski make it harder to do grabs?
Dec 10 2012 10:11PM
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Park.
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Well, I read the Blister Gear Review on them, which said that they were slow on rails and had poor swing weight, and I went on some ski blog that said from multiple people that it was harder to do a tail grab to a mute, or a tail blunt to a safety or something like that. Not traditional grabs. That would just be ridiculous.
Dec 10 2012 11:11PM
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NToTheZ
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maybe Bluehouse antics if your looking for unknown brands and they're at that expensive.
Dec 10 2012 11:59PM
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Park.
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Bluehouse antics are actually the skis that i have for competition this year.
Dec 11 2012 4:40PM
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Park.
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plan for next year or if the antics break or something. basically a backup for this year and a plan for next year

Dec 11 2012 8:35PM
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Park.
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They were a serious consideration this year and I even had a great deal for them but I wanted to try a different brand.
Dec 11 2012 10:11PM
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Mr_Hyde
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Pipe cleaners!!!!!!!
Dec 12 2012 4:42AM
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codyhotham
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K2 Iron Maidens, perfect for slopestyle (used by PK Hunder and Sean Jordan) as well as being not too heavy, really durable and a fast base
Dec 12 2012 6:19AM
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Park.
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but arent they pipe specific skis?

Dec 12 2012 4:19PM
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Park.
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bump

Dec 15 2012 8:06PM
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