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What skis for a east coast filmer?
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I've been looking for a new set of skis but don't plan on getting anything for awhile but would like to have my mind made up when I do, so I came to ask what skis to get. I would like something quick, soft, playful, buttery, good for just all mtn skiing as well as park just because of filming and east coast not always the best snow. The schools I've been looking at are Armada Arv, Fat ypus G-butter, Atomic Punx, Onp3 Filthy rich, and K2 Recoils.Also do not currently have a budget if that helps.
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i always though the filthy riches were sick looking ski but they may be alittle fat and easy to get couaght up on when focusing on filming
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i hit more rails and boxes and rails than jumps they look a little bulky and awkward for someone whos trying to progress a lot on rails and boxes when they arent filming
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nahh son, they are ill on rails. but if you want a skinny jibby ski surfaces mangg
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which ones i saw a friend go through three pairs in a real short amount of time and they have had a lot of problems with bindings staying in the ski at my home mtn
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surface no times if you want skinny underfoot. or you could go with all on NS and get FRs or JMOs, but i would also say hit up 4FRNT they make great skis
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ill look at 4frnts more carefully thanks for the help but im not fully decided yet any help from anyone is appreciated
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Armada ARV would be sick! more of a fun buttery ski, decent all over the mountain.
Filthy Riches are bombproof, i love my on3ps, great build quality, the rocker makes it easy to butter but there also stiff enough to hit jumps, they are symmetrical so they might not be the best all over the hill
Atomic Punx- i love mine, there super sick! really buttery, but i find them remarkably stable on jumps, they rip pretty well around the mountain until the edges dull (like any park ski), they are also holding up great, minimal chipping and no edge cracks
those are my top 3- cant go wrong with either
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narrowed down to these three now
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I would not recommend the Filthy Riches in this scenario. Because of the rocker, they aren't going to hold an edge as well as a fully cambered ski, which you need for the east coast. Out of those three I would recommend the ARV for an all mountain capable ski
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very good point emelinate the onp3s and still open to any suggestions that people would have
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why is everyone saying the arvs are a playful ski there about as stiff as the ar7s. Just because HH can butter them doesn't make them a buttery ski.
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Have you ridden them? Hand flexed they feel very buttery but that's all I can say
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chronics are awesome for everything
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They are not as flexy and buttery as they look, sure they have some flex to them but skis like the line traveling circus skis are a lot more buttery than them.
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Go for Atomic Punx. They are actually pretty decent all over the mountain. Pretty stable underfoot, and they won't get in your way when your filming because they are pretty slim. I LOVE mine.
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went to the local shops they have the punx the arvs and the line traveling circus skis but every time i look and feel the punx i like them less and less
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