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Need a playful park ski for cheap

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MontanaMuggin
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I'm in need of some killer park skis for the upcoming season. Soft and buttery is A must, but also I want that ability to stay stable while carving up to a jump. I dig the al dentes but 600 bucks is steep. I'd like it under 450, at the most 500. Is there a way I can cop some al dentes for that? Or would another ski be the way to go
Oct 6 2013 3:32PM
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tomPietrowski
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Look for the atomic infamous. Does everything your looking for and is nice and cheap. In my opinion it's one of the best park skis for this season and at a great price.
Oct 6 2013 3:55PM
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life_is_hood
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I've heard a lot of great things about Joysticks and theyre only $200 brand new
Oct 6 2013 11:26PM
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BskiP
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4frnt click....400 like butttttaaaaaa
Oct 7 2013 12:22AM
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*SURFACE
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Check out our Surface Blanks. A basic park ski for $249.98 (comes in 162,172,182) - click HERE!

Here's a Good Enough/Jason Arens edit on the Blanks... HERE!
Oct 7 2013 12:45AM
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NH_OPERATOR
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I have the K2 Press which comes in at 299 I think without bindings. Super duper buttery but unstable at high speed (no camber, all rocker). I got mine on an end of season sale for 175 which was a super sick deal.
Oct 7 2013 5:11AM
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CalebT
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Well, I own them and I do like them, very light and such but these are not soft skis.
Oct 7 2013 10:53AM
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NH_OPERATOR
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Yeah I looked at the thread, than at the ski they linked, and on their own meter the ski is listed as an 8/10 for stiffness. To be fair the lowest ski they make on that chart is a 6. I am actually fairly interested in this topic as well. Most skis you find are really stiff, and being someone who no longer hits the big jumps due to a knee injury, my primary thing I am looking for in a park ski is playfulness/butter...ness(is that a word?). Every ski company seems hell bent on making almost every ski they make have some 'All-Mountain' aspect to it. I have no interest in that, I want a 100% park ski, buttery as hell great on rails but unstable at speed. I am ok with that. If I want to go hard charging down the mountain I will take a different pair of skis.
Oct 7 2013 11:40AM
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CalebT
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Yeah I know what you mean
Oct 7 2013 1:08PM
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white6speedz28
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Have a set of brand new 175 dynastar 6th sense superpipes that I'm trying to unload
Oct 7 2013 1:14PM
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CalebT
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Wrong thread dude
Oct 7 2013 1:16PM
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freeskibum82
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Nordica OMW for sure.
Oct 7 2013 8:46PM
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1kewldewd
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came here to say that
Oct 7 2013 9:19PM
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Park.
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joysticks, Nordica badminds(I know cap construction but still), Head makes some super soft tip and tail with stable underfoot, if you want wider skis look at Rossi storm, and just go on Evo outlet and find a sick ski for cheap
Oct 7 2013 9:28PM
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MontanaMuggin
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Buttery? Soft? Pm me
Oct 7 2013 9:42PM
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MontanaMuggin
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Sorry homie. What thread should it be on?
Oct 7 2013 9:44PM
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MontanaMuggin
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Digging the bad minds. What's wrong with the construction?
Oct 7 2013 9:48PM
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MontanaMuggin
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Pm me
Oct 7 2013 9:52PM
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MontanaMuggin
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Thanks brotha
Oct 7 2013 9:59PM
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Park.
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no cap construction isnt bad but its not going to give u as good of an edge as a ski with a full sidewall. THey are however much more durable and will be softer ski. make sure you see them in person and get to hand flex them because a soft for one person can be different to another
Oct 7 2013 9:59PM
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CalebT
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No never mind I goofed
Oct 7 2013 11:06PM
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AJizzle
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The 6th sense super pipe is NOT a soft ski. Get al dentes.
Oct 8 2013 12:26AM
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freeskibum82
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exactly right! definitely head to a shop to check them out in person, if you are in upstate NY area, head to Alpin Haus in Clifton Park, we carry those, the OMW, and the Soul Rider.
Oct 8 2013 1:31PM
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dozerr
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http://www.levelninesports.com/ninthward

has the whole lineup of last years ninthwards <$190, (made in the elan factory)
Oct 8 2013 2:00PM
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GuillaumeLafleur
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Joystick these ! they are the best
Oct 8 2013 2:17PM
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Dex
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Yep! got a pair for glacier skiing in the summer. theyre soo much fun on rails and jumps
Oct 8 2013 5:14PM
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stupendous-man
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Joystick These

currently $500 on the website, but look around and you should be able to find a discount on them. I got mine for ~$200 shipped in the spring, they are sooo much fun. very light and buttery, and have considerable pop. only gripe is the topsheet durability (by that I mean its worse than other sidewall-construction skis) but thats just cosmetic.
Oct 8 2013 6:29PM
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MontanaMuggin
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I want al dentes so bad. They're just exoensive!!
Oct 8 2013 8:53PM
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GeorgiaJibber
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Line tc's, very soft and buttery, can also hold an edge when needed. PM me with more questions as i have a pair.
Oct 8 2013 10:08PM
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AJizzle
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Just save up for another month, or sell some shit, it sounds like exactly what you describe.
Oct 8 2013 10:42PM
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.mnr.
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last years tc are 300 at evo
Oct 9 2013 9:47AM
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BROSEIDON
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you oughtta be able to find k2 domains for around 300
Oct 9 2013 10:45AM
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Migo
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Love the straight up wood
Oct 9 2013 11:22AM
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CalebT
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Ill show you straight up wood
Oct 9 2013 1:21PM
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Salty.
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i wouldve recommended the bluehouse antics if they were still in production. i love mine and they were 250 brand new off their website. wish they still made them i wouldve bought them again.
Oct 9 2013 2:38PM
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XtRemE11
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were they pretty soft n playful? im looking at their new stuff, cant tell what the flex would be like
Oct 9 2013 3:02PM
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Park.
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i can tell you that they arent gona be very stiff. i personally talked with one of the co founders and he said that 175s are too stiff for an "adolescent".. he was dead wrong. those things are noodles but are super stable. idk if you like rocker but the rockered mcflys lloook pretty dope
Oct 9 2013 7:14PM
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Salty.
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yeah theyre fun and playful but still stable enough to take a jump deep and hold up
Oct 9 2013 8:19PM
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Peter.
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line traveling circus skis. you can find last years models for super cheap. 92 waist, fully symmetrical, super duper buttery

seriously the most fun ski
Oct 9 2013 8:53PM
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AngryGramps
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atomic infamous for sure, dope ski, buttery as hell, cheap. cant go wrong
Oct 9 2013 11:46PM
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