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Butteryest skis out there?

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Cadenmccullough
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What are the butteryest/flexyest skis you know of?
Feb 20 2014 9:17PM
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~Gotama~
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Not an easy question to answer. There are skis like the LINE Afterbangs which are plain old soft and noodley, but that's not necessarily conducive to being the best for buttering since you might just flex them till your face is in the snow. Then you have something like the surface no-times which are really stiff but have a rockered tip so you can get a bitchin' pop out of your butter, but tail butters are almost impossible. Skis are like recurve bows: a bow that is really soft is easy to draw but doesn't have any power, and a stiff bow is harder to draw but is more accurate and powerful. If its too stiff, you can't draw it at all and its useless. So a really soft ski is easy to flex but will feel practically dead, and a ski with a stiff flex and complex construction will be more difficult to bend, but when you do its very rewarding.
Feb 20 2014 9:27PM
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Cadenmccullough
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True
Feb 20 2014 9:40PM
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NMMedia
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Friend of mine has ON3P Filthy Riches, loves em for buttering

Feb 20 2014 9:46PM
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John18_6
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Line Mastermind..................................... Click for larger image
Feb 20 2014 9:47PM
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Iraq_Lobster
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may seem weird, but I tell people this a lot, the atomic punx I have are solid, great flex and not super loose so it is not dead, super buttery and perfect flex for anything
Feb 20 2014 9:51PM
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SwaggyP
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Mind=blown
Feb 20 2014 9:54PM
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Cadenmccullough
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I have felt some punx they are pretty flexy
Feb 20 2014 11:24PM
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Substitute
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Broken for days
Feb 20 2014 11:27PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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08 (i think) invaders. the ones with all of the crazy bright drawings/graphics. noodles.
Feb 20 2014 11:29PM
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Dr.Dealgood
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The most buttery ski in the world will arrive in this world whence Jason Levinthal unveils the Elizabeth 2.0
Feb 20 2014 11:58PM
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cheener12
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09-10 Line Sir Francis Bacon
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Feb 21 2014 12:01AM
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TomDavies
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abang, heavy though
Feb 21 2014 12:20AM
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animeallstar
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full tilts
Feb 21 2014 12:34AM
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elm.
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line invaders duh
Feb 21 2014 12:49AM
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stupendous-man
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hellbents
Feb 21 2014 12:54AM
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Bloom.
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G-butters - ever wonder why they are named that way?
Feb 21 2014 12:58AM
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sidmon
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Im riding the nordica soul riders right now, super fun, soft as can be.
Feb 21 2014 1:48AM
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BennettAllen
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Liberty Anitgens - so soft and so fun
Feb 21 2014 8:02AM
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Colorbrahbro
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Full tilts are pretty soft
Feb 21 2014 9:02AM
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srg_bchkv
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They say next year Line TC would probably be the softest ski. Has anyone skied it yet?
Feb 21 2014 9:14AM
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SEABURN
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OG ep pro. they're 6 years old now... so good luck finding a pair in decent condition. but if you ever got to ride em, you could butter your face through the pow.

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Feb 21 2014 9:25AM
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RudyGarmisch
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Where's the pic of pollard hand flexing those?
Feb 21 2014 9:34AM
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Twig
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This and as a result, which ski is most buttery will vary from person to person with height, weight and buttering technique. For example I'm 5'8 and 135 pounds. I mostly do butters with a 'slow and pressy' technique where I stall the butter and then pop out. For this style of butter I found line blends too soft because i would flex right through the ski and get no rebound to pop me out. For these I fins sir Francis bacons perfect. However for faster butters even the mid flex bacons are too soft and I sometimes over flex them so prefer a slightly stiffer narrower ski.
Feb 21 2014 10:56AM
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Dr.Dickless
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2008 line Invaders
Feb 21 2014 11:52AM
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raymondcabral
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K2 domains are buttery as fuck
Feb 21 2014 1:10PM
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-wakes-
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El dente. I mean just watch henrik and Phil ski...
Feb 21 2014 1:19PM
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Phantom
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without a doubt
Feb 21 2014 2:11PM
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milk_man
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This. The flex in the Domains is so fun. Not the greatest pop in the world but they sure do bend
Feb 21 2014 3:23PM
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Faction
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Just going to leave this there...

Feb 21 2014 3:42PM
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LittleGiurk
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why hasnt anyone said k2 hellbents? not only are they rockered beyond belife, they are flexy as hell.
Feb 21 2014 4:29PM
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Park.
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marketing at its best, but those skis are definitely not super buttery ski. Delorme just slays so hard he can make it look that way. Not saying those arent good for buttering but There are definitely softer skis out there
Feb 21 2014 4:35PM
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esotericjive
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2006 line invaders with the black and white comic graphics
Feb 21 2014 5:21PM
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Slowbro
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delormes on something you haven't seen yet
Feb 21 2014 6:16PM
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d.mcknight
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came here to post this
Feb 21 2014 7:49PM
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Scotty_Boy
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This one, amazing for jibbing around too.
Feb 21 2014 7:59PM
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scarsimd
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they get my vote!! i love mine!
Feb 21 2014 8:35PM
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amoney
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this
Feb 21 2014 8:37PM
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Straight_Airz
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You ever seen Henrik ski? Check out the Al Dentes man
Feb 21 2014 8:38PM
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.JakeThaDug.
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Same exact thing happened to me except idk how to post pictures
Feb 22 2014 7:30AM
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ADAM.P.WAGS
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i rode the 2015 TC skis and they are completly new and are super fun now with alot of pop like a stiff ski but are super butteryer lt is one of the best skis i have ever rode

much recommend such steeze
Feb 22 2014 9:52AM
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BigScaryLarry
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Ninthward True Twin. so fucking dope and buttery and poppy
Feb 22 2014 9:56AM
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skiersupreme
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seriously. how do you think he can nose and tail butter his way to victory? al dente is a type of noodle that are "cooked until somewhat firm, but not soft."
Feb 22 2014 10:58AM
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MontanaMuggin
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Next years 2.0?
Feb 22 2014 11:13AM
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Slowbro
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most likely
Feb 22 2014 1:30PM
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MontanaMuggin
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If they're as buttery as they're put our to be I might have to cop a pair
Feb 22 2014 1:47PM
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ES.
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joystick
Feb 22 2014 6:07PM
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kl3ino
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What skis are used in this video? On the comments of the video it says we would see it in 2014/15 but it wasn't in the SIA 2014? Still gonna be there? I really want a pair!
Feb 22 2014 6:51PM
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AlexF
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Reverse camber helps a lot. Most 'buttery' skis I have a Volkl Kuros...but they suck in anything but soft stuff. Actually I had a pair of Movements that reverse cambered after some punishmeet at Momentum and Woodward (they did not seem to like respond well to warm temps) and they also buttered really easily...but also became really sketchy on firm snow or at speed. Salomon 2012s struck a nice balance with their rocker in the tip. However, I'm a fairly big guy (around 200lbs) so you might be better off looking for a softer ski but which still has reverse camber in the tip.
Feb 23 2014 1:16PM
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NH_OPERATOR
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I get shit on alot for my love of my K2 Presses, but god damn are they buttery. It might just be that they are meant for a lighter weight rider and I weigh almost 200, but I can nose butter like a motherfucker on them. Cheap as fuck too and they are holding up well with over 50 days in the park this season alone so far.
Feb 24 2014 5:29AM
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Faction
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Hi,
The skis Adam is using in the edit were prototypes, and the top sheet has been changed since.
It's the new Candide 2.0 : 132-102-132, tip and tail rocker with just a little bit of camber underfoot and carbon reinforcement underfoot for extra durability.
Feb 24 2014 8:17AM
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