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Decision between Armada ARV 06 and Line Chronic Blends
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Trying to decide between these two skis as they're too cheap to pass up right now. I am about 5'11 and 165 lbs, advanced skier and looking from something that I can take all over the mountain, handle some powder and then not be afraid to take into the park either.
My main concern is that the ARV's are only available at 175cm while the Chronic Blends are 179cm. I currently ski 178cm Line Invaders. I know its only 4 cm difference but I get that feeling when I'm on the invaders that I can go shorter than them.
Anyone have any input how important that length difference should be in my decision and if one is better than the other?
ARV = 126 - 88 - 112
Chronic Blend = 125 - 90 - 113
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are you buying from sierra? thats beside the point but..
i dont know much about the armadas but the blends are a pretty stiff all mtn/bc/park ski, it can handle a lot of everything. if your just looking to ski all mtn and bc, you could also look into maybe a scratch or a seth
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oh, and from what ive heard it is a pretty solid park ski also
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Chronic Blends from Sierra are old, I believe. Anyways, it's up to you. They're both great all-mountain skis.
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The ARV's and Chronic Blends on Sierra aren't this years models , there models from previous seasons with this years graphics.
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Hey you got your stats wrong. The 175 ARVs are 90 waisted, whereas the Blends are like 86.
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blends are 90 and to whoever posted above last year was the first year the blends came out
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if they were older than last year they'd be chronic wides which were 86 underfoot and the site states they are 90 underfoot making them from 06.07
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tricky. but the arvs are indeed old
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yeah they are the dimensions are of the older version
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check the dimensions but the blends are fine its just the arv
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back to the length issue... anyone have any input on that?
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Armada and Line measure differently.. so, 175 ARV's and 179 Blends are almost the same length.
Blends are light/stiff/super poppy. Really strong too. Plus they look dope. (I have a pair if you're interested...PM me)
ARV's are also light, but they are soft. Its all preference (I've owned both).
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