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Armada Alpha 1 Product Video

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JDon
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There's been a lot of hype surrounding this ski, especially with Jacob winning the 1st two events of the season on it. It's definitely a new concept that has people talking. Anyways, for all those who were curious, I just thought I would let you guys know that the product video for this ski is up on the Armada website!
If you've skied it before, let us know what you think!
Oct 21 2008 2:07PM
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exile_ch
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I'm pretty sure Jacob was on ar6 during those events and not Alpha 1... Sorry dude but...

YOU FAIL
Oct 21 2008 2:27PM
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123ski
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Wow..
Oct 21 2008 2:31PM
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Stinkey_egg
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At icer air he was on the ARV's.
Oct 21 2008 2:31PM
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JDon
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sorry bro those are alpha 1s.
Jacob happens to be a member of the Armada team
so he gets alpha 1s without boring graphics!
so i guess we can now say that you fail?
Oct 21 2008 2:32PM
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JDon
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that was for exile or whatever his name is
Oct 21 2008 2:33PM
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ap-huhn
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arv topsheet but what ski? i think they had elf shoe tech. speaking from the freestyle.ch

Oct 21 2008 2:33PM
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JDon
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^^ thats what im thinking too bro!
Oct 21 2008 2:34PM
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exile_ch
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AR6 ? .. .. ....  Yep seems to me..
Oct 21 2008 2:45PM
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exile_ch
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And that was for 123ski or whatever your name is...    :)
Oct 21 2008 2:47PM
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Lemuel
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you guys have all failed so far. there is a thread or article somewhere, ill go find it, that has a picture of them and they are alpha 2. next generation maybe?
Oct 21 2008 2:51PM
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Lemuel
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https://newschoolers.com/web/content/news/news_id/2298/

3rd picture down, kinda hard to see but you can make it out. read the comments too
Oct 21 2008 2:53PM
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exile_ch
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Sorry Jdon not 123ski :D
Oct 21 2008 2:53PM
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Lemuel
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sry for another post but that is for Icer Air, im not aware of the Freestyle CH one but it looks like ar6's in the pic posted
Oct 21 2008 2:55PM
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123ski
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I don't know how you can say that I have failed.  I obviously said it wasn't the AR6 when I said "wow", but does that mean that I said it was the Alpha 1? I agree that it is the Alpha 2.
Oct 21 2008 3:02PM
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exile_ch
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I still stand that at the freestyle.ch, he was on AR6... Please check the backsheet from the photo..
Oct 21 2008 3:04PM
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123ski
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The AR6 isn't rockered. look at this picture:

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Oct 21 2008 3:10PM
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DnlWu
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Here you can see it pretty obvious that his skis have rocker
[/img]http://jacobwester.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/img_3275.jpg[img]
Oct 21 2008 3:12PM
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123ski
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This ski isn't the AR6 graphic, it is the same graphic that is on the ski from icer air, and you can see in this picture that the fattest part of the ski is about 30 cm infront of the boot.  Alpha 2.
Oct 21 2008 3:12PM
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123ski
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in frames 3, 4, and 6 you can see that this ski is rockered. in frame 4 you can also see that this isn't a regular sidecut ski:

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Oct 21 2008 3:17PM
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powderlvr23
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two skis everyone and their sister wants to try this season......Alpha 1 and the new JJ.
Oct 21 2008 3:17PM
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123ski
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here is another view:

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Oct 21 2008 3:21PM
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Luc.
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haha owned. checkmate 123ski. WELL PLAYED!
Oct 21 2008 3:40PM
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123ski
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I cordially thank you.


Oh, and so everyone knows, I wasn't trying to be a dick, I was just trying to get the gnarledge out there.
Oct 21 2008 3:41PM
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Reaps
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And a better shot to prove it, you can read the words ALPHA 2

http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/site/news/12244630515037/sit.jpg
Oct 21 2008 4:33PM
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tjsnover
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end of story.

Oct 21 2008 4:39PM
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A.R.
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/endofthread

Oct 21 2008 4:48PM
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Chucktheweasel
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As if the pictures weren't clear enough...

http://www.armadaskis.com/news/article.php?id=124

Read the last sentence.

" Guess what ski he was winning on? You're right! The Alpha-1."


Oct 21 2008 4:54PM
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blindside
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On the armada site it says: "This is the first park ski that incorporates the extended tip and tail profile of our powder skis, which does two things." This may kind of be splitting hairs with their definition, but I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the claim of being the first to use this in a park ski...comments?
Oct 21 2008 5:11PM
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strongmark
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what kinda FAG skis in new hampshire?!
Oct 21 2008 5:14PM
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Lemuel
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thats why i posted that third time because i wasnt paying attention the the Freestyle comp and what skis he was on there. thats what messed me up. no hard feelings
Oct 21 2008 7:45PM
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Caveman.
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word.
Oct 21 2008 8:00PM
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quebecfreestyler
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I can definatly say that they are not the only ones using that kind of stuff.

They might be the first one to actually sell it to public but they are not the only one right now.

anyway the idea of early rise +  taper tips and tails makes a lot of sense to me
Oct 21 2008 8:00PM
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strongmark
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jk lol c u on the slopes!
Oct 21 2008 8:21PM
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OLDFRED
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I ordered a pair last week after deciding between the walls/reno rockers and these...for the type of skiing i'm doing..i thought that these would suit me on none pow days...

There are a few youtube reviews from ski.com and they are all favorable. Here are a few of them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2m7CinfJ-s&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilj65hcN_nE&NR=1

Oct 21 2008 8:42PM
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SteezyMcDizzle
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where did you order the alpha-1s?
Oct 21 2008 8:55PM
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JDon
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Thanks to everyone who proved exile wrong! It clearly says on the armada website that he was on alpha 1s. Those pics do say alpha 2 but the moral of the story is that its a rockered and early taper park ski... unlike the ar6 which is a regualr camber/sidecut park ski.
Oct 21 2008 9:00PM
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JDon
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also +karma for those who posted something actually positive!
Oct 21 2008 9:00PM
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OLDFRED
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I ordered them through one of the ski shops in town. They special ordered it through armada. I'm pretty sure any rep ski store can do that for you. I was going to go buy it in the states but being that our dollar sucks right now...it was cheaper to go through a canadian retailer...snowcovers in vancouver...they're online also.

These skis are a limited run so, it'll be hard to find more than one in a store...they were 650 canadian, although I was up in whistler last week an another store was selling them for 900...crazy.

Just wish they had had the Wester graphic on them instead of the old thall ski retread graph.

Oct 22 2008 3:08AM
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SteezyMcDizzle
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thank you kind sir
Oct 22 2008 9:51AM
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blindside
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Yeah I was waiting for you to get on that Ced
Oct 22 2008 3:19PM
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FUUUCK
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Just so everyone knows, Prajekt invented dual camber a few years back.
Oct 22 2008 3:27PM
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ThePoopSock
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here is my concern

okay so you have early rise tip and tail
so this makes the part of your ski touching the snow smaller
therefore less stable and high spends and easier to wash out on landings
so i understand the whole not catching tips thing but is it worth it if you feel like your trying to land on a pair of 160s when you have to spin a pair of 181s
i mean maybe im wrong but i would really appreciate anyone who could answer my concern
Oct 22 2008 4:08PM
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Lemuel
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ha i already posted it above.
Oct 22 2008 4:17PM
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OLDFRED
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Sorry to rehash but  I emailed armada about the new graphic on the alphas and if they'd be available soon. I emailed him today and he responded:

I'm figuring that it'll be next year's graphic.

Thanks for dropping us an email.  The graphic on Jacob’s Alphas is for a new version that will be released in the future.  That actual ski he is skiing is the Alpha 1, just with a top sheet that will be used down the road.  The Alpha is partially the brainchild of Jacob and our engineer, so he has his choice of top sheets right now.  Let me know if you have any further questions.  Thanks.

 

Tyson Hall

Armada Skis Inc.

Oct 22 2008 8:43PM
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andyc_skis
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Yeah thats what i had heard, in that it was only a different graphic on the alpha 1.
Nov 27 2008 11:47AM
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scratchskier321
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Nov 27 2008 12:19PM
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bikerocker
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here'sa hint, they are next years alpha 1s.... the alpha 2 is going to be much more similar to the arv.
Nov 27 2008 12:33PM
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