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Czar vs. Gun vs. S5 vs. S6 , Help

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Moses
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I know that there are plenty “pick a ski for me threads”, but since they often receive a couple of helpful replies I’m creating this one.  I’m limited to these skis for they are the only ones I can get good prices on.  Hopefully the skis will be used in lift accessible Utah snow.

For my skiing style I prefer to take my time in soft snow, I like trees, tight turns, soft and playful skis, natural rollers, bumping into stumps and logs, and maybe trying tricks of small drops and doing straight airs of cliffs no higher than 25ft.

 I will NOT be charging sun and wind crust chutes, strightlining, billygoating, rock hopping, hurling off big cliffs, and all out charging.  I don’t want a 195 cm 2x4 than could run over/run through a gaggle of small children all the while im not feeling a thing

I can find a lot of info on the Czar, but not much on the other three

I know that maybe another ski besides these 4 would better suit my needs, but out of the 4 skis which you recommend. 

If it helps, I/m 5’11 and around high 150s to low 160 depending on how much I eat/poop/pee.  I don’t know my exact weight because the scale at my house is broken because someone jumped off the stairs onto the scale and broke it.    


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Style+eeze
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"i like soft and playful skis"

that kinda rules out czars, S5s, and S6s. they are all stiff. i haven't flexed the gun yet though

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Moses
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would you happen to know what would be the stiffest out of the lot?
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Fish_Sandwich.
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You want the Bacons.
17 years ago
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stevenc
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well i have a pair of steezes aka the s6.  they are deffeintly not stiff.  they are th softest pair od skis i own.

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boyd
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i think the line sir francis bacons would work rad for you.
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Style+eeze
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well they aren't exactly the same, i flexed them and they were pretty stiff

i would recommend you look at bacons a lot, i have the 09s and love them

also, you should look at S7s and maybe even hellbents/eps, but s7s for sure
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Twig
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i'm interested in the czar too.. they are clearly salomons backcountry freestyle offering (see journal).. are they super stiff? anyone know someone who I can PM about them?
17 years ago
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Moses
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i guess another ski would be better, but out of the four should i go with the guns
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Twig
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my friend loves his guns but he skis them as more of an all mountain ski.. they aren't that wide or that soft though.. for utah i would go wider for sure.. i don't know anything about the czar beyond tgr reviews.. the s5 is fairly stiff and more of a park/pow compromise.. the s6 is big but pretty stiff from what i hear... is it only salomon and rossi you can get cheap? because they are two companies who don't really have 'soft playful skis' for this season really..
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Fish_Sandwich.
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I didn't like the guns, I posted about them in another thread, it's near the top cause I just finished my post.
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