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I need help with my 2011 quiver

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Bamski
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Hey NS.

With Whistler's season recently over, I have begun making plans to build upon / change up my 2 ski quiver from the season before.

Before I get in to any specifics, Here's my rider profile:

Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 165
Age: 20
Location: Vancouver/Whistler (I only ski the PNW)

Ability: Level 3, Moderately aggressive in all conditions, (Right knee is dealing with a meniscus problem, so I can't ski as hard as I want yet).

Current quiver: Sir Francis Bacons, Moment Rockers

Style of skiing: To be fair, I think park skiing is an incredibly fun way to spend a weekend lacking fresh snow, but I'm no where near the park when powder is in the forecast.

For those of you who know Whistler, I love skiing trees like those in Khyber's pass and glades around 7th heaven and Harmony / Symphony. I enjoy cruising and charging through the bowls over Spanky's ladder and the wide openness of the Blackcomb glacier.

I like finding ridges to huck and pillows to ride (but who doesn't). I enjoy a more playful ski as opposed to a damp one.

I've ridden both the 2007 Seth Vicious' and the redesigned 2008 Seth, but was not a fan of either.

I've ridden my bacons for two seasons, and despite being a very fun ski in certain areas I'm not a huge fan anymore. They are a fairly heavy ski, and their lack of rocker and soft flex means that they get tossed around a fair amount in the chopped up heavy powder found throughout Whistler at the end of a deep day.

At the moment I'm trying to decide if I want to replace my bacons with a new powder ski with a waist around 115 mm, or keep them and add a 3rd ski to the quiver (maybe something even fatter).

I've been considering so many different skis, but I haven't received the best information regarding how each ski would handle my needs.

At the end of the day, I want something fun with rocker that can kick ass in deep heavier pow, but still fun in chopped up powder once all the fresh tracks are gone.

I'm looking for ski suggestions, so tell me what you think.
May 28 2010 1:50PM
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rudager
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Replace your Bacons with something stiffer.

Surface One Life!
Line Prophet 115?
Next years Obsetheds are sick. My friend has them, and he loves them for everything ( dont get the schizo, he broke them out of the ski second day)
Moment Bibbys
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May 28 2010 2:09PM
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teleak
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Check these out:
http://skilogik.com/BombSquad.html
I demoed a pair of these on a april heavy 1 foot + day at loveland this year, they will murder through any crud, pow, chopped up pow etc. Real fun ski to drop cliffs on etc, not the tightest turning ski, but can carve GS turns on anything. Were a little sketch on hardpack, but any ski with a 120+ mm underfoot will be.
May 28 2010 2:24PM
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Bamski
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the bomb squads look a little to large to be part of a 2 ski quiver unfortunately, but they do look fun.

My cousin has One Lifes and likes them, but they still feel rather heavy.

I was leaning towards Bibbys before I wrote up this thread, since I've been so happy with Moment as a whole. I'm kind of wondering how much it would be to ship new bibbys across the boarder to BC, since Moments aren't cheap to begin with.

Keep the suggestions coming, and if anyone has specific Whistler experience on any of these skis, please let me know!
May 28 2010 3:28PM
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wrichmond
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Check out:
2011 K2 Obesthed
Atomic Bent Chetler

I've reviewed them both here:

Both were fun skis

And check out the Fat-ypus I-Rock
It's the powder ski I'm looking at and it's supposed to be excellent in crud as well.
Only $440 on their website http://www.fat-ypus.com/home/i-rock.php

Reviews here:
May 28 2010 7:03PM
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fouldsys
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my 189 2010 obsetheds do everything very nicely in whistler with the exception of trees like those in 7th heaven, which imo are pretty tight, simply because theyre pretty big sticks. at your size you would probably go with the 179 so that might fix that problem. theyre also only 105 which is a little narower than what your looking for. perhaps next years with the added width will do the job. just some things to think about...
May 28 2010 7:13PM
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J.DUKE
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bibbys
May 28 2010 7:36PM
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DHogg
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Since it sounds like you basically stick to the park when there is no soft snow I would look for something powder specific, yet still versatile and get rid of the bacons. Some good skis to check out would be:

-ON3P Caylor
-ON3P Billy Goat
-Moment Night Train
-Moment Bibby
-Armada JJ

All are amazing powder skis which can hold their own all over the mountain. You definitely want something with rocker.
May 28 2010 9:19PM
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Bamski
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Thanks for the input so far guys, some really helpful information.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the JJ's yet, I'd have thought they fit the bill due to their light weight and rocker. Can anyone comment on this?
May 28 2010 9:21PM
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K_FRANK
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surface one lifes!!!!!!!!!
May 28 2010 10:25PM
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kaPOW
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4frnt CRJs are amazing. they're like all mountain pow skis and they're right around the size of bacons with some rocker and they are pretty playful but they're also pretty flexible which i don't know if you would like for sure or not
May 28 2010 10:41PM
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harmoon
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Bibby's! or bluehouse maestro's.
May 28 2010 11:26PM
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mrsmith
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2011 seth
May 29 2010 2:28PM
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nickyp
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CRJ, One Life or Bent Chetlers. All a little more solid in the core profile, good for charging/ cruising
May 29 2010 5:07PM
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EARL
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RMU PROFESOR! http://www.rmuskis.com/skis/professor
May 29 2010 9:24PM
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TheBist
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Well if your limited to side country backcountry, i would go with the armada JJ's. but if you have the luxury of only going heli skiing, i would go with the vokl kuro and when you are in the park i would have to say the armada alpha 2 or 1.
May 29 2010 9:53PM
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rudager
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I don't know why you quotes "one life" and wrote bibby.
I had bibby's there all along.
May 29 2010 11:33PM
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Bamski
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I've been talking to Scott about picking up some Caylors too, he seems to think that in a 181 they would do a good job at skiing what I want to ski even if snow conditions are a tad dicey or skied out.

Bibbys look great, but they're fairly difficult to come across up here in Canada, not to mention they'd be pretty expensive to get shipped via evogear or Moment's shop.
May 30 2010 12:28AM
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hsavage
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ATOMIC BENCHETLERS
ARMADA JJ
BEST TWO SKIS EVER!. HA
May 30 2010 8:25PM
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