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Wide park skis

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ndye
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How wide do you think park skis can be before they start feeling weird on rails and such? the widest i have ever skied in park is 93 mm but i was just wondering about your thoughts

Jul 10 2010 1:29AM
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ReetsAdeets
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Pow skis like Hellbents dont really feel weird, just sluggish.
Jul 10 2010 2:13AM
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Funnel
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The few times I hit a rail on my Hellbents they felt extremely sluggish, heavy, and as if they locked onto the rail. However, I couldn't stand them in the park.
Jul 10 2010 2:14AM
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mattdayro
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I took my jj's into the park and although they were fun, fat skis aren't nearly nimble enough for the park
Jul 10 2010 2:35AM
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dakesteeze
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Well in my opinion I think you should look into the line elizabeths before they're gone. They are one of the few park orientated fat skis around. They run 110 underfoot yet are supprisingly light, playful,  and nimble on rails(nice swing weight). The only decieving part about the elizabeths is that although they are a "fat ski" they do not necessarily preform aswell in powder as a powder specific ski.

Another from the line is the blend. Look at the website for more info

I'd also look in surface, supposedly some of their wider skis slay park. Look at One Life's Ive heard good things aboput them.

Jul 10 2010 2:38AM
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MothaHucker
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Lizzy's are a good fat park ski if you wana try that but im pretty sure they discontinued it for 2011. but rails feel sick on fat skis its the jumps that they dont perform well on
Jul 10 2010 3:12AM
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E.A.D.C
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100 under foot..
Jul 10 2010 5:21AM
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LockyK
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i think the anthem has the perfect waist size. any bigger is a bit strange, smaller is fine but really skinny wouldn't be very stable.

never ridden the lizzies though.
Jul 10 2010 5:37AM
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Scrambles
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I want a pair of icelantic nomad sft's just for fooling around with in the park, I love the feel of a soft fat ski in the park
Jul 10 2010 12:40PM
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drumbumocdp
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The Atomic patent is a 95 underfoot and I've heard good things about it in the park
Jul 10 2010 1:55PM
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BWalmer
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Anything can be done...it would just take time to get used to them, that's all.
Jul 10 2010 2:11PM
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Scrambles
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It's awesome aside from durability
Jul 10 2010 2:30PM
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Mr_pretzel
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Dude everytime i see you write this i want to punch a baby. You may have had a de-faulty pair or its the fact that your 195 lbs. skiing on a ski felt was to soft at 140 lbs. You should really get something stiff like the line chronic or volkl wall.
Jul 10 2010 4:16PM
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Scrambles
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Topsheet delam, chunks of bases ripping out, edge pull-outs(minor and only in the tips and tails though) and eventualy snapping. Everyone I have talked to that has them has or had the exact same issues. Also look online for reviews, most are negative duribility wise
Jul 10 2010 4:26PM
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Mr_pretzel
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Ohh i thought you just broke the ski. I have been under the impression that atomic had top notch durability.
Jul 10 2010 4:52PM
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Scrambles
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Well most of their skis do, I've heard nothing bad about punx or bentchetlers, and I had a pair of Atomic race skis a couple years ago and they were good
Jul 10 2010 5:57PM
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Motherfucka
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Flying lines rides park all day with ep pros..
Jul 10 2010 6:40PM
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Mr_pretzel
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Ya thats what i was thinking i am just saying a bunch of bullshit today.
Jul 11 2010 3:34AM
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adamlukowski
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looks like fun, and would probably take a lot of control
Jul 11 2010 3:43AM
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fLyInG-liNeS
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ep pros are my park skis, and i can do anything if not more then i could on normal skis
Jul 11 2010 11:05AM
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ndye
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nice i just bought the rossingnol s3 skis and i want them to be my main park ski and im just hoping they dont feet out of control. are wide skis betrrer on rails or jumps?
Jul 11 2010 3:46PM
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Balto
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s3s are not wide by any means....
Jul 11 2010 3:48PM
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ndye
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I know they arent wide compared to other skis but they are wider than your average ski in the park at 98mm underfoot...

Jul 11 2010 3:51PM
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Balto
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not really...
Jul 11 2010 3:57PM
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ndye
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Name a park SPECIFIC ski wider than that which is commonly used. go for it
Jul 11 2010 3:58PM
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Balto
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well s3's are not a park specific ski, they are an all mountain ski, but skis in the sam category would be:

kung fujas
surface watch lives
on3p j-mo
armada arv
bluehouse mr
ect ect ect

90-100 underfoot is a very common width, and is not fat by any means, it is an all mountain ski. When someone talks about fat skis in the park, i think 110+
Jul 11 2010 4:30PM
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ndye
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exactly and even though i know its not extremely fat and there are other skis like it i wanted to ask how it performed seeing as its not geared specificaly towards park.  Just because it says lapping the park in the afternoon does not mean that it will be good in the park.  If i had Kung Fujas's i would ask about them.
Jul 11 2010 5:57PM
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dangerdad
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I am strongly considering next years blends as my park ski.
Jul 12 2010 7:50AM
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