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1st pair of freestyle skis

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gwalm
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Looking for some advice on a pair of twin tips for a beginning freestyler (advanced skier outside of the park). 6'1 165 lb

Mostly looking for a ski that will make learning jump spins as easy as possible, less interested in riding rails and boxes at this point

Would like to spend under $300 on the skis and under $450 total for skis+bindings. advice on ski length would also be awesome (I assume 175cm would be about right though)

Thanks
Jan 30 2011 2:18AM
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gwalm
Posts: 26 - Karma: 21
should add that I was thinking about these

it says these are camber; but are they rockered on the tips?
Jan 30 2011 2:23AM
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taktak767
Posts: 98 - Karma: 13
i have the same skis and i bought it from the same place hahaa. damn these got cheap.

im not really sure what you mean by rockered on the tips but if skis weren't rockered on the tips, they wouldnt go forward. so yes i guess they are rockered on the tips.
here read this:

as for the size i think the 179s are perfect for you but the 169s would have worked too but its sold out.

these skis are also the first freestyle skis i have gotten and i like em a lot except for that the top sheets chip easily.
i should have gotten a shorter size though.

bottom line: go for it bro.
Jan 30 2011 2:51AM
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gwalm
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yea they look like a great ski


but is it worth dropping another ~$100 bucks (when you factor in 30 dollar shipping) on the armadas?
Jan 30 2011 3:27AM
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taktak767
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sorry bro. i cant help you out on this one. but yeah, the K2s are legit.
if i were you i would go with the K2s and spend the extra hundred that you saved from not buying the armadas on getting to the slopes and buying lift tickets etc.

skiing costs enough money...
Jan 30 2011 3:34AM
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gwalm
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do you find them tough to ski outside the park? longer tails due to the center mount would affect your carve I'd imagine
Jan 30 2011 4:31PM
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charmander
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center mounted skis carve fine, you need to stand more neutrally, im not sure how good of a skier you are but that matters a bit

i come from a race background and skiing my invaders (soft/center mount) isn't fun for me at all, either im standing real neutral, where i feel like there isn't enough feedback from the ski, or i ski it like a race ski, and they dont like that.

i mean, you get used to it, its just something i dont really like
Jan 30 2011 4:35PM
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taktak767
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i ski powder and normal trails with it and stuff. it works fine for me. i can shred through normal trails just like normal skis. plus, you get to shred down switch easily because it's center mounted.

the center mounting took like half a day to get used to but later on in the day, i got really comfortable with them.

btw, i've been skiing my whole life so i consider myself as a good skier. as for park though, i'm only on my third year.
Jan 30 2011 4:48PM
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taktak767
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if you are going to ski stuff outside of park, yes.

if you are going to ski mostly park, then no.

you will get used to the setup in half a day.
Jan 31 2011 4:59AM
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gwalm
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one other ski I found while browsing:

http://cgi.ebay.com/CoreUPT-Candide-Yard-Twin-Tip-Skis-171cm-2010-NEW-/200561457504?pt=Skiing&hash=item2eb264f960#ht_2336wt_905

same price as the k2's and they're not fully symmetrical.

slightly better out of park skiing but inferior in the park compared to the disorderly?
Jan 31 2011 6:31AM
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gwalm
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charmander, you mention having to stand really neutral to ski these out of the park. Isn't that true of all park skis or is it just specific to center mounts?
Jan 31 2011 6:35AM
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Flacko
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line mastermids + marker freestyle bindings the mastermids are thin so they wil be manuverable
Feb 1 2011 7:59PM
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lineskifiend
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line anthems there wide enough under foot that there gunna be sturdy underfoot on jumps but not super skinny so you can use outside of the park

Feb 1 2011 9:46PM
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