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Ski Advice (Line Blend vs Armada al Dente)

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HardTobacco
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Hi newschoolers, I want to buy a new pair of skis for next season and I need some advice/experience concerning the choices I'm about to make.

P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } First of all: I'm 19 years old, 6'' and 154 pounds / 1.84m and 70 kg; I've been skiing for about 10 years now and my on and off piste riding skills are quite good. Park isn't that good yet^^. This year I want to focus a bit more on off-piste jibs and park. I cant tell the exact percentage yet, but I think I will be riding 50% off piste, 25% groomers and 25% park. Park might be increasing.

I am mostly skiing Swiss and Austrian Alps.

So I am looking for a park ski that can do well all over the mountain. It should be kind of fun, buttery and lively but still quick, light and nimble. Flex should be medium to soft.

I'm not hitting big jumps (At least not yet...), I'm not going steep and deep and I don't worry about the performance at high speed.

Waist should be 90-100mm. Budget is not that much of an issue.

So far, I've narrowed my choice down to these two skis:

-Line Blend (2014)

-Armada al Dente

If you could point out the main difference between these two and how they are gonna feel underfoot, it would be great.

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Oh and another thing: I'm planning on making a long term investment with this pair of skis, so if there are any quality issues that any of these skis is known for, please let me know.


Thanks in advance =).
Aug 27 2013 4:01PM
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CashmereCat
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You should look into nordica soul riders. They're basically better blends.
Aug 27 2013 5:27PM
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Muggydude
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You sound pretty similar to me- other than size. I'm pretty sure I'm going for the Blends, seems like most who own them love them. Especially since you aren't going to be doing a ton of high speed stuff or big jumps. In my experience Line makes great skis too, my Dad (and I) both really like his pair of 2012 prophet 98s and they've held up quite well.
Aug 27 2013 5:45PM
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DUKES
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people need to stop thinking that soul riders are soft. they clearly aren't. it took kieran so long to break his in. lil kids be trippin
Aug 27 2013 6:12PM
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CashmereCat
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They're pretty soft... More so than the anthems that I've been riding for two years
Aug 27 2013 6:37PM
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CalebT
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Threads on this little srgument
Aug 28 2013 3:07AM
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HardTobacco
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Ok I've sorted out the Blend now, but I still have to decide wether to go Soul Rider or Al Dente... I don't know which one to take. Is there any useful information that hasn't been said yet?
Sep 3 2013 2:27PM
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virgin
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Just pick the cheapest :D They should all be good
Sep 3 2013 2:41PM
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CashmereCat
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Both aren't symmetrical twins, but that's minor. The soul riders have a more even flex pattern though I think. They're one solid piece of wood. The al dente might be three.
Sep 3 2013 8:58PM
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WPL
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Blend look more fun and everybody gonna buy the al dente this year because you know its b-dog ski -.-
Sep 3 2013 9:28PM
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jordy19
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its actually the e-dollo ski *
Sep 3 2013 10:57PM
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