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Help with overall Ski Gear Choice

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Skiinger
Posts: 4 - Karma: 21
Hello all,

This ski season will be my last serious one as i am a senior in high school. This year I want to move in to the park well. I can already do 30 ft jumps and get air out of the half-pipe, so I have the foundations down. When it comes to rails and boxes I am awful. I used to have narrow waist skis, so I think that was part of it. This year I have new skis, but no binding for them yet. I need some advice. Will:
Line Masterminds be okay for a beginner park skiier. They are 167cm ( I am 5'10 and 130 pounds)
Are there bindings that are better for park? Like a certain style or brand? I know more goes into the choice of the binding but what would you guys use for this kind of setup?
And do the Line Mastermind of 2012-2013 season have the same wax holding problems of the old? I already have these skis but if I really needed to switch I could.

Thanks again!
Oct 29 2013 8:57AM
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cannaguts666
Posts: 504 - Karma: 256
FKS or Look Pivots
Oct 29 2013 12:42PM
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holytoast
Posts: 683 - Karma: 301
IMO i would go with something a little longer than the masterminds. The skis themselves are fine but i would go somewhere in the 170 range because it will give you a little bit more stability. Im in your current situation actually (Senior) and i have 181cm armada ar7's.
Oct 29 2013 2:53PM
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Skiinger
Posts: 4 - Karma: 21
Thanks for your reaponses. I was almost thinking they were too long. I guess its because I'm coming from 155 cm skis. And I already have them, I bought them cheap at a tent sale. Would the 177s really be worth all the effort to find them and sell my current ones?
Oct 29 2013 6:39PM
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ermz
Posts: 79 - Karma: 294
I transitioned from 167cm carve skis to 184cm twins. Im 5"8 and have no problem with it. I find they're really stable and I ski mostly park. I have Look Pivots 14s and wouldn't look back at shitty plastic bindings. They do weigh more than regular bindings but they will last alot longer and they look so much better. Also they are supposedly safer (Pivot heel)
Oct 29 2013 7:07PM
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ThundaKilla
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Not that Pivots are shitty, all I ski is Pivot/FKS, but the 14/140s do have a plastic toe.
Oct 29 2013 8:33PM
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ermz
Posts: 79 - Karma: 294
What year models? Mine are metal toe. 2013 Model
Nov 3 2013 6:04PM
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Skroob
Posts: 266 - Karma: 69
Why will this season be your last serious one? I am much past my senior year in high school and I had a 88 day season last year.
Nov 3 2013 10:57PM
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BirtDike
Posts: 1258 - Karma: 514
2013 14DIN turntables had plastic toe.

Either you cant tell the difference between solid plastic and metal, or you got really lucky and got a manufacture mistake all metal 14... or you have 18s and dont know it?

What i would do for an all metal 14... the 18 is overkill, but the durability is worth it.
Nov 4 2013 12:03AM
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