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Joystick These vs. Fatypus G-Butter

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Wompuscat
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Hey guys, just wanna see if anybody has some insight real quick. See a couple good deals on these skis up right now, and I'm looking to sell my Kung Fujas and get more of a park oriented ski. I know the Fujas are buttery, but for park skiing they're just heavy for my taste. Which one of these would you recommend? The SUPER lightweight, and ultra buttery "These" are super appealing to me, but I'm just not sure on durability. Also the wider waist is appealing to me. However, the supreme build quality of the G-Butter is very attractive, but I'm just not sure on how stiff they'd be as I was reading some mixed reviews, or how light they'd be. If anybody could give me some opinions on which way I should lean, that'd be solid. Thanks guys!
Feb 27 2014 3:48PM
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Wompuscat
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Also I should add, I'm a very good skier all mountain, ski very aggressively, but enjoy screwing around on the hill sometime. I'm JUST getting into park, so wont be doing anything really advanced, but will be using the ski on groomers, in trees, yada yada. I'm not focused on its performance in deep snow, as I'm already in the workings of purchasing a 130 waisted, rockered ski as soon as my money comes together here.

So yeah, these will be used all around the mountain when I'm out west, but as I'm getting into park a lot more(basically all there is in the midwest) I primarily am looking for a very light ski, thats very playful. Will be skiing more rails than jumps. I'm 5'10" and 175lbs, looking at 170-whatever joysticks, only size they make, and 178cm gbutters. At the moment, strongly leaning towards the gbutters, as I feel they will last me far longer, and still be solid performers as I progress.
Feb 27 2014 4:49PM
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raymondcabral
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I may be mistaken, but I've heard the durability on the JOysticks is pretty shitty. But I may be wrong.
Feb 27 2014 4:53PM
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Wompuscat
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Thats the vibe I was getting on em. Fun skis, but don't last very long. Whereas Gbutters I heard are fairly bomb proof.
Feb 27 2014 4:57PM
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-wakes-
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Ive also heard some bad build quality issues with These. Its a hazard of buying from less established brands
Feb 27 2014 4:59PM
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Wompuscat
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Haha well, didn't win the gbutters. There were some in great condition for a reasonable price on ebay, but the guy had an auto bid set that outstretched my price range.
Feb 27 2014 5:09PM
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