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**Dexter**
Posts: 9 - Karma: 57
Hi guys,

I'm 5'11 and 175... Blue eyes, blonde hair... Sorry got distracted...

I was on the K2 Shreditor 102 last season but it was starting to fall short of what I wanted it to do... Mainly because it was so soft to ski.

I like to ski trees, chutes, drops up to around 20ft so far, and love to let them run on open faces.

I'm looking to step up to something a bit wider for my daily driver, still with camber underfoot, and sell the shreditors. Some ideas so far are (all last seasons models):

1) Line Mr Pollard's Opus (185 or 192?)
2) 4FRNT YLE's (187)
3) K2 Annex 118 Seth Morrison (188)

What are your thoughts on these? They are all around 118 under foot... Do you have any other suggestions in this category? You can probably tell I'm looking at last year's gear for the discounts... So keep that in mind!
Aug 28 2014 1:32AM
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geist
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the opus are mega soft still. great in pow but found them too soft for anything else.

the annex are directional and still pretty soft like other k2s but maybe a good one for you, definitely stiffer than the shreditors.

never tried the yle's but they get a lot of credit as a park ski for powder.

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Aug 28 2014 3:58AM
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**Dexter**
Posts: 9 - Karma: 57
Thanks. Had a feeling they were still pretty soft... Hoping the added width would make up for it a bit... I'll have a look at the others you suggested, would prefer not to have a directional ski.

Frustrating a lot of the skis with these specs seem to be really soft and playful... Any reason for this?
Aug 28 2014 4:03AM
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**Dexter**
Posts: 9 - Karma: 57
Thanks. Had a feeling they were still pretty soft... Hoping the added width would make up for it a bit... I'll have a look at the others you suggested, would prefer not to have a directional ski.

Frustrating a lot of the skis with these specs seem to be really soft and playful... Any reason for this?
Aug 28 2014 4:03AM
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**Dexter**
Posts: 9 - Karma: 57
Thanks. Had a feeling they were still pretty soft... Hoping the added width would make up for it a bit... I'll have a look at the others you suggested, would prefer not to have a directional ski.

Frustrating a lot of the skis with these specs seem to be really soft and playful... Any reason for this?
Aug 28 2014 4:04AM
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**Dexter**
Posts: 9 - Karma: 57
Thanks. Had a feeling they were still pretty soft... Hoping the added width would make up for it a bit... I'll have a look at the others you suggested, would prefer not to have a directional ski.

Frustrating a lot of the skis with these specs seem to be really soft and playful... Any reason for this?
Aug 28 2014 4:04AM
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**Dexter**
Posts: 9 - Karma: 57
Thanks. Had a feeling they were still pretty soft... Hoping the added width would make up for it a bit... I'll have a look at the others you suggested, would prefer not to have a directional ski.

Frustrating a lot of the skis with these specs seem to be really soft and playful... Any reason for this?
Aug 28 2014 4:05AM
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**Dexter**
Posts: 9 - Karma: 57
Thanks. Had a feeling they were still pretty soft... Hoping the added width would make up for it a bit... I'll have a look at the others you suggested, would prefer not to have a directional ski.

Frustrating a lot of the skis with these specs seem to be really soft and playful... Any reason for this?
Aug 28 2014 4:05AM
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**Dexter**
Posts: 9 - Karma: 57
Thanks. Had a feeling they were still pretty soft... Hoping the added width would make up for it a bit... I'll have a look at the others you suggested, would prefer not to have a directional ski.

Frustrating a lot of the skis with these specs seem to be really soft and playful... Any reason for this?
Aug 28 2014 4:05AM
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**Dexter**
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Whoops....
Aug 28 2014 4:11AM
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geist
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i guess a lot of manufacturers are catering for the all-mountain jibber that is a popular part of skiing currently, people wanting a do it all ski that they can float in soft snow but butter around and use in the park etc too. i.e going with the majority, altho there are still plenty of people that want a stiffer ski in a similar category but they tend to be covered by stiffer more directional skis at the moment.
Aug 28 2014 6:12AM
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.lencon
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YLE are stiff. I think you'd really enjoy those.
Aug 28 2014 9:35AM
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tomPietrowski
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**Dexter**Thanks. Had a feeling they were still pretty soft... Hoping the added width would make up for it a bit... I'll have a look at the others you suggested, would prefer not to have a directional ski.

Frustrating a lot of the skis with these specs seem to be really soft and playful... Any reason for this?


It's actually not that many skis which are supper soft it just tends to be te ones ns talk about as ns love a soft ski.

In terms of skis to look at I would add the rocker 122 an bentchetler. Both mid stiffness but will charge much harder then the line your k2 you were looking at.
Aug 28 2014 12:32PM
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freeballer
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Check out the Liberty Origin. The reviews are really good from the various buyer's guides.

Salomon Rocker 2 might fit the bill, along with the Atomic Benchetler.
Aug 29 2014 12:35PM
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