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CHOOSING NEW SKIS_ thanks for your input :-)

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Jayhere
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HI,
I need your opinion>>>

looking for relatively light ski? all mountain...for skiing variable terrain, bumps, trees mostly in the East USA/Canada, but still a good ski for most of the days out west USA, Canada, except deeper powder...( I rent a pair for those days)

I am thinking about
2019 Armada ARV96

https://armadaskis.com/en-us/product/arv-96/

OR

2019 Salomon QST 92 Skis

https://www.salomon.com/en-int/shop-emea/product/qst-92.html#848=11590

I am advanced, 50+ year old, with one bad knee, but still skiing all the hill/mountain, I do not like groomers much, but will ski it , if I have to.
I want softer tip, light ski for the bumps, but still center stiff enough to support my frame of 6ft2, 210lb.

What ski to choose? (Any of these or something else :-)

thanks

( thinking around 180cm in length..I do not want too long ski for bumps?!)
Nov 10 2018 8:33PM
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Rum_Ham
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Qst will serve you better unless you’re doing tricks.
Nov 11 2018 2:41AM
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Greg_K
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Would agree the QST 92 would be the better pick of the two skis as the Armada ARV 96 is more of a playful, all mountain freestyle ski and would be too soft for your size.

Your perfect ski would be the new Blizzard Rustler 9. Has one partial sheet of metal(vs 2 full sheets of their stiffer skis) under the foot and then tapering near the tip and tails. So you get a stiff, hard charging center of ski with more forgiving tip/tails. Amazing on the hardpark yet forgiving and fun off trail and in the bumps. I just got a pair myself this year in the 180cm for a daily driver and I love glades and bumps.


https://youtu.be/7M_JESupR_c
Here’s a very detailed review of it.
Nov 11 2018 9:17AM
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Jayhere
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Thank you guys for your reply..
Yes.. thats what I thought..I love the look of the Armada 96..but might be too soft for me...

Salomon QST92 looks like the best value for the money spent...at least in what is available to me ....not sure about the quality though...never had a really good quality..lasting product from Salomon...hmmmm....

I have noticed the new 2019 LINE Chronic... maybe those might be stiffer than the Armadas 96??? and I could still ski a switch on those....haha

I have also came across the 2019 Volkl KANJO...looks like a softer version of the Volkl kendos...( mantras)...

2019 Blizzard Rustler 9 has good reviews..... but cannot find any reasonably priced...I think the 2018 model of this ski is the same as the 2019 model....but cannot see any 2018 model of this ski for sale either...

I keep looking... as I am not absolutely sold on those SALOMON qst92???

Regards.. cheers
Nov 25 2018 10:09PM
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Greg_K
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Line Chronic 2019 isn’t too stiff or soft and it’s a fun all mountain twin. On sale right now at Corbetts.com for $439.99 Canadian which is a great price!

Rustler 9 not on sale as it’s a brand new model and wasn’t out last year. Rustler 10 is wider but an amazing ski too and it’s on for $599.99 Canadian.
Nov 25 2018 11:14PM
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Non_State_Actor
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Have you looked at blistergearreview.com ?

I'd check out the Liberty Origin 96, Black Crows Orb, Blizzard Brahma...what else?
Nov 26 2018 1:06AM
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