First park skis

WojtecLast week I went to ski in the park for the first time and now I wanna get more into park skiing. Since we live about 5 hours away from the mountains and I don't have my own car nor income yet, we usually only go once a year skiing. There (st. Anton) I got myself some rental twin-tips, more precisely 163cm Armada arv96s. I would say I am a intermediate skier, I can ski any piste and partially off-piste (but that not that great), but not with greatest form (skis apart, on steeper slopes sometimes having trouble to stay straight/forward leaning).

But back to the skis; in the opinion of a "first time park skier" those arv96s were stiff and heavy as hell. I guess some of the problems I had were exaggerated by not having good boots but I tried to ollie and nollie and stuff but those were pretty much impossible for me because the ski was so stiff.

So now that I wanna buy my own skis I would go in the opposite direction of the arv96 and buy a soft ski:
I was thinking something like the Line Blend or the Bdogs.
For more context I'm 180 and 78kg.



What other skis would you recommend?

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Wojtec

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WojtecLast week I went to ski in the park for the first time and now I wanna get more into park skiing. Since we live about 5 hours away from the mountains and I don't have my own car nor income yet, we usually only go once a year skiing. There (st. Anton) I got myself some rental twin-tips, more precisely 163cm Armada arv96s. I would say I am a intermediate skier, I can ski any piste and partially off-piste (but that not that great), but not with greatest form (skis apart, on steeper slopes sometimes having trouble to stay straight/forward leaning).

But back to the skis; in the opinion of a "first time park skier" those arv96s were stiff and heavy as hell. I guess some of the problems I had were exaggerated by not having good boots but I tried to ollie and nollie and stuff but those were pretty much impossible for me because the ski was so stiff.

So now that I wanna buy my own skis I would go in the opposite direction of the arv96 and buy a soft ski:
I was thinking something like the Line Blend or the Bdogs.
For more context I'm 180 and 78kg.



What other skis would you recommend?

brocolisproutE dollos if you have the budget if not bdogs

BradFiAusNzCoCaForget the skis. Spend all your time at Die Mooserwirt or Kraft Kanguruh then slide down the hill after.

Fauna Alparkas are super light yet stable and you can get them for $400/400€ from NS and they ship from eu. But some others (tad heavier) would be line chronic or Armada B Dog. I would suggest chronic over the blend.

WojtecFirst time hearing of Fauna skis, but here they say it's rather stiff which is something I would not want. What are the benefits of the chronic over the blend? thanks.

saucemastrscottyGet ur own boots/boots that fit first will make way more of a difference

Wojtec

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WojtecWhy do you recommend the E dollos over the bdogs? Thanks in advance

WojtecLast week I went to ski in the park for the first time and now I wanna get more into park skiing. Since we live about 5 hours away from the mountains and I don't have my own car nor income yet, we usually only go once a year skiing. There (st. Anton) I got myself some rental twin-tips, more precisely 163cm Armada arv96s. I would say I am a intermediate skier, I can ski any piste and partially off-piste (but that not that great), but not with greatest form (skis apart, on steeper slopes sometimes having trouble to stay straight/forward leaning).

But back to the skis; in the opinion of a "first time park skier" those arv96s were stiff and heavy as hell. I guess some of the problems I had were exaggerated by not having good boots but I tried to ollie and nollie and stuff but those were pretty much impossible for me because the ski was so stiff.

So now that I wanna buy my own skis I would go in the opposite direction of the arv96 and buy a soft ski:
I was thinking something like the Line Blend or the Bdogs.
For more context I'm 180 and 78kg.



What other skis would you recommend?

saucemastrscottyGet ur own boots/boots that fit first will make way more of a difference

animatorIf you’re 180cm tall and couldn’t bend a 163cm long ski enough to ollie it I don’t think the skis were necessarily the issue here

WojtecI say it was "impossible" but what I meant was that it wasn't easy nor great. I tried doing what that guy was doing but only got like to half the height or less with a lot of effort. And I could hand-flex them but that was also rather with a lot of force. Since I didn't have another ski as reference I don't know if it's supposed to be like that. And I also mentioned that the boots probably exaggerated the problems of the ski (plus I guess my core strength wasn't/isn't that great either, but I'm gonna work on it).