I snapped my Moment Reno Jibs...

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A slight up rail, didn't have enough speed then almost nutted, but where the rail goes into the snow is where my ski hit it directly. I figured it would just deflect off but nope. Im still a little puzzled.

Mar 25 2012 2:19AM

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pics

Mar 25 2012 4:16AM

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Yeezy

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My buddies vice's from this year snapped from landing backseat on a rodeo 5, jump was only like 15ft. He contacted Moment, they basically told him to fuck off.

sorry about your misfortune, +k!

Mar 25 2012 4:18AM

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BWalmer

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Unless you split the ski down the middle the long way, this has NOTHING to do with you snapping the ski. A ski with a rounded tip and edges horseshoed around it would have gotten caught up too...and might have taken your ACL with it. Now I didn't see the crash, but it kinda sounds like those flat tips might have saved you from 6 months on the couch...

Mar 25 2012 8:09AM

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skiRay

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you really have to put pics up in a thread like this

Mar 25 2012 1:14PM

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Insane

Yea i know I'm screwed sent them an email with no expectations, just sharing my experience and they requested pics, but what ever.

Mar 26 2012 3:52PM

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trying but I cant find my camera

Mar 26 2012 3:52PM

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that sucks, this isn't the first time ive heard of moment reno jibs snapping! contact moment and hopefully you can get a free replacement pair!

Mar 26 2012 4:06PM

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trying with no expectations because the warranty stated it does not cover impacts with boxes or rails :(

Mar 26 2012 4:12PM

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If you are going to make a thread about how you snapped your "brand new" skis, please do it right, this whole thread sucks.

Mar 26 2012 8:11PM

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Parks.

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moment = crappy quality. my friends broke in less than a year. no ski should last less than a year IMO

Mar 26 2012 8:14PM

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Your opinion is irrelevant, everybody shreds differently.

Mar 26 2012 8:22PM

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Parks.

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so you think that the quality should be so low that u have to buy multiple skis per year?

Mar 26 2012 8:24PM

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hahahah wanna know how I know you are 12?

Mar 26 2012 8:35PM

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A girl from my local hill snapped hers on a Cork 7. They were replacement skis for the pair before that also went to shit.

Mar 26 2012 9:30PM

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Parks.

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yes please!

Mar 26 2012 9:34PM

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Mar 26 2012 9:39PM

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Only a 12 year old can make assumptions as stupid as yours.

Mar 26 2012 9:42PM

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My jibs snapped, they sent me next years and some shirts, pretty dope

Mar 26 2012 10:26PM

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Insane

I snapped my Bibby's by jamming the tails landing switch.

Mar 26 2012 11:05PM

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SKI.ING

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Hmmmm. Seems like everybody with Moment problems "landed" and they "snapped". Either Moment quality is terrible or people don't want to admit they landed wrong and snapped their skis.

Mar 27 2012 1:14AM

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I haven't seen anything good from Moment, quality or warranty related. Hopefully Moment steps their game up, they're online now so hope for a reply!

Mar 27 2012 1:17AM

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moments kinda suck durability wise, i used my moments like 5 days and ripped like 3 inches of edge out.

still fun skis though.

Mar 27 2012 1:23PM

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moment was awesome to me with a claim that i filed. They hooked it up for sure.

Mar 27 2012 2:20PM

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Insane

I think the point of it all is that a rounded tip has a chance to slip left or right before the ski snaps, the square tips just get stuck. Fuck square tips.

Mar 27 2012 8:47PM

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And everyone bitches at

Mar 27 2012 9:13PM

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Me for saying their durability sucks

Mar 27 2012 9:13PM

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saxon

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oh noo i wanted some reno jibs so badly...this thread has me worried aha

Mar 27 2012 9:21PM

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It's no secret moments have terrible durability issues

Mar 27 2012 9:24PM

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Insane

My buddy and his coworkers at a tuning shop I know have worked on literally tens of thousands of skis since before Moment even existed, and they have terrible things to say about the durability. My opinion is, a ski shouldn't snap so easily, and if your paying big bucks for a ski, it should as good or better than the standard. Independent/younger brands shouldn't get any slack, sorry.

Mar 27 2012 9:39PM

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Exactly our local ski shop here in Reno advises people against moments even though they ate from the same city because they get so many in their shop broken

Mar 27 2012 9:47PM

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Lucas

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it really depends on how you ride. Skis will always snap if you put them through really stressful situations like running into a rail at high speeds.

Mar 27 2012 10:58PM

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yeap true

Mar 27 2012 11:11PM

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not my picture

Mar 27 2012 11:19PM

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saxon

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fuck that's brutal

Mar 27 2012 11:29PM

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I.B

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Pussy shit compared to my moments:

doesn't look bad, but only thing connected was the ptex hah

Cork 9 to concussion and broken ski

Mar 27 2012 11:41PM

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Still wanna try their vices out

Mar 28 2012 12:11AM

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super funnn, shitty durability.

Mar 28 2012 1:37AM

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If you land shitty and spend the majority of your time on rails, your skis will break. The way some of you are describing your landings, I cant see any other outcome other than your skis snapping. These types of crashes/abuse are never (as far as I know) covered by any ski manufacturer and youre expected to know that when you buy the skis.

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Mar 28 2012 1:58AM

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Insane

Seriously. You kids need to learn to land your shit before bashing a homegrown company for making a shitty product which they don't. The one time I landed an air badly (this was back in 2005 or 2006), I snapped a DPS ski in half. Guess what? It was my own damn fucking fault.

Sack the fuck up, admit that you're not the next Tom Wallisch, and learn to land better. Ski companies aren't out there to constantly hand you free skis just because you fucked up and suck at skiing.

Mar 28 2012 12:43PM

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Not gonna be as harsh as this guy (though he has a great point, we aren't all pros) but I will say that if your ski snaps like that I am guessing there were two possible outcomes to you falling:

1) The ski breaking
2) You badly injuring yourself and saying bye-bye to your knee

When things break like this, especially from a company like Moment who more than anything has great pride in how their skis ride NOT solely in their durability, unlike Line prides themselves on because people beat the crap out of their skis. it is probably due to your fuck up. Yeah you fell not too badly but you landed perfectly in such a way that the ski broke. Not all impacts can be absorbed by the flex of the ski and especially in the tips where there is rocker, so that means the core is a bit weaker in that area. I have had binding rip outs and tails break from landings, but I have to say that despite it being a crappy situation and breaking my equipment I am happy that it wasn't my knee or something else that broke instead.

Yeah Moment could replace them for you if they really wanted to as K2 has replaced skis for me in the past that have broken in similar situations (though I wasn't on rails, which could make a difference I guess), but it is not their responsibility to toss you free skis because you messed up.

Mar 28 2012 1:16PM

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you have no idea what you are talking about and obviously know nothing about ski construction

Mar 28 2012 1:22PM

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Insane

Wasn't boasting my knowledge of ski construction, just stating what I concluded. Thanks. -k

Mar 28 2012 1:37PM

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oh no you minused my karma, what ever will I do with the other 300k+ I have

Mar 28 2012 1:50PM

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I hope this isn't aimed at me, I never once bashed the company in anyway. I contacted Moment sharing my experience like I said before with no expectations, taking full responsibility of the break, even stating that I have a basic understanding of the warranty, and they took the initiative and want more info from me. If anything expressing my situation to them will help the company in building a file of breaks or other damages to better in making decisions about warranty in the future. This experience has not made me want to buy from a different company at all, and will most likely buy my new skis from them at the end of this season. some people need to chill, wait it's NS. nvm

Mar 28 2012 1:54PM

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yea I figured. thanks for posting, I hope you have a nice day.

Mar 28 2012 1:56PM

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PappaG

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Not aimed at you directly. Sorry for that... I'm just tired of people in general bashing a company I represent saying durability is shit when the opposite holds, especially since I've been exclusively on Moments since early 2006.

And while I don't ski park, I am hard on my gear and often ski over plenty of rocks. Maybe 3-4 core shots total in that time, and nothing more than the size of a dime. This past season, I helped make some skis and fixed a blown edge on the Team ski that was a good 8" long. It's still holding up after about 20+ days this year.

Again, sorry the misdirected rant.

Mar 28 2012 2:03PM

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