Do fat skis make you back check all cliff drops? I only watched the first 5 minutes cause I gotta run, but I'm looking at getting a set of skis soon and just curious...
mschulz
Since 29 May 2007
530 Posts
Reno, NV
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Sat Dec 31, 11 4:42 pm
That was some bad ass skiing.
Forrest - I think it is just that one guys style. _________________ MS
beech
Since 21 Aug 2010
486 Posts
Longview, WA
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Sat Dec 31, 11 5:12 pm
back in the day (that would be my teens and 20s) I found myself leaning back more with skinny skis off drops in pow. Fat skis tend to make me want to lean forward and charge it more. I demo'd a set of Nordica Raddicts last season(big fatty's) and I liked em better on everything, even groomers. Can't go wrong with some gotamas or prophets IMO. _________________ Haole
bambam
Since 15 Mar 2005
760 Posts
Hood River
Photographer
Sat Dec 31, 11 6:18 pm
Forrest...
186cm Prophet 115cm (last years green ones)... This year they are the Influence 115... same ski. Got Rossi Axial2 140 binders on them... In great shape. I am on the 185cm Mr. Pollard's Opus this year. The new Opus is awesome in the soft stuff, but the Prophet 115 still rules the roost as the git it all done ski.
These are in Pepi's shop for $599.00... Bro price... $475.00 bones... One of the hardest charging fats out there. There are wider, but none as performance (carving and pow) as these skis...
Adios, Bammer
chrissmack
Since 08 Jun 2005
526 Posts
portland
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Sat Dec 31, 11 7:37 pm
bambam wrote:
186cm Prophet 115cm (last years green ones)... This year they are the Influence 115... same ski. Got Rossi Axial2 140 binders on them... In great shape. I am on the 185cm Mr. Pollard's Opus this year. The new Opus is awesome in the soft stuff, but the Prophet 115 still rules the roost as the git it all done ski.
bambam
Since 15 Mar 2005
760 Posts
Hood River
Photographer
Sat Dec 31, 11 8:03 pm
Message is not for you chrismack.... Read Forrest's f'ing message...
J_Matic
Since 14 Oct 2011
158 Posts
InDaHo
Stoked
Mon Jan 02, 12 11:33 am
Forrest wrote:
Do fat skis make you back check all cliff drops? and just curious...
I had to turn this off right away b/c of this guys park style in the big mtns's, def the rider and not the ride.
A mid-fat rocker with deece flex will put you in the driver's seat charging head-first rather than ass-back position.
Rockin' the 3Zero by Faction Collective in a 191 and behind a kite or in the steep POW, it's a pissed off grenade throwing stick that is light enough to swing fast and huck quick.
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