180 or 189 Keys?

flavourtown

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So after snapping my b-dogs I need a new park ski, i've been eyeing the vishnu keys as they seem like a more middle of the ground ski rocker-wise but still with the vishnu amount of flex and I'll be honest the SLC at night topsheet is also a factor in the allure of the ski. The b-dogs i was using were the old version (2015 i think) and 177cm, I am 5'10 and around 160 pounds for reference and will be using them for basically just park as if I am skiing all mountain ill use my Devastators. Skill wise I am a solid intermediate park skier (4's off, swaps, 3s with grabs on larger jumps) and progressing at a solid rate.

I understand that they are a new ski and anyone who isn't on the vishnu team wont know how they ski but I am conflicted on which height to get, the 180 would be alot closer to my previous skis but the 189 would allow for even more stability but added weight. On any of the other vishnus I would forsure go with 189 because of how much rocker they have but since the key has a fair amount less i am unsure.

Any advice or insight would be appreciated

**This thread was edited on Apr 19th 2021 at 11:45:57pm
 
[tag=225826]@VISHNU[/tag]

^ I think that’s your best bet now

topic:flavourtown said:
So after snapping my b-dogs I need a new park ski, i've been eyeing the vishnu keys as they seem like a more middle of the ground ski rocker-wise but still with the vishnu amount of flex and I'll be honest the SLC at night topsheet is also a factor in the allure of the ski. The b-dogs i was using were the old version (2015 i think) and 177cm, I am 5'10 and around 160 pounds for reference and will be using them for basically just park as if I am skiing all mountain ill use my Devastators. Skill wise I am a solid intermediate park skier (4's off, swaps, 3s with grabs on larger jumps) and progressing at a solid rate.

I understand that they are a new ski and anyone who isn't on the vishnu team wont know how they ski but I am conflicted on which height to get, the 180 would be alot closer to my previous skis but the 189 would allow for even more stability but added weight. On any of the other vishnus I would forsure go with 189 because of how much rocker they have but since the key has a fair amount less i am unsure.

Any advice or insight would be appreciated

**This thread was edited on Apr 19th 2021 at 11:45:57pm
 
14354430:KilaTsunami said:
Did you get Keys/ ride them yet?

Yeah I got the 180s, only had one day on them yet doing mostly rails but they feel very light (compared to my other skis which are devesators) they are fairly playful i would say and the more camber underfoot locks in nicely on rails and also nice for turns.

Ive never ridden any other vishnus before but so far so I cant compare them but they feel good so far compared to my old b-dogs
 
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