All around ski aimed at park: AR6?

Kevski

Kevski

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So I'm 6' 145lb, and I'm after a ski to ride on any days that don't have fresh. I have bacons for days with anything more than an inch or so of powder.
So I'm after a ski that will be fun around the whole mountain (groomers, some skied out steeps and trees, little jibs, crud, maybe some moguls even, etc) as well as spending at least 40% time in the park doing generally smaller stuff (rails, jumps, pipe, bonks, etc.). I'd like to do butters all around too, but I want the stiffer ride so I don't die in week old crud in steeper stuff. I'll ski around BC for reference if that matters (Whis, Van city hills, Interior mountains)
I currently have 178 Invaders as well, and find them a little short/ not stable enough at speeds and in variable snow. Too soft for anything chewed up in my opinion.
So would moving from the Invader to a 181 AR6 make sense? Or would there be another better ski that could work for me?
 
ar6 would be very good for you. also the wall and chronic and chronic cryptonite would work well too because they are stiff
 
ar6 would be awesome, these would work well too for what you're skiing:

k2 extreme

line blend

line chronic
 
AR6s are perfect for you, so much stability at high speeds, they are meant as an All-Mountain Park ski.
 
I do agree that AR6s would be a good choice in terms of stiffness, but I do have to complain that they don't have a spectacular turning radius. If you don't care too much about that then you will love them. The walls in a 177 cm do turn better IMO, but I would give serious consideration to the blends from two seasons ago if you can find them. (kind of gold checkered ones). 90 waist, mid-stiff flex, great in all conditions and still pretty fun in the park. That would personally be my top choice.
 
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