Armada arg's

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I've got a chance to buy some armada arg's for a decent deal. does anyone have any experience on them. not that I'm massively fussed but are they as notoriously terrible on groomers as the reviews say
 
horrible on groomers but who cares about the groomers on a pow day. only pow ski i will put on my feet ever. they are worth the sacrifice of the groomers imo. u literally feel like you can do anything in deep snow.
 
they rip on groomers. i have so much fun in the hard snow that i sometimes bring them out on spring days. the little bit of edge that touches the snow underfoot allows you to apply more pressure per unit length of edge , so they hold an edge like a GS ski.

while other skiers with pow skis hit that icy, skied off patch by the lift and crash, you will put two trenches in. It seriously rips on hard pack and does very well on ice.

 
They are fucking amazing they charge so hard through essentially everything but groomers and cat tracks. I tried mine out for the first time last weekend at alta and shit they were amazing. groomers aren't too bad if the groomer is steep enough flatter groomers and catracks are what get them. Buy them though you will love them.
 
because like the above post said you can really actually get on edge on groomers with them i found only when the groomer was slightly steeper allowing for turns on edge if its flat and you trying to straight line they get squirely.
 
such a cool ski to ski pow with that is 100% for sure.but dont ever try to get them up on edge on groomers. i was skiing a green run and i was scared
 
Amazing in the powder, i was riding relatively long skis 180 + and they where just nimble. floated like a dream. but then the dream became nightmare on the cat track, But the horrible groomed trial riding was all worth it for how they ride in the deep stuff
 
Well, it is the best pow ski out there for sure, there is no other ski that comes close to the ARG when it's deep (exept for other reverse sidecut and camber skis ofcourse). Thay are really easy to ride on groomers as well, you can turn them around on a dime, just don't try to carve with them.

This is the optimal ski for when there is 10cm or more of fresh snow on the hill, as it makes it fell like it's 3 feet of snow.
 
my calculations say that is about 4 inches of snow.

if my calculations are correct then you sir are dead fucking wrong. bump that 10cm up to 30cm+ and you would be correct.

Thats the main reason that i got another pow ski- because after 11:00 on a mild pow day, you switch to your normal skis because trying to shred bumps on them is a test of your knee ligaments. also, dust on crust is a frightening experience with these skis.

this skis kills it in untracked, tracked and chop, but it is most definitly a third ski in your quiver. also it skis really short, and the tip will dive if you are a bigger guy.

But this ski changed the way i view and think about skiing, because it automatically increases the awesomness of your powder skiing experience 10 fold. it IS that good. There are literally hundreds of reviews out there. here is a good bank:

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php/104129-The-NEW-Ski-Review-Links-Thread

IN EVERYWAY, ABOUT THIS SKI, BELIEVE THE HYPE; THE GOOD AND THE BAD.

 
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