Buying new skis, need advice! ~~

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Smezzi

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I've been skiing for a few years now and I started out with 2011 Line Chronics. Green/black. Ski held up fine and they were really strong coming off jumps ( i'm a noob, so I landed backseat or forwards pretty often, but they were stiff enough to keep me from washing out). I liked these skis, but they're kinda beat up and I got the cash so i'm looking for some new ones.

The ONLY thing I didn't like about these chronics is that they are SO damn heavy. Once I got skiing down and I start to try park/ more rotationals off jumps, the swing weight is absolutely insane. I need lighter skis. Much lighter skis if possible.

Any reccomendations for a LIGHT emphasis on LIGHT, somewhat more buttery than my chronics were, all-mountain/park ski.

Right now i'm looking at 2013 armada el rey's, they're on sale and they don't look bad.

Any feedback is great. No flame pls, I know i'm a noob you don't have to remind me.
 
To be honest I don't even really know they were ones I just grabbed from the ski shop when I bought them at their sale. I know the bindings aren't heavy though.
 
Sometimes it's not the binding weight that's the problem it's the location. A park binding is going to have it's weight distributed closer to the boot so you don't have that "swing weight" that you'd feel in another binding.

Personally I noticed a huge difference when I went to marker griffons. I know marker gets a lot of hate, but for lighter weight skiers or skiers that aren't going as hard they are solid bindings that have a noticeably better swing weight then most other bindings.

As for lightweight skis, my Atomic Punx with Griffons are quite light.
 
How light are the el rey's? If I get them dead center mounted am I going to feel a lot of swing weight? The 2013 el rey's are on sale right now for a hell of a deal.
 
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