Fuckin christ, you need to realize that skis can't hold up to the shit we put them through. You're asking wood, metal, fiberglass, and ptex to hold up to several thousand pounds of stress from a ton of different directions when you hit the pipe wall, metal rail destruction, coming up short on that huge gap, etc.
If you charge the park, your shit's gonna break. There aren't two ways about it. It isn't the ski company's fault. As someone before said, Armada is doing as much or more for our sport than any other company out there. Don't dick 'em over.
If you can't afford to break Armadas, get a less expensive ski like a PE or something.
You gotta pay to play.
As far as fixing your base, your shop sucks dick. Someone else mentioned it, but you can't just base weld something and expect it to stay. There are preparatory steps to make sure it adheres to the core properly. Take it to a different shop, they'll probably charge you $30 to do it, but make sure it gets done right by taking it to a good shop.
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