Gear to stay away from

14473309:c-fries said:
Is the line hate here mostly referring to top sheet damage?

Because I’ve owned multiple pairs of line skis and tbh the only unusual problem early on is top sheet stuff. But never anything functional (sidewall / edge damage / delam) in 4-5 days of skiing.. that seems a little aggressive

It really depends on the ski. Tbh, I have found that it’s not necessarily line skis, but rather 90% of flexy park skis tend to break like toothpicks.
 
Any goggles / lenses with reflective coating, it last 3 days max then get fucking scratch and u hate it remaining days of the trip
 
14477967:Nickmalysh said:
Any goggles / lenses with reflective coating, it last 3 days max then get fucking scratch and u hate it remaining days of the trip

Ive never had that issue but 2 people I ski with have the worst goggle guy bought a pair at the shop next to the lift threw them on came down .... scratched I think its certain companies lenses are more delicate than others
 
14477967:Nickmalysh said:
Any goggles / lenses with reflective coating, it last 3 days max then get fucking scratch and u hate it remaining days of the trip

You sound like a dumb fuck kid that doesn't know how to take care of nice things.
 
14474043:Farmville420 said:
It really depends on the ski. Tbh, I have found that it’s not necessarily line skis, but rather 90% of flexy park skis tend to break like toothpicks.

[tag=225826]@VISHNU[/tag] stay winning
 
14478216:SlitherySnake said:
[tag=225826]@VISHNU[/tag] stay winning

There are outliers. ON3P are also p flexy and durable but you are paying for that, idk anything about Vishnu never met anyone who’s ridden them (crazy I know) but I’ve heard good things for sure.

But in my experience if ur paying a normal market price for skis ($500-$600) ur not gonna get a soft flexy playful ski that will last, no matter the manufacturer
 
Man, I was really stoked to swoop up some reckoners on sale at evo but y’all got me shook lol
 
14478246:Farmville420 said:
There are outliers. ON3P are also p flexy and durable but you are paying for that, idk anything about Vishnu never met anyone who’s ridden them (crazy I know) but I’ve heard good things for sure.

But in my experience if ur paying a normal market price for skis ($500-$600) ur not gonna get a soft flexy playful ski that will last, no matter the manufacturer

I have a pair of vishnu keys and the quality def surprised me. top sheets a little bit fragile but even where the top sheet came up the materials under seem to be fine with moisture. The bases and edges are fucking bombproof though a whole year of smashing rails and not one edge crack. I spent like 4 hours carefully detuning them so maybe that was it but no other ski I've owned has had its edges hold up like this. only other thing to complain about is that once they brake in they are wet noodles and have none of the stability as when they were new, but thats just kind of a preference thing.
 
14472810:Zurg said:
Line.... typical line quality. Blown sidewall in 5 days of mediocre park skiing. #TWPROFORTHEW

14473309:c-fries said:
Is the line hate here mostly referring to top sheet damage?

Because I’ve owned multiple pairs of line skis and tbh the only unusual problem early on is top sheet stuff. But never anything functional (sidewall / edge damage / delam) in 4-5 days of skiing.. that seems a little aggressive

i rode blends for one season and my top sheet got fcked in one day of riding, and by the end of the season they gave out and snapped in half.
 
14478930:BigPurpleSkiSuit said:
Salomon shifts
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**This post was edited on Nov 12th 2022 at 8:32:31pm

These have been such a shitshow for a while. When released they sent out direction with the wrong forward pressure adjustment right? Or was it the AFD.....either way shit was wack when you had athletes sponsored by solomon posting on insta saying how to actually do it.

Have had multiple friends have pre-release issues and forward pressure/afd creeping out of place constantly. i think almost everyone I know has gotten rid of theirs.

Sticking with my kingpins for my charger bc ski at the moment..never had an issue......would be interested in the duke pt at some point though.
 
14473470:SlitherySnake said:
r3evaluate

i mean, their most recent drop was like 300-400 bucks for a pair of pants. r3 is super sick and i would love to have a pair but that’s a lot of money for pants
 
14480717:bootspace said:
i mean, their most recent drop was like 300-400 bucks for a pair of pants. r3 is super sick and i would love to have a pair but that’s a lot of money for pants

yeah all of that stuff was custom dyed. i copped the base pair for 190 including shipping last winter
 
The North Face bags and backpacks. They fall apart into pieces when you use them in variable weather. Super disappointing. I have bags from Aldi that are better quality.

Salomon kids skis are floppy garbage compared to Armada, K2, Nordica.

On shoes. God what useless junk.

DC shoes. At least the snow boots. Mine had holes in the heel after 2 months. Better to invest in Sorel or similar.
 
14568818:michael_bc said:
The North Face bags and backpacks. They fall apart into pieces when you use them in variable weather. Super disappointing. I have bags from Aldi that are better quality.

Salomon kids skis are floppy garbage compared to Armada, K2, Nordica.

On shoes. God what useless junk.

DC shoes. At least the snow boots. Mine had holes in the heel after 2 months. Better to invest in Sorel or similar.

Older north face gear >
 
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