Line Chronic '09 - need advice

matt3568

matt3568

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I am thinking of getting a pair of these from Untracked.com in the next few weeks, but I'm unsure of a few things.

First off I wanna check that these are the right ski for me - I have been skiing for 11 years and have only recently got into park skiing. This will be my first pair of twintips and I want them to perform in the park as well as on the piste and a little off it. In percentages, I'll be doing about 50% park, 45% groomers and 5% powder. Any other ideas for skis I could look at? Armada AR6?

Secondly, the length. After reading around the forum a bit I think I should go for 176... I am 6' and weigh 180lbs. I reckon the 181 would be too big.

And opinions on the Marker Griffon??

Anyway any responses are appreciated
Thanks

I'm new by the way :)
 
I'm not sure whether 181cm will be too long, I've always skied on mid 170s for on piste which is why I am drawn to the 176

thanks anyway, +karma for you

anyone else?
 
f your just starting park id go with the 176, easier to learn shit i think. I personally like a longer ski.
 
I'd go with the 181s.

remember.. park skis are way softer than piste skis bro... so having the extra length will give you more stability at high speeds...

I weigh like 130, am 6'0 and ride on 180s... and i'm absolutely fine with spinning, and everything... the extra length gives so much more stability, its ridiculous.

I would not reccomend anything smaller than the 181 in the chronic for ya, but its up to you.
 
you sound like a good enough skier to benefit from the extra length. remeber these will be mounted futher up than your previous skis so it wont be a huge jump at all. go with 181's for sure.
 
also i hear the griffons are a very good binding. you may be a little heavy for them though.
 
I was in the same situation. i'm 6'3 and have always had non twins in the 170 range so i was thinking 176 as well because i thought 181 would be too long.

After looking around on here i decided to go for the 181 Dumonts and they are great i have only skied on them for 2 days but the length feels good even a little biit on the short side.

So definitely go for the 181s but 5 cms wouldnt really make that much difference
 
Thanks for all the replies +karma, looks like I will be going for the 181

Any ideas on where to mount? -2cm seems to be the normal point for Chronics but I hear that Line recommend that they be mounted -6cm which seems a lot

 
id def mount -2 to -4. Little closer to center if you are gonna be park seshin a lot, closer to -4 if you will be skiing more pow and more groomers.
 
I think I will get the 09's cause the graphics are pretty sweet, but now that I've seen the 09 AR6 I am having trouble deciding!! Thanks to everyone who posted - I think I will go for 181 with the Griffon mounted at -2.

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