Line Chronic Skis Flex Question

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Swag_Skier

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I'm thinking about getting a pair of 2014 Line Chronic skis, and the only thing holding me back is on one key factor: the flexibility. The Line Chronic Skis say that they're good park/freestyle type skis but it is not specified what the flexibility, and how easy it is to do butter on these skis. Is it somewhat easy to do a butter on the Line Chronic Skis 2014 model?
 
How much do you weigh, how tall and what size were you looking at, how old are you and generally how strong a skier are you?

How buttery a ski is will be determined by the skier more then anything. A ski which is soft for one person may be too stiff for someone else. So give us a little info.
 
I'm 16 years old, about 5'8", 140 pounds, and I'm on my first year of skiing. I got lessons from a friend whos really good at skiing freestyle, and my dad use to race for somewhat proffesional teams. With all that I basically got a lot of great skiing advice. I would say I'm intermediate, and I plan to become really good at skiing. I would be able to butter on my skis if they weren't so stiff.
 
Well I would say they would be a great choice. You want some reasonably stiff so you can continue developing technique an a slightly stiffer flex will help this. You will be able to butter them as try break in and you improve. They will be a great all round ski to learn on though.
 
I've skied Chronics and I'd say they're a medium flex. Not so soft that they jitter and can't carve very well but not so stiff that you can't flex them nicely and get up on your tip and tale. Honestly though I think the most important factor is how well your boots fit and the flex of your boot (stiffer is better (with in reason)). I ski AR7's which are pretty stiff and before I couldn't butter at all because my boots were to big then I went and got fitted with footbeds and everything and I was soooo much easier because I could actually apply pressure to my tips and tails without hurting my feet and shins.

If you have sloppily fitting boots (they're to big) your feet are gonna be moving all around inside the boot and when you push forward to do nose butters your heels are going to lift and your toes will slide back which is very uncomfortable and is bad for butters and control. And when you lean back for tail butters you'll just get sore shins. Also you want a medium-stiff flex I'd say 90+ flex but it varies a lot based on your weight, height, ability and ankle flexibility as well as the actual brand of the boot. Having a stiffer boot will provide more support allowing you to really push all your weight and strength onto the ski.
 
I heard they will change the core for 14/15

Has anyone expirience if this will have a (big ?) effect on the flex?
 
My older chronics are pretty stiff..at your wieght you could soften em up and butter on them but they're pretty stiff for me...I'm like 5'7ish 125lbs ish
 
13037079:Negromancer said:
I've skied Chronics and I'd say they're a medium flex. Not so soft that they jitter and can't carve very well but not so stiff that you can't flex them nicely and get up on your tip and tale. Honestly though I think the most important factor is how well your boots fit and the flex of your boot (stiffer is better (with in reason)). I ski AR7's which are pretty stiff and before I couldn't butter at all because my boots were to big then I went and got fitted with footbeds and everything and I was soooo much easier because I could actually apply pressure to my tips and tails without hurting my feet and shins.

If you have sloppily fitting boots (they're to big) your feet are gonna be moving all around inside the boot and when you push forward to do nose butters your heels are going to lift and your toes will slide back which is very uncomfortable and is bad for butters and control. And when you lean back for tail butters you'll just get sore shins. Also you want a medium-stiff flex I'd say 90+ flex but it varies a lot based on your weight, height, ability and ankle flexibility as well as the actual brand of the boot. Having a stiffer boot will provide more support allowing you to really push all your weight and strength onto the ski.
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yep, listen to this guy. i should be in size 27.0 boot, but im in a 28.5 and i have massive shinbang
 
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