Looking for beefy park skis

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corkr900

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I am a relatively big guy who skis like a bully and likes big beefy twin tips for jumping (less of a rails guy). Many eons ago, I got a pair of Icelantic Da'Nollies, and they are the best pair of park skis I ever had. Stiff and beefy, springy, incredibly light and low swing weight for their flex (albeit not the lightest ever), and that reinforced topsheet Icelantic uses (used?) is lifesavng. A few years later, they were starting to wear out, so I got a pair of Revision Dimes (and actually received them). Then I busted the sidewall on those and got the Da'Nollies back off the shelf. And now, finally, my favorite park skis are old, beat up, missing large chunks of edge and base material, and I have to say goodbye.

I would just rebuy Da'Nollies, but sadly Icelantic discontinued them 3 or 4 years ago without replacement. So my question is, what park skis on the market are similar?

Necessary:

- Stiff flex

- Durable

- 80mm~90mm waist

- nontrivial camber under foot (I don't care much if it has tip/tail rock or if it's full camber)

Nice to Have:

- true twin

- The lighter the better

- medium turn radius, maybe like 20m-ish

Will be used primarily in the northern midwest, USA
 
Hmm, maybe J skis Masterblaster, ARV96 ti, or Volkl Revolt 86 ? The Masterblaster and ARV96 ti are a bit wide for you. I'll do some thinking and report back if I have a better suggestion.
 
14189867:Bened_notnil said:
Hmm, maybe J skis Masterblaster, ARV96 ti, or Volkl Revolt 86 ? The Masterblaster and ARV96 ti are a bit wide for you. I'll do some thinking and report back if I have a better suggestion.
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OP: I'd take a look at the Fischer Nightstick if I were you
 
topic:corkr900 said:
(Skip this paragraph if you don't care about my life story)

I am a relatively big guy who skis like a bully and likes big beefy twin tips for jumping (less of a rails guy). Many eons ago, I got a pair of Icelantic Da'Nollies, and they are the best pair of park skis I ever had. Stiff and beefy, springy, incredibly light and low swing weight for their flex (albeit not the lightest ever), and that reinforced topsheet Icelantic uses (used?) is lifesavng. A few years later, they were starting to wear out, so I got a pair of Revision Dimes (and actually received them). Then I busted the sidewall on those and got the Da'Nollies back off the shelf. And now, finally, my favorite park skis are old, beat up, missing large chunks of edge and base material, and I have to say goodbye.

I would just rebuy Da'Nollies, but sadly Icelantic discontinued them 3 or 4 years ago without replacement. So my question is, what park skis on the market are similar?

Necessary:

- Stiff flex

- Durable

- 80mm~90mm waist

- nontrivial camber under foot (I don't care much if it has tip/tail rock or if it's full camber)

Nice to Have:

- true twin

- The lighter the better

- medium turn radius, maybe like 20m-ish

Will be used primarily in the northern midwest, USA
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I’m not super familiar with Icelantic but isn’t there a Nomad 95 that’s pretty similar?
 
the head framewall will probably be most similar to 2013 model year and prior da'nollies (full camber)

Edit: 2013 model year and prior da'nollies will also be very similar to the Fat-ypus G-butter. Fatypus skis are even made in the same factory as Icelantic skis.

the 2014 model year da'nollies will be most similar to the faction candide 1.0 (90 underfoot, rocker-camber-rocker).

**This post was edited on Oct 29th 2020 at 8:45:23pm
 
Poachers are super stable and bombproof. Mine lasted 3 seasons of heavy rail usage. A tiny bit heavy but you’ll get used to it. People do throw tripples on them
 
14189949:animator said:
I’m not super familiar with Icelantic but isn’t there a Nomad 95 that’s pretty similar?
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Yeah, the Nomads are the reason they didn't come up with a replacement for the da'nollies. The nomads are a sort of all-mountain / park hybrid that were wayyy more popular. But, I have a separate pair of skis for the mountain so I am looking for pure park/jib blasters. Plus the Nomads are a bit soft for my taste.
 
14190361:nolan_yager said:
the head framewall will probably be most similar to 2013 model year and prior da'nollies (full camber)

Edit: 2013 model year and prior da'nollies will also be very similar to the Fat-ypus G-butter. Fatypus skis are even made in the same factory as Icelantic skis.

the 2014 model year da'nollies will be most similar to the faction candide 1.0 (90 underfoot, rocker-camber-rocker).

**This post was edited on Oct 29th 2020 at 8:45:23pm
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I was just looking at the g-butters and the site says they're 2950g per ski - do you know is that real? Or is that with bindings or for the pair? That is absurdly heavy for a park ski
 
14192949:corkr900 said:
I was just looking at the g-butters and the site says they're 2950g per ski - do you know is that real? Or is that with bindings or for the pair? That is absurdly heavy for a park ski
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Dude the Liberty Genome is like 140 underfoot and even that fucking aircraft carrier doesn’t weigh that much ??? that is SO heavy
 
Thanks everyone for the input! After weighing all the options, price ended up being a huge deciding factor and I ended up going in a different direction entirely. Ordered the T-Wall pro model from Line (I was able to get a massive discount from Line). All reviews are overwhelmingly positive and it seems they run on the stiffer side so it shouldn't be too much of a compromise on that front.

Now I just need to deal with the fact that the bindings cost more than the skis...
 
14196230:corkr900 said:
Thanks everyone for the input! After weighing all the options, price ended up being a huge deciding factor and I ended up going in a different direction entirely. Ordered the T-Wall pro model from Line (I was able to get a massive discount from Line). All reviews are overwhelmingly positive and it seems they run on the stiffer side so it shouldn't be too much of a compromise on that front.

Now I just need to deal with the fact that the bindings cost more than the skis...
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I wouldn’t say they are the most durable but good choice. Super fun ski.
 
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