New, DURABLE freeride ski

RickeyBobby

RickeyBobby

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In the market for a new playful, all mountain ski that i can beat around a little bit and not be scared, I scored a pair of Kastles for super cheap and cracked the shit out the hollowtech in less than 5 ski days. Any suggestions? I've been looking at the Candide 3.0, the new SFB, something floaty, but still rippable
 
I'll look into the Kartel, the Qlab is way too directional and stiff for my taste, just personally I want something a bit more forgiving to have fun on going fast and slow
 
Gunsmokes

I had candides last year, gunsmokes are capable of everything the 3.0 is, but built better, bigger turn radius and more stable.
 
moment skis are a lot of fun. check out the bibbys. also its been said but the blizzard gunsmokes are absolute chargers
 
13614507:shin-bang said:
How Jibby do you want it? Symetrical or nah?
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I don't do a ton in the way of park, but I like airs and spins of natural hits, so I wanna be comfortable in the air. As for symmetry, I wanna be able to go switch easily, but I need some tail sink too, I don't want full symmetry, that's what knocked the 2.0s off my list
 
topic:RickeyBobby said:
In the market for a new playful, all mountain ski that i can beat around a little bit and not be scared, I scored a pair of Kastles for super cheap and cracked the shit out the hollowtech in less than 5 ski days. Any suggestions? I've been looking at the Candide 3.0, the new SFB, something floaty, but still rippable
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This may not be the norm on this site but if you are looking for straight up true durability, I would recommend a Praxis Ski. I have skied them for the last 5 years, a couple different models. I ski at Alta, almost everyday.... there are always rocks, "Always" on all the traverses. I can say that I have had to try real hard to put a legitimate core shot in them. You basically have to land on a rock. Solid freeride ski company. Powder thinks so, see article, it is a few years old, but still relevant IMHO.
http://www.powder.com/stories/small-brand-shout-out-praxis/#V7KwAzpscls1q8UB.97
 
13614533:Jack_the_tuner said:
This may not be the norm on this site but if you are looking for straight up true durability, I would recommend a Praxis Ski. I have skied them for the last 5 years, a couple different models. I ski at Alta, almost everyday.... there are always rocks, "Always" on all the traverses. I can say that I have had to try real hard to put a legitimate core shot in them. You basically have to land on a rock. Solid freeride ski company. Powder thinks so, see article, it is a few years old, but still relevant IMHO.
http://www.powder.com/stories/small-brand-shout-out-praxis/#V7KwAzpscls1q8UB.97
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I can somewhat attest to this, I have a buddy who is rather large and skis very hard, and he likes his praxis skis.
 
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