True park ski for beginner

ResoldShied

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Hi, for last 2 years I started trying doing bullshit in the park and absolutely fell in love with it.

So far I'm having fun at rails, boxes etc. and I really bad want to do all this buttery stuff.

So I'm looking for a good park ski, which is lightweight (cause I need to lear a lot of stuff), soft enough to be really funny, not so fat (85mm-ish is ideal) and durable (because I'm not rich enough to buy new skis every year).

Concisely : 185cm tall, 80kg, looking for 180cm LIGHWEIGHT buttery park ski with width about 85 and good durability.

I'm stuck at 3 models right now:

K2 Press - I have tried them last winter(model 15/16) and liked them, but it's difficult for me to find them for a good price.

Line Mastermind - Found them for a really good price (model 14/15), but I have read, they don't last much at all, they regullary fell apart, which is something, I really want to avoid (or did they change this in the last models like this? )

Line Afterbang - Also found them for a good price (model 15/16)- Everyone is saying, it's a really soft ski, which is something exactly for me, but is it also light enough? And what about the durability, isn't that similar like the people said about the mastermind?

I was also looking for some Armadas, but they are either too stiff (I'm not that kind person, who is sending dub corks at 35m jumps), or too fat -> heavy.

Could U help me pls?
 
At 80kg, you're absolutely going to destroy Line Masterminds and k2 Presses. Afterbangs are decent but have known durability issues in the past, can't speak for their current model. Personally, I would skip the whole "beginner" ski. The beginner/lightweight skis that you mentioned aren't going to last as long as a true park ski, or perform like one. Take a look at the Line Honeybadgers, Armada Thalls/ar7, On3P, or Moment. They're tons of deals to be had, so don't let MSRP price turn you off. I got brand new $879 MSRP Bentchetlers for $225 shipped so just hunt for deals on NS, local craigslist, and ebay.

Cheers man, hope you find the ski you're looking for
 
13765740:kung_powpow said:
At 80kg, you're absolutely going to destroy Line Masterminds and k2 Presses.

Really? I just thought, that's an average skier's weight :D

13765740:kung_powpow said:
I got brand new $879 MSRP Bentchetlers for $225 shipped so just hunt for deals on NS, local craigslist, and ebay.

Wtf, can't believe this :D this must be one of these US freeskiing essentials, which absolutely doesn't work in Europe :D For us here it's almost impossible to even got skis like moment, on3p etc. haha
 
So I found Armada ARV 86, which looks like a miracle - soft, light, (durable? - I hope so), and I can get them for wholesale price, which is almost affordable, so I think, I'm going to choose them.

Thank you all for your help guys
 
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