becoming a good skier overall is mostly vital when trying to enter the park. plus park can get frusterating at times and you most likely will end up skiing all over. i thought i was just gonna be skiing park all year everyday, but to tell you the truth, i loved what i did before and i ski all around the mountain. but i do spend a good amount of time in the park. it all depends on how much you want to ski in park, get a line ski if you want to mostly ski in park. but if you want and all around ski that still packs a punch in the park and pipe, go for a armada ski