What light swing weight park ski should I buy?

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DropsFlint

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Hi guys,

I'm looking for ski advice. I'm a 5'10 150 pound skier and I ski primarily on the west coast at Tahoe, Mammoth, and Big Bear. I ride on a pair of 2015 K2 shredditor 102's and I like them a lot. I'd consider myself a type III skier for frontside all mountain. I enjoy bombing groomers and would like a ski that can help me increase my top speed. I'm very comfortable on most mogul runs, I enjoy pow, I'm getting into going into the trees, but I'm not hucking cliffs and I'm not too comfortable in the air if it's more than a couple feet. Sorry if that's too much background.

Anyway, I'm interested in getting into park skiing. I think I would like a fairly stiff, full camber park ski with the lightest swing weight possible. I'm hoping to get 360s and rail slides down comfortably, but I also want a ski that I can really open it up on the groomers too. Currently I can land 180s off small knuckles and rollers, and I can 90 on to boxes for slides, but I look pretty dumb and slow doing it. My budget is around $500 with no bindings, but I'm planning on picking up some 15/16 skis at the end of this season/ the start of the next one.

Thanks for your help.
 
My roommate has line chronics and they are super light! Has not had any issues with durability either
 
I'd say the Liberty Transfer would be a great ski. I'd also look into the Armada Ar7 or the Surface Park Blanks (very very stiff and skinny)
 
I've ridden quite a few park skis and I'm about the same size as you, my favorite are the atomic punx. They've got a bit of rocker but a healthy amount of camber underfoot and a stiff flex so they're still stable. Really light too.
 
Faction kennydys are probably the lightest hands down.... not very durable mine are falling apart having just one season on them(67 days)
 
If your looking for the lightest, and lightest swing weight, hit the atomic punx up. Those fuckers had me spinnin to the future. So durable too.
 
13656616:LoudPak said:
My roommate has line chronics and they are super light! Has not had any issues with durability either
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I'd vouch for the chronics as well, even with lines shitty durability.
 
13656652:Swandog7 said:
I'd say the Liberty Transfer would be a great ski. I'd also look into the Armada Ar7 or the Surface Park Blanks (very very stiff and skinny)
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Have you ridden the transfer? If you have is it durable?
 
13659904:qyleberry said:
Have you ridden the transfer? If you have is it durable?
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Never ridden it myself. Another Comparable ski imo that I have ridden is the Atomic Punx. Hella light and nimble for full camber
 
13659989:Swandog7 said:
Never ridden it myself. Another Comparable ski imo that I have ridden is the Atomic Punx. Hella light and nimble for full camber
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Is the punx durable? How about the stiffness?I am going back and forth from the punx and the transfer
 
13660840:qyleberry said:
Is the punx durable? How about the stiffness?I am going back and forth from the punx and the transfer
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I never really tried to butter, i rode a friends for like 8-10 mins so I cant talk a lot about them. Id guess both have a close stiffness, really depends how damp they are I guess? Hopefully someone can hop in and help me out.
 
13660853:Swandog7 said:
I never really tried to butter, i rode a friends for like 8-10 mins so I cant talk a lot about them. Id guess both have a close stiffness, really depends how damp they are I guess? Hopefully someone can hop in and help me out.
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Alright well thanks for some info!
 
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