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GeorgeCostanza

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once your on this site for a bit you'll notice that anytime someone asks a ski gear question, my answer is always "mantras." i dont know what they are, who makes them, etc. but i see the word mentioned on here alot, so i take it and run with it

I think all us snowboarders should band together and answer every gear question on skis with "Mantras".
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Gonna go against what everyone else has said and respond to your question with a question. How old are you? How tall are you? How much do you weigh? How aggressive are you? Asking for a gear recommendation without any knowledge of what kind of skier you are is not going to yield good results.

 

That said, pivot/fks bindings are awesome, I use them on all my skis, but I wouldn't put them on my wife's skis. Elastic travel is second to none, but if you're not skiing terrain where you're going to encounter jarring forces or weird side-loading there's not as much benefit in that elasticity. She uses salomon z10's, which ski great and are light weight, but she's not tricking 50 foot jumps or dropping cliffs. I'd venture to guess that a lot of people buying pivots don't need that burly of a binding. Ultimately, if you can be more specific as to your requirements, there's a wealth of knowledge here and people would be glad to help ya out. Just make sure you bring a 6 pack to share if you end up in the bottom lot at blue this winter :)

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25, 6-1", 205lbs. Type 3 skier pretty aggressive.  Ill take ski recommendations too even though I'm gonnna be looking for a clearance deal but I can at least get in the ball park looking for a wide all mountain ski something that's nice on groomers but will still perform in trees and pow.  Thoughts?

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25, 6-1", 205lbs. Type 3 skier pretty aggressive. Ill take ski recommendations too even though I'm gonnna be looking for a clearance deal but I can at least get in the ball park looking for a wide all mountain ski something that's nice on groomers but will still perform in trees and pow. Thoughts?

Purely based on height/weight / and type 3. Something stiff and above 185 in length... The rest really all depends on how you like to ski, what kind of ski you like.

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25, 6-1", 205lbs. Type 3 skier pretty aggressive.  Ill take ski recommendations too even though I'm gonnna be looking for a clearance deal but I can at least get in the ball park looking for a wide all mountain ski something that's nice on groomers but will still perform in trees and pow.  Thoughts?

 

What radius do you like ? What do you own now ? What do you like about that ski and what do you not like about that ski ? What are you trying to do with your skiing ?

 

This is the worst question because you generally get answers like buy ski X because well basically I have it.

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George likes his chicken spicy. Well I'm on troublemakers right now perfect for pa and park I like them a lot but I want something for skiing trees in VT and when I go out west for a trip. Again mainly looking for advice on bindings

dynastar slicers with px/axial2 bindings with the worm screw heel. You probably don't NEED the px14/axial2 140, but they have the worm screw heel, and you'd fall in the middle of the DIN range. If they do a 12 DIN with the worm screw heel, that'd work just as well. I prefer the pivots due to a lower stack height and wider AFD more so than the heel, actually. I'll be the first to acknowledge that the px heel skis better, but that's a trade off I make based on my skiing style and years of abusing ski gear.
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