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03-14-2014, 09:28 PM #1Registered User
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lwt expert skier..skis under 170cm @ 115mm wide..suggestions?
Top of the list I came up with is the Praxis RX@ 169cm. But no experience with the ski to make a legit recommendation. Is it anything like a GPO?
Really like to see a lwt carbon GPO in that catagory @ 169.
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03-14-2014, 11:06 PM #2
I would say that since it's not even close in shape to the GPO, that it ski's nothing like the GPO. Not sure why you would even think it would.
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03-15-2014, 12:19 AM #3
Fatypus emotion. You're welcome.
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03-15-2014, 12:56 AM #4Hucked to flat once
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03-15-2014, 07:58 AM #5
Are you aggressive?
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03-15-2014, 09:55 AM #6Banned
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dude when I get that hand-wrapped Sagington & Bluster 9 ft 6 wt I'll be punching size 12 hoppers into a 20 mph wind and landing them on the snout of that 23" rainbow in that little 3 foot radius spot 75 feet away.
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03-15-2014, 08:32 PM #7Registered User
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A working PSIA Level 3. Been so for a decade. Wants to be more agressive. Skiis hard with the boys any where on the mtn.
Fatypus Emotion looks to be a good start. Anyone here actually skied both the RX and a GPO? I'd be interesed in that comparison if so.
Line Pandora is another suggestion as was the Huascaran.
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03-15-2014, 08:39 PM #8trenchman
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i ski the praxis RX on every snow type for 200 days at alpental.
not like the gpo more like a bigger mvp. the RX is a great ski.
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03-15-2014, 08:43 PM #9
rx sounds good...
what about 163 protest at 118?Aggressive in my own mind
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03-15-2014, 09:59 PM #10Registered User
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Protest is an option. But having them I would suggest something even more playful and more user friendly for the full season.
That said knowing full well some here happily ski them their entire season.
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03-15-2014, 10:04 PM #11
the fuck why?
If you don't need a ski over 170 why do you want it over 110?
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03-15-2014, 10:22 PM #12spook Guest
hey dane, can you post a picture of your autograph for me
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03-15-2014, 10:52 PM #13
171 caylor @114
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03-15-2014, 11:05 PM #14Registered User
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Nice call willie...good write up. Thanks for the pointer.
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...ylor-171-11-12
She is on a Line Profit 98 now @ 172cm. Which she calls "a tank". Compared to her 162cm Exp. 88's I can understand that sentiment.Last edited by Dane1; 03-15-2014 at 11:18 PM.
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03-15-2014, 11:30 PM #15Registered User
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166 Billy Goat. But if she charges, she should probably be on the 176.
Edit: the effective edge is just not that long, and companies don't scale the rocker for smaller lengths.Last edited by auvgeek; 03-16-2014 at 09:08 PM.
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03-16-2014, 01:41 PM #16
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03-16-2014, 02:36 PM #17Registered User
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Cascades. Where we get several feet over a night or two on a regular basis. And it is almost never blower.
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03-16-2014, 03:20 PM #18
I'm with Hoarhey on the 163 Protests. They're so good in heavy, manky non-blower (and obviously unreal in powder). Amazing skis for lighter women who don't want to lay trenches.
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03-16-2014, 04:06 PM #19
When you've mentioned length, like the RX @169 is rockered and is somewhat close to a ~162+/-cm ski.
High 160s or 172 (only 3 cm diff..lol) sounds better for a rockered, off-the-groomed ski...imho.
Our(northern NewEngland) snow is heavy as well...
$.01Last edited by steved; 03-16-2014 at 04:54 PM.
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03-16-2014, 05:11 PM #20Registered User
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I'm coming around on the idea of a short Protest. Hard to argue how well the bigger ones ski bad snow so easily.
Anyone have some feed back on the 163 version? I would think Keith might lay them up thin and light at that length knowing who was going to riding them.
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03-16-2014, 07:06 PM #21trenchman
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