FS: 180 Volkl Explosives (White Wizards)

**dfinn** · 09-25-2006, 06:50 PM

SOLD

I'm toying with the idea of selling these but for this to work out I need to get pretty close to the price of the skis I will be replacing them with. Unless someone out there has some 185 Volkl Karmas for trade.

I've got about 15 days on them. I bought them from another TGR member (elchupa69 or something similar) and I don't remember exactly what the story is before that. They have Solomon 977 bindings mounted on the center line. There's a little bit of adjustment in these bindings and I currently have them set for a 328 boot and there's room to go bigger and smaller. I think the smallest they will go to is a 319, I'm not sure what they will go up to. They will fit a smaller boot but i'm not exactly sure how much adjustment there is. Bindings seem to be in great shape as far as I can tell.

Skis are in really good shape. Bases are nice. Some very minor p-tex repairs had been done before I got them, really minor. Edges are in great shape. There's a few small knicks on the top sheet around the tip and the tail, I tried to get detailed pics of those areas.

They currently have a thick layer of summer wax on them.

$300 shipped. That's what I paid for them so that's what they will sell for. buyer still covers paypal fees.

I had the binding info reversed as far as how much room for adjustment there is. I updated it.

**bossass** · 09-25-2006, 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by dfinn

I'm thinking $350 but because I'm extremely broke I need to get as much as possible for them so I'm willing to accept bids going higher up.

Sweet! I bid $375.

**dfinn** · 09-25-2006, 07:14 PM

Just to be clear, that price doesn't include shipping.

**soul_skier** · 09-25-2006, 07:15 PM

must it be karmas, how bout some brand new medium freerides, some really good condition climbing skins, and an avy probe

**dfinn** · 09-25-2006, 07:18 PM

I've already got my heart set on naxos. Must be karmas or something really similar, but most likeley karmas are what i'll end up with.

**soul_skier** · 09-25-2006, 07:47 PM

which naxos? I also have a pair of mounted but never used nx01s, sz medium. I also have some nx21s and some dynafit TLT comforts with wide brakes coming, but I don't think I want to sell those.

**dfinn** · 09-25-2006, 07:54 PM

nx21s

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**kidwoo** · 09-25-2006, 08:00 PM

You fucking piece of shit!!!!

I just bought a pair of last years YESTERDAY because I gave up on you selling these things.

I fucking hate you.

Call me sweetheart. (seriously, I might buy your skis.)

**J-Rad** · 09-25-2006, 08:02 PM

PM sent.

789

**dfinn** · 09-25-2006, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by kidwoo

You fucking piece of shit!!!!

I just bought a pair of last years YESTERDAY because I gave up on you selling these things.

I fucking hate you.

Call me sweetheart. (seriously, I might buy your skis.)

I could deliver them to you in january, sweatheart. Are you willing to enter the bidding war though?

Either way, I expect you to buy me a beer. I'll be there from 1/3 - 1/10.

**davep** · 09-25-2006, 10:35 PM

Originally Posted by J-Rad

PM sent.

789

still searching for the perfect exploders, huh?
ya, me too

**BCpowder** · 09-25-2006, 10:42 PM

PM sent. kidwoo did you just buy those red buddha's?

IE · 09-25-2006, 11:53 PM

Hmmm, those look familiar!...

They have a set of holes for those same exact bindings for a 327mm boot, so you should be able to reuse them if you need to fit a bigger boot in there. There's also a set of holes for p12/p14s for a small bsl, like around 24 or 25 or something.

P.S. This is arbitrage at its finest...

**elchupanebre4** · 09-26-2006, 12:00 AM

Hmm. Those sticks look familar too. There are indeed two sets of holes (thus the reason they were sold at a price south of the $350 here..). Alas I sold them so they are his to sell (switched boots and didn't think I should redrill them again the way I jack them up). I had a 317 jammed in there, but it won't fit a 313 at the current mount. Be that at is may sell them for what you like (after shipping and all I came out about even after putting 3 days on them in addition to the unknown days they had before which I beleive were quite a few. Still plenty of life in those from the last time I saw them.

**Tri-Ungulate** · 09-26-2006, 12:07 AM

Wow. And to think boobookitty sold them for $12 to spread good karma.

**elchupanebre4** · 09-26-2006, 12:17 AM

In going back and checking what I got them for I came out $50 ahead after shipping and paypal and everything on these skis. Without naked pictures of a sister or mother (Perhaps some exists of my roomies) I have nothing to say but sorry to Mags for unknowingly pulling a Lineskier101. (I do remeber this coming up when I bought these, as it appears that this will be the third case of possible arbitrage involving these skis). Anyways, sorry guys, should have been more carefull when selling these sticks, I was in a crunch for cash just like Dfinn and took the offer not thinking about Maggot etiquete.

**Big E** · 09-26-2006, 06:12 AM

Apparently we need some sort of Carfax title search on skis now.

**dfinn** · 09-26-2006, 06:24 AM

Originally Posted by elchupanebre4

In going back and checking what I got them for I came out $50 ahead after shipping and paypal and everything on these skis. Without naked pictures of a sister or mother (Perhaps some exists of my roomies) I have nothing to say but sorry to Mags for unknowingly pulling a Lineskier101. (I do remeber this coming up when I bought these, as it appears that this will be the third case of possible arbitrage involving these skis). Anyways, sorry guys, should have been more carefull when selling these sticks, I was in a crunch for cash just like Dfinn and took the offer not thinking about Maggot etiquete.

I'd love to be able to hook a fellow mag up, but if I do that then I won't be able to afford to replace them...and if I can't replace them then I need to keep them.

The highest bid so far is $375 but I'm not sure if he was serious or not.

**Dromond** · 09-26-2006, 07:35 AM

Sweet, sweet setup man. I myself just got some 185 Karmas. Too bad I also have 180 exploders

Sorry we didn't get to ride together this summer. Maybe this weekend?

**dfinn** · 09-26-2006, 07:43 AM

that could work. i'll be off all next week also. where'd you snag the karmas from?

**Dromond** · 09-26-2006, 07:56 AM

Originally Posted by dfinn

that could work. i'll be off all next week also. where'd you snag the karmas from?

Gear Swap. Somebody in Breckenridge, i think. Sorry, I'm not much help. PM me about riding. Jiminy on Sunday might be nice. The trails in Amherst are riding great as well!

IE · 09-26-2006, 01:11 PM

Dude, just keep those! That's what I should've done the more and more I think about it.

**Dromond** · 09-26-2006, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by Infantile Egomaniac

Dude, just keep those! That's what I should've done the more and more I think about it.

He's got a point. I ski my 180 exploders pretty frequently, and yours are much cooler. Just get some narrow, grippy skis for when it's hard and shitty and then you've got a decent little quiver right there.

**dfinn** · 09-26-2006, 01:20 PM

That would put me at 3 pair of skis. I have a couple of trips west planned but 3 pairs of skis seems like 1 too many.

My other skis are 188 stiff bros. I plan to use those whenever there is snow and on trips out west. I haven't skied them yet so depending on how I like them I might be on them the majority of the time.

That's why I was trying to get something a little narrower.

**Dromond** · 09-26-2006, 01:26 PM

Originally Posted by dfinn

That would put me at 3 pair of skis. I have a couple of trips west planned but 3 pairs of skis seems like 1 too many.

My other skis are 188 stiff bros. I plan to use those whenever there is snow and on trips out west. I haven't skied them yet so depending on how I like them I might be on them the majority of the time.

That's why I was trying to get something a little narrower.

Not a bad idea, but realize that the Karmas are barely more than 1cm narrower than the Bros. I have both, but the explosives are mounted with freerides.