 Poster: A snowHead
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I'm new on here so should probably say hi!
Anyway, i'm currently looking for a decent ski around the £400 mark inc bindings, looking for something that will serve me well in the powder but also have decent piste/park performance.
Been looking at a couple, namely the:
Dynastar Big Trouble 2009 - 124/92/114 - £399
Atomic Pimp 2009 - 126/103/118 - £359
Line Blend 2009 - 132/100/122 - £429
Anyone have any experience with these? Or suggest any others you think would suit my needs? Just looking to try and get some reviews on them tbh.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Icelantic Nomad. 2009 140/105/130 - £374
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Obsethed? My Scott P4's in B/S/E? 
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I've found the line Blend's with bindings for £377 which seems a pretty sweet deal especially in lead up to christmas! Anyone had a ski on these? As i can't find anywhere near me that i could try them 
Think my choice is between the Line Prophet 90/100, Line Blend and the Dynastar Big trouble. Any feedback on these would be awesome!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Blend = jibby flippy spinny, Prophet = freeride. I hate BT's with a passion, ugh. One of my least favourite skis. See if you can try Icelantic Nomads vs Prophet 100s. Said this in another forum earlier this week, but I'd be on Nomads if a 179 suited me - I love my Prophets but I'd rather not be on a cap construction, slightly cheaper feeling ski all season.
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Nomads are out the price-range unfortunately, limited to about £400 max for skis+bindings. Can get the Line skis at pretty good deals, so a toss up between the blend and the prophets i'd imagine then. How do your prophets handle the piste? Respectable?
Are the blends more of a park ski yeah? Can't seem to fins THAT much information about them, maybe im just looking in the wrong corners of the internet. In regard to the prophets, is it a toss up between the 90 and 100s depending on width you want, that's the only difference? Cheers for the info!
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Prophets are the same construction between 90s and 100s exactly, so the 100 adds 1cm more width without any more stiffness - so the 100 is slightly softer. I'm on Prophet 90s because I don't ski them on powder days - they're my everyday ski, stiff enough to handle more difficult lines and charge - need a bit of effort in skiing them. I think the 100 would be easier around the piste and slightly less responsive/quick edge to edge - so a positive and a negative. Prophets are pretty bad in the park. I haven't skied Blends.
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| DaveC wrote: |
| Prophets are the same construction between 90s and 100s exactly, so the 100 adds 1cm more width without any more stiffness - so the 100 is slightly softer. I'm on Prophet 90s because I don't ski them on powder days - they're my everyday ski, stiff enough to handle more difficult lines and charge - need a bit of effort in skiing them. I think the 100 would be easier around the piste and slightly less responsive/quick edge to edge - so a positive and a negative. Prophets are pretty bad in the park. I haven't skied Blends. |
Bad in the park in what regard? I'm presuming the stiffness? Cheers for the feedback, good to actually get some decent information!
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They're quite a damp, chargey ski even if they are twins, so more along the lines of a Dynastar Legend Pro than a park ski. Good park skis don't make good all-mountain skis, a bit like powder skis don't do record times in the gates, but people seem to expect one ski to be able to do everything.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Thanks for all the help, much appreciated. Here's hoping i can now make an informed decision!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I've just bought a pair of Prophet 100s, but not had chance to ski them yet. Bought them for powder and general tooling around on soft pistes. Doubt you'll get them with bindings for £400 though, unless you go for last year's model (same ski, different graphics). Be more like £500 for 08/09 ones. Also if you need 186s, they are a bitch to get hold of in the UK.
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You know it makes sense.
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^ Gladiator
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Think i'm gonna get the Line Blend 2009, seems to match everything i want, and i can get a pretty sweet deal on it  Thanks for all the help guys!
Also if anyones got any input on bindings, i'm stuggling in that decision http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=45076
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