Park ski. Volkl Wall or K2 Extreme?

A snowHead

Hi there,

First off; thanks for a nice forum, it's been nice to follow it from the sideline and through the search function.

This year, I've decided to finally supplement my rather narrow Atomic piste ski, with a wider twintip ski for the park. I'm 21, and have had around 15-16 weeks of skiing in total.
I've done alot of searching on your forum and on the web in general to figure out what would suit me well. I want the ski to be somewhat versatile, but mainly for the park. My searchings have basicly ammounted to two potential candidates: Volkls Wall or K2 Extreme, mainly based on positive reviews from the internet.

My "concerns" are the following:
- I've read that Volkl is a rather stiff ski, and although that usually doesn't bother me, I was wondering if that would be a problem? I'm not the most experienced park-rider, but I've got the jump, the air and the landing pretty much figured out.
- I've read that the Extreme is somewhat heavy? Hmmm! Big problem?

I'm also open to entirely different suggestions. I don't neccesarily need it to be this years model.

I look forward to see what you have to say.

Best regards,
Thomas.

A snowHead

The new Wall is a lot softer than last year's, which suits your goal.
As for the K2 Extreme (= Public Enemy of '09), I wouldn't recommend it as a park ski, pure all-mountain twin-tip imo.

Here is a topic on the Wall: http://www.newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/501375/
Here is a topic on the Wall and Armada AR6 (another good option it seems): http://www.newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/496570/

Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

Thanks for your reply. It's nice to know that the Wall is softer this year.

And thanks for the links - good reading!

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Park ski. Volkl Wall or K2 Extreme?

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