 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi all,
Grateful for a bit of advice - I am getting some Line Prophet 100's but can't decide between 179 and 186.
I am 6ft, 75kg, 27 y/o and fairly aggressive. I want to be able to ski this most places - I ski off piste whenever possible but that doesn't mean I'm charging powder bowls all day, more the variable terrain - so it has to perform reasonably well in the trees, bumps and crud etc. This would be an everyday ski flanked (as funds allow) with a piste ski and a more pure powder ski.
For reference I demo'd the mantra in the 177, found it too stiff in the powder but otherwise good. I have skied the Armada ARV 175's a few time, they are ok but want something a bit more substantial and floaty. I'm probably not going to be able to demo the Prophets except at MK.
The posts of TGR suggest everyone should be on the 186s, but then they also seem to think anything less than 3m and 200mm under foot are for midgets - so not much use. Although they do say the Prophets ski really short which makes me wonder.
I spoke to a former Line rep who said the 179's are the sweet spot for this ski, the most versatile and the gain in the powder of the 186 was outweighed by the maneuverability of the 179s which he thought would be a more fun and useable ski.
Views much appreciated!!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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frogman, PM SMALLZOOKEEPER.
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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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186
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Wot he said.
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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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186, man up.
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As your light for your height you would get away with the 179! but as above man up and get the 186 
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If (as you say) you're gonna get a bigger ski too I'd be tempted by the 179 (especially as you're pretty light).
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Thanks for all the responses.
To summarise the advice I've received so far:
179:
Why? Versatility, slightly more maneuverable (trees, bumps), more of an all mountain look that will cope as a powder ski initially then usurped by something more manly.
Who? S&R, EB, Snowlab, Smallzookeeper, Line rep, a few guys here
186:
Why? It skis short, length is more suited to powder ski, be a man
Who? Majority of guys here and TGR
I have no doubt 186 will be the superior powder ski. However given it also has to perform elsewhere, I am leaning to believe the 179 won't give too much away (given my weight) in the pow, whilst being more useable elsewhere. Conversely I want to make sure it is more of a ski than the ARV 175s which I found inadequate in slight heavy conditions in La Grave, for example.
Fair to say I'm very much undecided!! EB at MK have the 179 to test so will do that, but unlikely to get a definitive answer in those conditions I feel. 
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frogman, it might.
Try the 186 too. If you like it in a fridge, you'll love it on the hills.
Remember, it is a twin tip. So it feels shorter on piste, yet longer off piste.
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