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K2 Extremes or Salomon Suspects?? time to choose??

Sun, 1 Mar 2009 13:18:25 GMT

Trip to Val Thorens booked for the end of March and looking forward to hitting the park there!!

I've narrowed my ski choice down to Salomon Suspects or K2 Extremes, I know there are prob better all round twin tips out there like the 4frnt MSP but budget is a factor and these 2 seem to get very good reviews for a reasonable priced ski.

Just looking for peoples opinions of the two and also if I go for the Suspects should I go 171 or 176?? Extremes would be 174.
(I'm, 82kg, 5'11'')

I'll ski pretty much whatever, confident on reds but will give tricky blacks, trees, pow etc a try if the conditions are good.

Loved skiing rental twin tips over the past few trips and have started getting more and more into trying park stuff.

All advice greatly appreciated.

Re:K2 Extremes or Salomon Suspects?? time to choose??

Mon, 2 Mar 2009 15:47:44 GMT

Someone elsewhere on the internets suggested the Armada ARV, have you considered it? There are plenty others out there notably cheap offerings from Line.

I would suggest the AR6's are available from 'Freeze' in Edinburgh, they stock a few different skis including the 4FRNT STL which is another to add to your list!

I ski my ARVs almost all the time....

Re:K2 Extremes or Salomon Suspects?? time to choose??

Mon, 2 Mar 2009 18:47:23 GMT

Just make sure the shop staff here you correctly whatever you go for - one young lad on our half term trip asked for a set of twin tips in the hire shop and got skis with a supermodel on them..........

Re:K2 Extremes or Salomon Suspects?? time to choose??

Mon, 2 Mar 2009 18:50:51 GMT

Actually the girls on the skis are twins if they are these:

They can be viewed in more detail here

I bet he was delighted.

Re:K2 Extremes or Salomon Suspects?? time to choose??

Tue, 3 Mar 2009 11:35:43 GMT

Went through and had a look at freeze yesterday, very limited stock as they have 30% off at the moment.
Probably pick up some poles from there but the skis were a bit limited, sales guy was bigging up the Kung Fujas but don't think I want to go as fat as them.

Tanner Halls also looked good, think I just need to pick a pair and go for it, any more advice on the size?? 170ish or should I be looking at nearer 180. **vitals on original comment**

Re:K2 Extremes or Salomon Suspects?? time to choose??

Tue, 3 Mar 2009 12:43:12 GMT

Sport Conrad are selling the T- Halls', all sizes. Not sure if this is a "good" price or not?

http://www.sport-conrad.com/index.asp?disp=artikel&art_nr=70006518

Re:K2 Extremes or Salomon Suspects?? time to choose??

Tue, 3 Mar 2009 19:38:45 GMT

High 170s would be a bet. My park skis have been 175s and you have about 20kg on me.

Re:K2 Extremes or Salomon Suspects?? time to choose??

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:23:07 GMT

The k2 extremes. I demo'd the suspects, they are not nearly as good as the extremes. The extremes are exactly the same dimensions as the public enemies ( they replaced the public enemies). The extremes do good in powder,jumps, and groomers/ hardpack. They are a little bit heavy but get the job done for sure.

Re:K2 Extremes or Salomon Suspects?? time to choose??

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:47:48 GMT

Pablo Escobar wrote:Actually the girls on the skis are twins if they are these:

They can be viewed in more detail here

I bet he was delighted.

A very pleasant ski, very easy on the eye

Re:K2 Extremes or Salomon Suspects?? time to choose??

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:35:28 GMT

Wickers apart from the paint job, what makes this ski "very pleasant" in your view?

The sort of details I'm interested in are:

Construction

On slope performance

Swing weight

Turn radius

all the usual little details really

Re:K2 Extremes or Salomon Suspects?? time to choose??

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:58:14 GMT

bandit wrote:Wickers apart from the paint job, what makes this ski "very pleasant" in your view?

The sort of details I'm interested in are:

Construction

On slope performance

Swing weight

Turn radius

all the usual little details really

The construction looks very inviting
Got a very good swing
The on slope proformance looks inviting
PHooo Excellent turn radius

Seems like my kinda gal

Really looks like my kind of ski girl

Re:K2 Extremes or Salomon Suspects?? time to choose??

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:56:41 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

bandit wrote:Wickers apart from the paint job, what makes this ski "very pleasant" in your view?

The sort of details I'm interested in are:

Construction

On slope performance

Swing weight

Turn radius

all the usual little details really

The construction looks very inviting
Got a very good swing
The on slope proformance looks inviting
PHooo Excellent turn radius

Seems like my kinda gal

Really looks like my kind of ski girl

Pathetic, is that the best you can do

Re:K2 Extremes or Salomon Suspects?? time to choose??

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:20:15 GMT

Bandit, Ian hasnt seen the light yet regarding fatter skis.

Re:K2 Extremes or Salomon Suspects?? time to choose??

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:03:06 GMT

Tony_H wrote:Bandit, Ian hasnt seen the light yet regarding fatter skis.

It's quite surprising really considering

Re:K2 Extremes or Salomon Suspects?? time to choose??

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:02:41 GMT

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172/140/158

11.5mm Side Cut

23.8m Turn Radius

Re:K2 Extremes or Salomon Suspects?? time to choose??

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:42:22 GMT

are you on commission fella?

Re:K2 Extremes or Salomon Suspects?? time to choose??

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:39:12 GMT

bandit wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

bandit wrote:Wickers apart from the paint job, what makes this ski "very pleasant" in your view?

The sort of details I'm interested in are:

Construction

On slope performance

Swing weight

Turn radius

all the usual little details really

The construction looks very inviting
Got a very good swing
The on slope proformance looks inviting
PHooo Excellent turn radius

Seems like my kinda gal

Really looks like my kind of ski girl

Pathetic, is that the best you can do

Keep your hair on, what do you expect, I'm a man