New School Skiing was born when Jonny Moseley stomped a mute 3 at the 98 Nagano Winter Olympics to win the Gold.
Lincoln loop. Rodeo 900 Indy. Butter 540. Japan air. Urban rails. This is the future of freeskiing, and with kids going urban hitting rails downtown, skiing has officially left the resort. From the 3 Quebecois (Vinnie Dorion, J.F. Cusson and J.P. Morgan) to the 3 Phils (Philippe Larose, Philippe Belanger and Philippe Dion) skiers own the park, shadowing all that snowboarding was
How to choose the right twin tip for you.
BUYING TIPS: Which twin tip matches your needs? When considering your needs think about how much time you spend in the terrain park. If youre in the park 90% of the time, and are concerned about tip and tail presses, butters, and ollie power, a pure park and pipe twin tip would be best.
If this is going to be your only pair of skis and you need to be able ski groomed, crud, and the park and pipe, Then you may want to consider a more universal park and pipe twin tip.
If you rarely hang in the park or pipe, yet seek floatation, and crud busting power, then a backcountry twin tip may be your best choice.
One approach to buying twin tips is to rank your needs by priority. For example, if you were looking a park and pipe ski and you already own a pair of all-mountains, you may rank your needs as only park and pipe. Yet if this is going to be your only pair of skis you may rank your needs as 1) park n pipe 2) universal or visa versa. The goal here is match your needs with the right gear, that way youre not stuck at the hill with some skis that dont carve.
In an over simplified way, twin tips can be separated into three major groups, park & pipe, universal, and backcountry. Unfortunately, Ideal conditions may warrant owning two or three pairs of skis. (e.g. backcountry skis for Powder, Park skis for the Park, Race skis for the gates.) If you dont have the financial means for more then one pair, choose wisely and get a pair that cover all your needs.
UNIVERSAL: You kick it in the park & pipe mostly yet you still want to ski
PARK & PIPE: You grind cement and stomp on rails. You only Jib.
BACKCOUNTRY: You seek POW and to HUCK, and sometimes GRAB
You ski it all-
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