Baller FSSPCat Posted January 2 Baller Share Posted January 2 For nostalgic reasons, which ski would you unapologetically (and perhaps irrationally) defend? I loved my Connelly Concept. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted January 2 Administrators Share Posted January 2 Irrationally? 64" MasterCraft Mirage 1 Quote Support BallOfSpray by supporting the companies that support BallOfSpray California Ski Ranch ☆ Connelly ☆ Denali ☆ Eden Lake ☆ Goode ☆ HO Syndicate ☆MasterCraft ☆ Masterline ☆ Pentalogo ☆ Performance Ski and Surf ☆ Reflex ☆ Radar ☆ Rodics OffCourse ☆ S Lines ☆ Stokes About Horton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller dbaconaz Posted January 2 Baller Share Posted January 2 for the memories.. Kidder Redline.. Duvall 900s 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MDB1056 Posted January 2 Baller Share Posted January 2 Original CDX-1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Than_Bogan Posted January 2 Baller Share Posted January 2 Probably not quite what you meant, but: I spent some time on a proto Denali 53. It was never produced, but it was sweeet. For me, it was better than the c65. Of course, the c75 left both in the dust! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Cam Posted January 2 Baller Share Posted January 2 Unapologetically 2005 HO Monza & 2014 Mapple 6.0, irrationally 2016 Denali V 3.4, they all did something for me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Kelvin Posted January 2 Baller Share Posted January 2 Kidder Redline - first real slalom ski D3 X5 - All time PB Mapple T2 - Tied all time PB eight years later 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jjackkrash Posted January 2 Baller Share Posted January 2 Connelly Concept and F1. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller B_S Posted January 2 Baller Share Posted January 2 Original Andy Mapple Signature Siege. That ski was scary, and forced me to have better and stable body position. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller KRoundy Posted January 2 Baller Share Posted January 2 I’ll throw my love for the Kidder Redline in here too. I loved that ski and it holds so many amazing memories for me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jeblanc Posted January 2 Members Share Posted January 2 I loved my Connelly F1, but I have no regrets about moving on after years of enjoyment. It could turn on a dime but caused incredible fatigue and soreness. Until I upgraded I thought that was just the norm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ETskier Posted January 2 Baller Share Posted January 2 Goode 9100 260 amp Jeff Rogers settings. I progressed 2 full passes in a short time on that ski. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Nando Posted January 2 Baller Share Posted January 2 HO Phantom- I got a deal on one and grabbed it only because I wanted the bindings but decided to give it a try and my performance jumped. My PB went up almost 4 passes (over a year). After a few years away from the sport due to injuries, I upgraded to a newer ski but never consistently skied as well as on that thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller lpskier Posted January 3 Baller Share Posted January 3 Mesle Mono slalom. Best wooden ski ever made. Quote Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatPierre Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 1986 O'Brien Competitor. The Kevlar Boron one. Because who doesn't want a bit of space tech on their skis? (and it was a great ski at the time) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 2Valve Posted January 3 Baller Share Posted January 3 Connelly Carbon V. Never any surprises. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Wish Posted January 3 Baller Share Posted January 3 Lapoint MasterCraft Goode 9700 HO S2 first version Denali 3.5 2016 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Garn Posted January 3 Baller Share Posted January 3 The original Obrien World Team Comp. It was the first "real" ski I ever owned. We bought it around 1972 or so and I still have it. I need to get it out and ski it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Hockdog Posted January 3 Baller Share Posted January 3 2005 KD Platinum, best ski Ever….. until it broke. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted January 3 Baller Share Posted January 3 MasterCraft Pro 2000 HO CDX Fisher #01 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller RAWSki Posted January 3 Baller Share Posted January 3 Goode 9200 LTD (white) Nano 1XT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Drago Posted January 3 Baller Share Posted January 3 Pretty rational looking at their results: Stiletto , x5, the early F1s were sweet On the unapologetic side: Schnitz Stealth, the grey-bottomed HO Extreme 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller PatM Posted January 13 Baller Share Posted January 13 The 2014 Mapple 6.0 for me also. Irrationally EP Comp X-2 (my first ski, man i'm old). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted January 13 Administrators Share Posted January 13 @Wish3.5? Really? haaa. Now 6.5! That is a ski I am tempted to revisit. Quote Support BallOfSpray by supporting the companies that support BallOfSpray California Ski Ranch ☆ Connelly ☆ Denali ☆ Eden Lake ☆ Goode ☆ HO Syndicate ☆MasterCraft ☆ Masterline ☆ Pentalogo ☆ Performance Ski and Surf ☆ Reflex ☆ Radar ☆ Rodics OffCourse ☆ S Lines ☆ Stokes About Horton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller kc Posted January 13 Baller Share Posted January 13 Red and blue O’Brien Sixam. 2005 HO Monza. Mapple 6.0 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MDB1056 Posted January 13 Baller Share Posted January 13 Should add 2013 Connelly Prophecy here....... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller DW Posted January 13 Baller Share Posted January 13 Irrational - Kidder Redline, great memories but clearly an old ski, or Taperflex G200 Rational - Goode 9100, set a new standard. But none are in the realm of defending in automotive world a Trabant🙂 Look it up if unfamiliar. https://silodrome.com/trabant-car/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller swc5150 Posted January 13 Baller Share Posted January 13 Irrational - MC LaPoint Radius. First serious ski I ever got Rational - Goode 9100 So I don't forgot - O'brien G3 Revenge. Ski almost killed me! Absolutely un-rideable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ALPJr Posted January 13 Baller Share Posted January 13 My 2022 NRG R2. In fact I’m thinking about ordering another for back up. Favorite ski ever right out of the box. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted January 13 Administrators Share Posted January 13 50 minutes ago, DW said: Taperflex G200 Holy Shit @DW you can't be that old! Quote Support BallOfSpray by supporting the companies that support BallOfSpray California Ski Ranch ☆ Connelly ☆ Denali ☆ Eden Lake ☆ Goode ☆ HO Syndicate ☆MasterCraft ☆ Masterline ☆ Pentalogo ☆ Performance Ski and Surf ☆ Reflex ☆ Radar ☆ Rodics OffCourse ☆ S Lines ☆ Stokes About Horton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted January 13 Administrators Share Posted January 13 1 hour ago, kc said: Red and blue O’Brien Sixam Possible MOASS Quote Support BallOfSpray by supporting the companies that support BallOfSpray California Ski Ranch ☆ Connelly ☆ Denali ☆ Eden Lake ☆ Goode ☆ HO Syndicate ☆MasterCraft ☆ Masterline ☆ Pentalogo ☆ Performance Ski and Surf ☆ Reflex ☆ Radar ☆ Rodics OffCourse ☆ S Lines ☆ Stokes About Horton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller UWSkier Posted January 13 Baller Share Posted January 13 Irrationally: 2005 70" Monza Rationally: 2016 69.5" Vapor Pro (had one in Lithium clothing and it was excellent) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RT1 Posted January 14 Members Share Posted January 14 Defend? Here's just a few that I liked more than other's and one I didn't like. EP FX-200 (attached pic is a fin that I bought at a boat show with a fin and a fixed wing, it was made just for the FX-200) Hated the Kidder Redline, one day it would work, the next day it would try to kill you. O'Brien Synergy "C" Goode 9100, the ski that changed everything. Ran a personal best my very first set on it. Goode Flextail, from the first set it felt as good as a 9100 to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Wish Posted January 14 Baller Share Posted January 14 @Horton yes spent a good bit of time on it not to long ago. Still rips and was hard to hang back up. Wonderfully diff and exceptionally capable. Can’t see it ever becoming wall art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibrent Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Mapple T3, Obrien sixam. Picked up 8 buoys almost straight out of the box on the T3, Both unreal skis. Watched Andy & CP on these -Wow. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 6balls Posted January 15 Baller Share Posted January 15 KD 7000, Razor A68. Love the stability of the D3's, my best lifetime skiing was on the Razor A68 gave it up too soon looking for more buoys yet--oops. Never recaptured that glory. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted January 15 Administrators Share Posted January 15 EP Stiletto was a decade ahead of its time Quote Support BallOfSpray by supporting the companies that support BallOfSpray California Ski Ranch ☆ Connelly ☆ Denali ☆ Eden Lake ☆ Goode ☆ HO Syndicate ☆MasterCraft ☆ Masterline ☆ Pentalogo ☆ Performance Ski and Surf ☆ Reflex ☆ Radar ☆ Rodics OffCourse ☆ S Lines ☆ Stokes About Horton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skibrain Posted January 15 Baller Share Posted January 15 @PatM I still have a Comp X2... irrationally holding onto it because of how awesome it was when I got it in 1979. I did hop on it for a free ski about 6 years ago. Original bindings so maybe not fair, but it scared the crap out of me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Drago Posted January 16 Baller Share Posted January 16 14 hours ago, Horton said: EP Stiletto was a decade ahead of its time "Ski on it or ski against it" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller mike_mapple Posted January 16 Baller Share Posted January 16 1. HO extreme (white/pink) 2. The first Sixam, but the Blue and Silver LTD edtion (still have one in my closet thats brand new) 3. Radar Satori 4. Original T3 with the Original graphic (very similar to the T1/2 but yellowish Green) also the only Mapple I have ever skied on> 4 Quote Performance Ski and Surf Mike@perfski.com 👾 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller owennibley Posted January 17 Baller Share Posted January 17 At the risk of being out of my comfort zone as just a lurker, I would like to add the HO CX Superlite. I feel that it was an incredibly underrated ski and would recommend it to anyone. I skied on it for 4 seasons and I still have it as my back up ski. It was absolutely fantastic/forgiving and even better if had your weight distributed right. Taught me how to get my weight balanced on my pre-turn. I believe there is a video of Will Asher running 41' (@34mph) on it on youtube. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ForrestGump Posted January 19 Baller Share Posted January 19 1. Original Sixam 2. HO A2 I made huge jumps on both of those. I should have never gotten rid of that A2. I ran more 35s on that than all the other skis I was on after combined. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UCFskier Posted January 23 Members Share Posted January 23 JOBE carbon v (crazy design) EP stiletto (fast AF) HO VTX 9.8 (ran a lot of buoys on this one) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted January 23 Administrators Share Posted January 23 Jobe Carbon V! Hell Yeah! Quote Support BallOfSpray by supporting the companies that support BallOfSpray California Ski Ranch ☆ Connelly ☆ Denali ☆ Eden Lake ☆ Goode ☆ HO Syndicate ☆MasterCraft ☆ Masterline ☆ Pentalogo ☆ Performance Ski and Surf ☆ Reflex ☆ Radar ☆ Rodics OffCourse ☆ S Lines ☆ Stokes About Horton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Luzz Posted January 23 Baller Share Posted January 23 On 1/16/2023 at 6:13 PM, mike_mapple said: 2. The first Sixam, but the Blue and Silver LTD edtion (still have one in my closet thats brand new) I still have all of mine (5), including a 69" LTD your dad signed for mine. That was probably the only ski model my dad and I were on at the same time. 1 Quote Ski coach at Jolly Ski, Organizer of the San Gervasio Pro Am (2023 Promo and others), Co-Organizer of the Jolly Clinics. We are getting rid of a few Omegas for cheap (this, this, this, and that). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Minelickskier Posted January 24 Members Share Posted January 24 Jobe Honeycomb…I liked it better than the Carbon V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller aupatking Posted January 24 Baller Share Posted January 24 White and pink extreme changed me. T3 (Mapple/Lapoint) did everything right @mike_mappleI still need the numbers from your dad’s notebook on the Proto T3 I’ve got current Ski D3 NRG R2. I sold it to a guy and then bought it back. I’ll never sell it again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Rednucleus Posted January 24 Baller Share Posted January 24 @Minelickskier- that's my 1st ski - tried a dock start 2 yrs ago after a 30 yr rest in the garage - hamstring was not amused. It was a great ski for me for many years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Minelickskier Posted January 24 Members Share Posted January 24 @Rednucleusyes I believe Bob Lapoint held the world record on the honeycomb for a pretty long time. If my memory serves me correctly that record was something like 3 or 4 at 39 off and held for a couple of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller VONMAN Posted January 24 Baller Share Posted January 24 Goode 9100, Goode 9800, Denali C-75 and the Denali C-85. "A good one ball, gives you six" Quote Ernie Schlager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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