EP PROS!! (and bacons)

**arem86** · 11-11-2007, 10:34 PM

Originally Posted by stuckathuntermtn

and that's all that matters. Fuck line and their fucking cap construction.

Except for the fact that the EP and the Bacon are both sidewall construction...way to know what you're talking about.

**300hp** · 11-11-2007, 10:45 PM

Originally Posted by BrianGriffin

I wish they had made the EP Pros with the same flex as this year's Bacons, which sounds like a nice medium-soft flex as opposed to ridiculously floppy.

you need 179 hellbents. end of story.

the EP pro with prophet 100 construction would be ideal.

**stuckathuntermtn** · 11-11-2007, 11:01 PM

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**addict** · 11-11-2007, 11:13 PM

Originally Posted by njfreeskier

supposedly pollard and pep(just signed with line) are riding and doing r&d this year on this new ski that is supposed to revolutionize pow skiing. i don't know about you but i'm hoping for a rockered prophet 130, or a stiffer, rockered bacon. they haven't done any reverse sidecut and i don't think they're going to. any thoughts on possibilities for line's new uber-ski?

Reverse taper. No more conventional pow skiing, it's switch ALL the way yo.

**Hollywood** · 11-11-2007, 11:51 PM

For all you guys new to rockered skis. Yes they flex very soft if you flex them holding the tip while the tail is pressed to the floor. The whole goal of a rockered ski is for Float. What allows the tip to float? Being wide, and also being soft so it can flex up easier to the top of the snow. Now if you place the ski's contact point to the floor and flex from that point forward you'd see that this ski is actually quite stiff. The same goes for the tail, but most rockered skis have a stiffer tail than tip so you can land better and boost higher.

No comparing the Hellbent and the EP Pro. They are essentally the same ski. The HB has a much bigger tip profile and the tip is actually much taller, giving it more mass and making it chatter much more than the EP. I rode the HB from February 10th on last year, in pretty much every snow cond. and it was great. My only gripe was it was slapping my high 5's whenever it got choppy or I was moving fast on the groomers. I switched to the EP because they chatter much less, but feel exactly the same everywhere.

There are a bunch of new designs from Rossi, Armada, Salomon, and K2 that are going to take what Eric, Shane, and the K2 boys have started and really blow some minds. The new Rossi is gonna be sweet. You can change the skis from rockered to traditional by adjusting the flex rods with a switch, I believe LibTech already has a board that does this or maybe its a Rossi snowboard...

So please stop complaining that Rockered skis are too soft, they are supposed to be that way. If you want a stiff ski, go buy one.

**mc_roon** · 11-12-2007, 04:25 AM

Originally Posted by SafteySquad

The EP Pros is definitley the softest ski I've ever flexed. Should be fun in untracked pow but could be kinda sketchy anywhere else...

even softer then sanouks?

**hemas** · 11-12-2007, 05:19 AM

Originally Posted by mc_roon

even softer then sanouks?

The EPs I flexed seemed to be. But I didn't have my 'nooks to do a proper comparison.

**BrianGriffin** · 11-12-2007, 07:10 AM

Originally Posted by 300hp

you need 179 hellbents. end of story.

the EP pro with prophet 100 construction would be ideal.

Maybe, but I don't like the huge amount of tail rocker, I have a hard enough time staying out of the backseat when I land drops. Maybe I just need to suck less.

**SafteySquad** · 11-12-2007, 07:46 AM

Originally Posted by mc_roon

even softer then sanouks?

I'd say so, but like hemas, I didn't do a direct comparison.

**300hp** · 11-12-2007, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by BrianGriffin

Maybe, but I don't like the huge amount of tail rocker, I have a hard enough time staying out of the backseat when I land drops. Maybe I just need to suck less.

I suggest you just buy them.

**3eyedsmiley** · 11-12-2007, 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by Hollywood

There are a bunch of new designs from Rossi, Armada, Salomon, and K2 that are going to take what Eric, Shane, and the K2 boys have started and really blow some minds. The new Rossi is gonna be sweet. You can change the skis from rockered to traditional by adjusting the flex rods with a switch, I believe LibTech already has a board that does this or maybe its a Rossi snowboard...

Whoa that sounds pretty nice, seems like it would make the ski much more versatile. Can't wait for all of the new rocker designs to start coming out...

**sandflea** · 11-12-2007, 01:03 PM

Hollywood, I have the Hellbents... is there any weight difference between the
EP Pros and the Hellbents?

**BrianGriffin** · 11-12-2007, 01:49 PM

Originally Posted by 300hp

I suggest you just buy them.

If I can find a deal on some I will. I need something floatier/more playful than the MSPs.

And Sandflea, just a guess but I bet the Hellbents are heavier. K2's freeride skis have been kinda heavy (i.e. Seth, Maden).

**Airpoppoff** · 12-04-2007, 09:24 PM

I was contemplating EP's or the HB's

Public Enemy's are not cuttin it

http://www.skiboards.com/product/ski...89cm-skis.html

150/122/141mm

$589.00

http://www.backcountryoutlet.com/out...080&mv_pc=r126

153-127-150

$454.30

GO

After what Hollywood says I think I will go with the EP's, Plus they are retarded Cheap right now. Any suggestions on what bindings to use? and something with 130mm brakes?

**Airpoppoff** · 12-05-2007, 04:53 AM

Welp, looks like they went back up to $649

**ptavv** · 12-05-2007, 01:34 PM

Glad I got 'em while they were $454

**PNyberg** · 12-05-2007, 05:37 PM

A bot OT but does any1 know if there is a Line dealer that carries the EP Pros in Calgary? Pm me

**Airpoppoff** · 12-05-2007, 06:19 PM

Originally Posted by ptavv

Glad I got 'em while they were $454

Same here, Now I just need to find someone to trade me for some Bacon's because I think I'd get more use out of those

**strode420** · 12-19-2007, 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by Airpoppoff

Same here, Now I just need to find someone to trade me for some Bacon's because I think I'd get more use out of those

Dibs PM sent

**granville686** · 12-20-2007, 12:42 AM

Originally Posted by njfreeskier

supposedly pollard and pep(just signed with line) are riding and doing r&d this year on this new ski that is supposed to revolutionize pow skiing. i don't know about you but i'm hoping for a rockered prophet 130, or a stiffer, rockered bacon. they haven't done any reverse sidecut and i don't think they're going to. any thoughts on possibilities for line's new uber-ski?

id say the ski that those two would produce would be soft as shit maby earlyrise in tip/tails and camber underfoot? idk thats just my two cents

**Hollywood** · 12-20-2007, 12:52 AM

pep didnt sign with line, k2 has a new ski called the kung-fujas, its 95ish under foot, no camber, not rockered. its pretty sweet looking, no idea on the flex but i'm guessing its soft.

**TheBaroness** · 12-20-2007, 01:01 AM

Drooling.

I love how the EP's make the Bacons look like narrow little sticks in comparison

**Airpoppoff** · 12-20-2007, 02:50 AM

yeah they pretty small

i'm keeping them

**fonixmunkee** · 12-20-2007, 08:52 AM

Airpoppoff: that shot with the DVD on the ski really puts those things into perspective

**BanditXXX** · 12-20-2007, 10:45 AM

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/a...1&d=1198169094

Shwing McSteezy

A nice fat ski for a 50 year old geezer schrappin the pow neezze steezee.

Line Prototype

180-150-175 in a 172 cm. Works great in the heavy stanky mank we get here in the PNW.

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