why are Atomic Stomps so cheap?

[phUnk]

Yeah, that's pretty accurate.

Sometimes it's about intimidation.

It's mind games.

[Steven S. Dallas]

Mister Sparkle?

You have very lucky dishes, Mr. Rickles.

I will now banish you to the land of wind and ghosts.

[Fucked]

Hey Japan bound guy, the newer atomic stomps (04-05, 05-06) are killer skis and are not heavy at all without the fucking plates. There waist is 88, tip is 118, tail 110 so that should give you a little to play with. The graffics are not the best but there alright (Bright red in 2005, gold in 2006)
I did buy these cause I was on a budget but there are no regrets at all.
Good ski.

[bryanthebold]

Hmmm... Because Atomic makes shit strips?

Agreeed

I have owned stomps for quite some time now....They lasted pretty decently for 3 seasons, being my primary ski. Right now they have duct take on the tips holding them together, and every chance i get i ride them down rocks. They are hella soft, and have a flex like none other. The flex is bad on the hard pack, bad in the crud, pretty much bad everywhere. And when you think its good for the powder, think again, they are so heavy you sink. Trust me. I hate my stomps, I hate them sooooo much. I am just dieing for my Gotamas to come in. They really are crap...please, for the love of god, dont buy them.

[Fucked]

Agreeed

I have owned stomps for quite some time now....They lasted pretty decently for 3 seasons, being my primary ski. Right now they have duct take on the tips holding them together, and every chance i get i ride them down rocks. They are hella soft, and have a flex like none other. The flex is bad on the hard pack, bad in the crud, pretty much bad everywhere. And when you think its good for the powder, think again, they are so heavy you sink. Trust me. I hate my stomps, I hate them sooooo much. I am just dieing for my Gotamas to come in. They really are crap...please, for the love of god, dont buy them.

Hey buddy, do you think maybe they may have changed designs in the last 3-5 years. I owned a pair of Salomon F9's back in the 90's and they sucked bad but i'm not bad mouthing the new one's. Sounds like you bought the test pilot stomps before they were refined. Try a new pair and then we can talk. For the price, there is nothing that comes close to these skis.

[bryanthebold]

Hey buddy, do you think maybe they may have changed designs in the last 3-5 years. I owned a pair of Salomon F9's back in the 90's and they sucked bad but i'm not bad mouthing the new one's. Sounds like you bought the test pilot stomps before they were refined. Try a new pair and then we can talk. For the price, there is nothing that comes close to these skis.

Possibly...

But then I wonder why I have known two other friends who's top sheets have been fucked over. For the money you get a ski that will ski great for a couple of runs, but then you realize the skis are just worthless because they are softer than you can imagine, the top sheet is coming off, and you still have a shitty ski that doesnt perform nearly as well as the competion. Buy a pair, I dare you!

[300hp]

Hmmm.....Look on Egay for what a pair of 04-05 Public enemies costs. Bomber ski that actually can make a turn. Quick google found PE's for 279 @ rei, a reputable retailer. Fujatives for 299 @ getboards, current model year. Good wood core skis that are known to perform well. I'm not knocking atomics, just saying that I would spend my money on what is proven to work, not skis that have been plauged by production prolems since they came out.

[Telepath]

Just to go aginst the stream a bit even though I guess I'm probably considered rather partial on this one; but I believe the 06 Stomps actually ski pretty well for such a small ski. Last year I picked up a pair to use test for touring and steep/stupid stuff and did a little cruising around on them too. While there's a limit to how much you can get from a 88mm waisted 186 twintip (it's frikkin small) I think it skis as well as most other skis of the same size, except maybe the beige/red (haven't tried the newer ones) Scratch BC and the Volkls, which are both more stable on hardpack. In soft no worries I think.

I kinda sorta believe that Atomic looses out on the twintip market due to lack of aggressiveness in marketing, not a lot of spancered rad kids mouthing off and being very visible etc. Heck, it's not a long time ago noone believed them to able to make a decent pow ski either, and now maggots are crawling all over BD group buys. Go figure

And yeah, red stomps with plates are heavy. So remove the plates. Newer plateless Stomps are pretty light I think, and edge quality seems to be close to that of the bd (i.e. good).

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