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Line Sir Francis Bacon Alpine Ski

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Bacon too soft for me? I'm 6-1 220lbs, looking for a more...

By Ranked #828 - Alpine Fat Skis February 23, 2009

Bacon too soft for me? I'm 6-1 220lbs, looking for a more dedicated powder ski to go with my 100's. Still want it to handle on the groomers decent as well. Mothership maybe? Something with good float, but can be maneuvered in tight spaces. TIA

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By Ranked #828 - Alpine Fat Skis February 24, 2009

You might be to big for them, they measure out at about 179mm but you could mount them back a little and they might be ok, bacons are not as soft as people think, about the same as the obseth and just a tad softer then the blends, kind of midsoft. Motherships might be to stiff and heavy as a powder ski, how about 130's? they are fat and fun in powder and pretty quick in tree's or wait till next years bacon comes out, rumur is they will be rockered and availible in a longer length.I think if the Bacons come out next year in a high 186-190 ski, I'd be all over it. 130 sounds nice, but I ski primarily in the tahoe basin and rarely get up in bottomless days, not that there have been any of those this year, so I almost feel like a 130 would be overkill/not used much. I've already had a few e-mails into the RD guys at Line about coming out with a Prophet 115..... That would be great for guys my size...I also live in the tahoe area and it has been an odd year, 1 1/2 weeks ago I was floating my bacons in waist deep powder and just 2 days ago it was raining at 8000ft. They are calling for a foot of snow on thursday again, powder for breakfeast on friday, only in tahoe.Well, hopefully they'll be a little coverage on Thurs, because that's my day off, and I'm going up.... I'm just happy that most of the rocks finally got buried, although I was getting sniped periodically when I was up last Wed...

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Tech Specs:

Dimensions:
[182cm] 142 / 115 / 139mm 
Turn Radius:
18m 
Core Material:
Maple macroblock core 
Base Material:
Fatty base and edges 
Tail:
Real twintip 
Binding System:
No 
Binding Included:
No 
Recommended Use:
Powder, big mountain skiing, backcountry booters 
Manufacturer Warranty:
1 year 
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