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#Flashback Thursday: My skiing history.

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My skiing history is probably not the most exciting but you might be able to connect to some of it. So, it started about 10 years ago in 3rd grade when one day over the announcements, I heard something about ski club and I didn’t really know anything about skiing, so little me was thinking that I had to do this. I told my parents about it and they agreed that I could do it. When the club started, we all got on the bus and went to Labrador Mountain, once we got there I picked up my rentals and tried to do the smartest thing anyone could do, try and ski without even knowing how to put skis on but I managed, but it wasn’t pretty. I got lessons and eventually I was skiing but it still wasn’t pretty and I was hooked on skiing. The next couple seasons I went to Olympia Sports and rented skis and I was slowly getting better at skiing. Eventually, I got my own pair of Rossignol skis when I was around 11 years old and I was extremely happy to be rocking my own skis, I thought they were the coolest things ever. By this point, I was parallel skiing and making my way down the hill on my own and safely doing it as well. I was enjoying every minute I spent on the mountain and I was always ready to going skiing even in the Summer. When I was 14, I got a pair of Armada Arvs and again, I was super pumped to have some new skis. I was trying to ski in the park but I was terrified of everything. Finally, just recently I got my newest pair of skis, J skis Allplays and I have been loving them. 10 years later, I am finally doing proper parallel turns and still attempting to rip the park. Just like little me, I am always excited to go skiing and I enjoy almost every minute of it.

J skis Allplay review.

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The company J skis was created by Jason Levinthal in September of 2013. Jason Levinthal also started the well known Line Skis and Full Tilt boots. But since the creation of J skis he has made multiple different skis such as the Metal, the Masterblaster, the Friend, the Max , and the Allplay and this blog is going to be about the Allplay. The Allplay is an all mountain ski that is great at ripping everywhere, whether it is the park or some fresh powder. The Allplay has a 98 mm waist that allows it to be used all over the mountain. I’ve been using the Allplays for a couple years and I have been enjoying it. These skis really are all mountain skis, the other day I was going through powder up to my knees and I was having no problem getting through it. The next day I was ripping the park and fresh groomers and it has been a blast to use these skis. The playful style of these skis really make it a good park ski, it is not too soft and it is not too stiff. One of the coolest things about J skis in general is the different designs that they put on there skis. Currently I have the Allplay “Invasion” and I love the looks of these skis. One thing that you should be careful about is chipping the design on the skis, if you fall and your skis collide there is a possibility that you chipped a little bit of the design off of the ski. If you are a ski instructor you may want to use another pair of skis, I used mine while trying to teach people how to ski and well there is now a few scratches on them. It hurts to see someone just ride over the top of my ski while digging in their edges, but they haven’t chipped anything off of them. So overall, I would give these an 8/10 and I would recommend them to someone because personally, I have really enjoyed them.

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