 Poster: A snowHead
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I'll need some skis for my White dot Preachers for next season, widest I have seen on line are 140mm but I'll need 155mm to fit the Preachers. Can anyone point me to a supplier?
Thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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you don't really need full skin coverage at the widest point of the ski, so long as there isn't too much base showing under your foot
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I used Coll-Tex skins on my Preachers. They have a cut-to-fit option which work well.
I now use them on my DPS Wailers (112 and 99).
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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On the rocks, No No No, 140 is plenty, Arno has it.
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You'd basically be throwing a pair of seals ears into the bin, which ain't so nice!
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Thank you everybody, 140mm makes perfect sense when I think about it. As the Preachers have a blunt flat nose any tips on which manufaturer's attachment system would be most appropriate?
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Preacher is 112mm under foot ?
110mm straight skin totally uncut would actually be fine and give plenty grip under foot 
Though you might want to go to 120mm and trim, but it wont actually make much difference.
Fatter skis have more surface area (= more grip under foot) so getting a skin to fit the ski perfectly at nose and tail is not as essential as it was in the old days of 200cm skinny straight skis.
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| On the rocks wrote: |
| Thank you everybody, 140mm makes perfect sense when I think about it. As the Preachers have a blunt flat nose any tips on which manufaturer's attachment system would be most appropriate? |
I've got 140mm Colltex Camlock Mix skins in stock which many of my customers use on their Preachers.
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Good idea to get some harscheisen to go with the skins too.
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| On the rocks wrote: |
| Thank you everybody, 140mm makes perfect sense when I think about it. As the Preachers have a blunt flat nose any tips on which manufaturer's attachment system would be most appropriate? |
Black Diamond skins fit fine on my skis with 'big blunt flat' noses, presumably other brands do too but I haven't tried any others.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Some of the BD Skins have adjustable tip loops, tip adjustment behind self tapping screws.
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BD all the way for us.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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the G3 attachments also work well with wide skis and weirdly shaped tips
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Poster: A snowHead
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I've been using G3 skins on my preachers for the last season and a half with no issues, I went for the 140 and trimmed to fit.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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if you use the Coltex skins make sure you really give the metal loop a serious smash with a a hammer or they can separate (no fun losing one on the way up as I found out)
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