Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I think it'll go further than that in the next few years. I wouldn't be surprised to see full convex bases on powder skis.
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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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Nah - only ever tip and tail profiling unless you're talking super boutique stuff. No manufacturer wants to get panned by a review that says their premium aspirational skis are unskiable on hardpack. Deliberately base high might just be that.
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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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Arno, been shopping for the side slipping challenge already! Impressive.
Edit: I'm pretty sure you could paddle round a lake in one of those!
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meh, there was a guy on Gary Waynes last time I went cat skiing (3 years ago I think) and I knew nothing about them then. They looked a bit home made back then and I thought the bases were just dodgy finishing rather than a design feature
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fatbob wrote: |
Nah - only ever tip and tail profiling unless you're talking super boutique stuff. No manufacturer wants to get panned by a review that says their premium aspirational skis are unskiable on hardpack. Deliberately base high might just be that. |
Surface have had this out for a little while... http://www.surfaceskis.com/hardgoods/lab/pow/index.html
I recall seeing a video of it in action, but can't find it now.
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Though Gary Wayne were (are? one man band?) were doing it before DPS.
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clarky999, I'd say DPS refined Gary Wayne's idea (assuming it was his idea...) - his skis are totally concave. the spoons are only concave in certain parts of the ski and the base is still flat there - they are turned up at the edges rather than fully concave... if that makes any sense
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