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Just bought daughter Salomon Q88 skis. 151 cm length as she is a short ass. Skis are twin tip style. She mainly does on piste (is BASI 2) but wants to do some touring. Can anyone confirm if all skins can be adjusted to this length please and/or recommend a brand which would work best.
Many 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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| chrisJersey wrote: |
| Can anyone confirm if all skins can be adjusted to this length please |
You'll need a special tool for that
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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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davidof, thanks. am familiar with skin cutters on width. what i mean is are the tail tip hook things capable of being moved to this sort of length. Most talk about having a 10 cm room for adjustment (by using the strap eg black diamond). I have only used pre cut skins or skins for adult male ski sizes. unsure how it works down at 151 length
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You could DIY it quite easily with a hole punch and some pop rivets. Cut the skins down and then remove and reattach the tail piece. The latest skins I bought had me doing this anyway as the tail part was not pre-attached.
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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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you don't actually need a tail attachment. just cut the skin a couple of inches shorter than where the tail starts to turn up and round off the corners
also, a lot of tail attachments are pretty useless with twin tips - worth looking at something like this if you want to keep the attachments http://www.amazon.co.uk/G3-Connector-Touring-Backcountry-Adaptor/dp/B00402P7GQ?tag=amz07b-21
Last edited by Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do. on Mon 11-08-14 15:00; edited 1 time in total
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meh, Arno, altis: many thanks all. that sorts it for me.
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chrisJersey, Have a look at the Sport Conrad website www.sport-conrad.com They have some Kohla Multifit * skins that come in short lengths (149, 156) I expect if you sent them an email with the ski dimensions they could recommend which size would fit best.
* Disclaimer: I have no idea about the quality or not of Kohla skins. Maybe some of the skins connoisseurs on here could advise on that!
Tail attachment on a twin tip: I bodged some skins to fit on some twin tips by using a tip connector on both ends. I had to be quite careful to get the correct length though. There's just enough give in the rubber to stretch each end over. They work fine and actually are less hassle than when I used the skins with the skis that they were originally designed for.
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I've been using the Kohla Vacuum skins for the past season. They seem to be holding up nicely and no problems with stickiness.
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| chrisJersey wrote: |
| davidof, thanks. am familiar with skin cutters on width. |
Good, well for length the tool is called a knife.
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SaraJ, many thanks. will look
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All Colltex skins need cutting to length prior to attaching the tail clip so no problem for shorter skis other than you're paying for a lot of length that'll end up in the bin. And I have 'em in stock 
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At least you recognise your place altis!
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