 Poster: A snowHead
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I like to think we will be able to controll gravity and be able to carve up the pistes as well as down and no more queues for the lifts. Roll on 2011.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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On a serious note, Quechua were demo'ing a new ski at the recently opened SkierX run at Arc 1800 the other day, sort of a cross between a snowblade and a carving ski, approx. half size in other words. Haven't had a chance to take a close look yet, anyone else tried them? Or even heard of them?
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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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PG, there is alot of that going around..... I am coming from the skiboard and not skiing size, but skiboards are most definitely getting longer. I have a feeling that the two will meet somewhere in the middle giving a short fat (almost snowboard like) shape.
Of course I am sure there will still be those who are hardcore and want longer skis irrelevant of where the trend takes us!
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PG, I boight a pair of 127cm skis at the start of the season and I am amazed by them. They are fat and twin-tipped and do seem to have the advantages of both blades and skis, being very responsive to turning but also very stable at high speeds. Because of the impact on my skiing we got a pair for my wife yesterday. I haven't found an anti-gravity button on them though!
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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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CEM, What? No freezing toes??? That's no good at all.
chris, I'm interested to hear that your "shorties" are such a success. I've seen a few pairs on the piste here, and they look just the ticket for beginners to learn on (I always have rows with shops who want to give my beginners too long skis). Interesting to hear that they're also quite stable. How about in long turns? can you do a long carving turn on them?
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Charlotte, I'm doing long turns at about 30mph but crap nerves won't let me try it at higher speeds. You need to speak to someone young and or foolish.
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I once worked out that given the length/width of my first skis compared to my current ones, if they continue developing at the same rate, I'll be skiing on Squares by the time I'm 92 
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Looking at the current development of composite primary structures in the aerospace industry, I can see no skis with wood cores at all (I think mine are foam cored) since it'll actually be cheaper to manufacture a tape-laid full carbon ski with finely tuned properties. The bases will be cermets (a sintered mixture of metal and ceramics, previously tried for turbine blades) that will provide the weight of a wood core and hence stability. Cermets are porous and will accept wax but are highly abrasion resistant so won't need grinding as often. The edges will be part of the cermet base. I've now run out of ideas and am on my way to the Patents Office... 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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easiski, There are some videos, that attempt to explain the varing radius stuff as well. I believe they are not edges in the proper sense, rather a rasied up piece of material. this would still cut into soft snow, or lock into cat-tracked grooves on a piste.
I would like to have a go with a massive sidecut ski, circa 9m, and have this to try to stablize it when putting it flat on the base. I assume they have a reasonable base bevel to make it work.
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