 Poster: A snowHead
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I've had many skis over the years and on this has been consistent: ridiculous marketing and claims of 'technology' on the skis.
My XC skis have "White star carbon" otherwise known as err wood?
My Atomic SL12s have 3D power channel MG
My old volkls P60s had aluminium motion rails
These are by no means the most silly sounding, what are the worst you have read? I'm sure of course, that all these things have made me ski much much better.
The trend these days seems to make my skis look like I've vomited my breakfast all over them instead so perhaps this is dying out?
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My Salomon 3V's have "Racing Technology" and a "Spaceframe"
My Atomic Metrons are "Beta 5 connected"
My Head skis have a "Liquid Metal Jacket" - I presume this is for when they hit the bars in the evening.
Though I'm not sure of it's insulating qualities.
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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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Haha. It's not just skis. I went to buy a new washing machine yesterday, the number of acronyms on the machines were longer than the brand names.
You should both try buying skis that aren't quite so gay. There's a relationship between gay skis and the stupid marking they use to sell them...
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I've still got some Fischers with Plasma Edges. I did cut myself on them and bled on them so maybe that's what it meant.
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That flashing light thing on earlier k2's and i had a pair of nordicas once with two metal/plastic bars (like salomons prolink thing on the top of the ski) they fell off as they were glued on! 
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My Icelantics are "Handmade in Colorado, USA" apparently 
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A lot of Elans have 'Waveflex' technology, but they are really formed in waves.
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Ha that's nothing.... My old K2 Seth Morrisons had a light on the top of the ski that lit up if you flexed them. Now that's cutting edge technology!!!
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| Mikeg36 wrote: |
My Head skis have a "Liquid Metal Jacket" - I presume this is for when they hit the bars in the evening.
Though I'm not sure of it's insulating qualities. |
 I think Head win the ridiculous marketing award across all types of sports equipment.
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| kevindonkleywood wrote: |
Pipecleaners -carbon kevlar stringers, a perfect ski for 'pumping trannies' ...hang on am i suddenly in Boris's bar? |
Well the kevlar stringers might be bullsh*t but pumping trannies isn't exactly marketing crap. Being able to pump a transition is pretty important, especially in a pipe.
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You know it makes sense.
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kevlar stringers might be bullsh*t
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Nah, kevlar stringers add a useful "pop" to a ski. Most of the marketing cowdoo comes into the piste-ish range of skis.
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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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Pumping trannies has a very different meaning in some places
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Poster: A snowHead
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reverse camber, sidecut whatever...
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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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spyderman was explaining the technology of his new Head skis to me only the other day: I suggested that he shouldn't believe everything he reads. 
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el nombre, you missed the very obvious double entendre for the non park rat
strangely I do know what it means in the pipe 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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BobinCH, I had the K2 merlin 4 with the flashing light, bought them in Andorra and didn't even know they had a flashing light until someone pointed it out the following season!  i've still got one in the garage and the other is sitting in the basement of a local hotel with 4 shooter glasses attached to it!
I have to confess to buying my old volkl v pros because of the gnar graphics and there was a photo of a fit bird in a bikini on the bindings but to be fair they were sensational planks.
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Atomic_skier, Priceless supreme quality BS 
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| kevindonkleywood wrote: |
el nombre, you missed the very obvious double entendre for the non park rat
strangely I do know what it means in the pipe |
I realised what you were getting, but I was thinking this thread was more to do with the complete nonsense stuff that companies come out with such as Head with their liquid/intelligent metal etc. I always quite like reading whats on peoples skis in lift queues. All mine say is the brand and the model which is no fun at all.
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el nombre, I think your right some skis are just plastered with BS marketing, one classic poster a while back was trying to pimp flowskis
http://www.floskis.com/
very special indeed
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Haha wow, you were not joking! Sounds like NOS for skis.
Interesting post btw, snowgood!
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| the_doc wrote: |
| Most of the marketing cowdoo comes into the piste-ish range of skis. |
good effort but no banana, yer just gonna have to take it with all the rest. (with yer dots and unique ride an' all)
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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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c0Ka|Ne, I can't say that I can feel the Kers working, but not being able to test exactly the same ski without Kers makes that impossible. All I can say is that they're very good skis.
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Boots beat skis hands down for cowdoo. Grab any pair of salomon Boots and tell me how many special features are written on them. Doesn't mean they're bad boots mind you.
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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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| barry wrote: |
| the_doc wrote: |
| Most of the marketing cowdoo comes into the piste-ish range of skis. |
good effort but no banana, yer just gonna have to take it with all the rest. (with yer dots and unique ride an' all) |
White dots make your skis better because they absorb solar radiation at a slower rate than the darker background colour. This produces a matrix of hot and cold spots on your skis which stiffens the flex when your need it (on sunny days when you are hooning around) and not when you don't (in whiteouts etc).
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Poster: A snowHead
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