 Poster: A snowHead
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As its scorchio and I'm unable to move from my chilled beer the logical question to ask is what are the next big things going to be in ski development?
We've had sidecut, width, twin tips and now rocker and skis that can just flat out put a grin on your face But what's the next thing I'm going to seduced into buying - the true one ski quiver or the Rolls Royce refinement of current tech (DPS Pure?)?
What do we the punters really really want next (besides airlines to drop their baggage charges)?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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The Apple iSki. The first release will obviously look stylish but will lack several useful features such metal edges. Will only work with Apple iBoots and will need a constant connection to the iCloud. The main reason for the iCloud connection will be so Herr Jobs can track and charge you per mile skied. Will probably also be restricted to use on only official App Store approved lifts.
On a more serious note I see new graphics and higher prices.
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waynos,
Hi tech - completely customisable flex dictated from your iphone through piezo damped rods. Battery life poor and a replacement wil cost 50% of the price of the skis.
Lo tech - designers revisit the past for inspiration and glue random little weights to skis and sell it as something techy and exciting.
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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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How a about a ski that comes in layers so that you can add or remove a layer depending on the conditions and the way you want the ski to behave - a bit that the switch skis which alter their flex by extending the arms across the skis, but done in layers - a sort of a layer up your own ski thing.
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I have a friend who does custom art work on skis. Why can't they have a ski printer in the shop. Would cut down on ski thieft.
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magnetraction, it's the one bit of snowboard tech that ski manufacturers haven't ripped off yet 
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How about "stay sharp or self sharpening edges" and "non scratch bases"  sorry Spyderjon
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Some kind of powder fluff up system, so when you ski powder the ski fluffs up the compressed snow and fills in your tracks. Would take away some of the ego satisfaction of leaving your mark on the mountain.
A dynamic weight reduction system would be nice. So when ski touring up you can dial in less weight and dial it back on for the downhill. Maybe some detachable elements to the ski that can be stored in back pack for going up as the lighter underfoot the better.
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I've had a long standing idea regarding ski theft - I wonder if it would be possible to fit skis with RFID tags built into their structure and have downward pointing readers retro fitted on the automated lift pass readers that would scan the skis as they passed through and do the lights, flashing and stop the gate thing if a pair reported as stolen to the system were detected. I would envisage a universal detection system that could be deployed across all automated lift pass systems in multiple resorts.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Clip on top sheets in various designs, like mobile phone cases, so you can 'express your personality'
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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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Skis that come with ski lessons on how to get the best out of them.
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You know it makes sense.
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rob@rar, now thats a good idea, how are you on super fat skis rob
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skis so stupidly fat that they ruin your knees and offer nothing else for EU conditions... wait a second we already have those 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| hang11 wrote: |
| magnetraction, it's the one bit of snowboard tech that ski manufacturers haven't ripped off yet |
Narrow Ass Snowboards plus Rossi and Quiksilver/Roxy have had the tech while Rossi owned QS and they've never really used it. Conclusion - not really needed when there are independent edges that can be separately weighted.
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barry, A search will reveal that I've posted that idea several times on here and I would refer to earlier posts to demonstrate my prior IP claim to the concept should anyone go to market!! 
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hang11, a patent exists in Japan for a serrated ski edge similar to magne traction dating back to 1985. One thing I've learnt in the last 6 years designing skis is that you can guarantee that over the last 1000 years when it comes to shape.....someones done it.
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| Dot. wrote: |
| hang11, a patent exists in Japan for a serrated ski edge similar to magne traction dating back to 1985. One thing I've learnt in the last 6 years designing skis is that you can guarantee that over the last 1000 years when it comes to shape.....someones done it. |
Noted.
My next suggestion is........silly hats
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hang11, nah.....stretch pants and gaiters
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| Dot. wrote: |
| hang11, nah.....stretch pants and gaiters |
Being a kiwi, I can tell you that they were the in thing last year, and for the 15 years before that
In fact you could see jeans and gumboots on a pointy nosed snowboard make a reappearance in Europe next year
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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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I'm not sure how useful new shapes can be to most of us. DPS' crazy spoon / cleat thing might be useful if you only ever ride Alaskan powder, but for most of us I would think innovation will be more to do with materials and manufacturing techniques.
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You know it makes sense.
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Monoski - it's the future.
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