 Poster: A snowHead
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I've acquired a pair of mid fats recently second hand at a cheapish price, they look fine. Unsure if base ground or not.
I notice however when they are placed sole to sole to fasten there appears little tension to push the skis apart, they happily rest against eachother along just about their entire length. In the good old days (80s) there would have been a fair gap in the middle with new skis when the tips and tails met. I'm guessing much of this has to do with modern shape/rocker (that I know little about) but question is - Is there any way of knowing that the ski flex may be 'inadequate' or not what it should be? I'm imagining this could happen if they had been base ground too many times or overskied by the larger athlete!
Any resource or testing methods or rules of thumb/old wives tales out there to confirm or otherwise? Ta
p.s. ski is Nordica NRGY90.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Compare them against a newer pair of the same model. I don't think that base grinding will make any difference, just the number of times that a fat boy has bounced up and down on them.
I have some dead race skis, I only noticed when I skied them and a newer pair on back to back runs.
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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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@Klammertime, Nice skis, unlikely to be dead after one season (if they'd been used that much, you probably wouldn't have bought them). Skis are not shaped how they used to be, and the old rules do not apply. Just ski them, they'll be fine 
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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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That's re-assuring thanks. Seller claims to have only used them a week and were serviced - general condition of tops/edges/soles would back that claim up so even if it was 2 or 3 weeks that'd be fine with me given what I paid.
Just don't want to get too carried away that I've got a good deal  .
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@Klammertime, as @Scarlet, said.
My skis, although different have very little camber (the bow in the middle) due to the nature of the ski.
Stick them on and enjoy! 
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Your skis are done when there isn’t enough base left to hold a patch or edge to sharpen.
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