 Poster: A snowHead
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My new 170 GS skis when put up against my 164 Slalom skis :
From tip to front binding is exactly the same, which means all the extra length is on eth tail of the ski
However the waist of the ski (or narrowest point) is right in the middle of the bindings - which means the mid point of the ski is further back on eth GS ski than the slalom ski
Is this typical ? Is there a particualr location for the waist of any ski ?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| sev112 wrote: |
My new 170 GS skis when put up against my 164 Slalom skis :
From tip to front binding is exactly the same, which means all the extra length is on eth tail of the ski
However the waist of the ski (or narrowest point) is right in the middle of the bindings - which means the mid point of the ski is further back on eth GS ski than the slalom ski
Is this typical ? Is there a particualr location for the waist of any ski ? |
WTF you bought a 170 GS ski for? 
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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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It would probably help if you said how tall you are and what you race experience is. (Can't be bothered to search...)
I generally reckon on a differential between SL and GS skis of at least 20cm, so either your GS skis are too short, or you slalom skis are too long.. Your call.
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Probably because he/she wants them? Though I must confess,I would have thought anyone riding this type of ski would have had an idea of binding position?
Markings on the top sheet,guidence from the manufacturer?
If all else fails,contact our resident ski tuning guru spyderjon..... www.jonsskituning.co.uk
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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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There's a lot of theory, mostly conflicting, on the best place to mount bindings. I don't think any of them refer to the waist of the ski.
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sev112, I am not Mosha Marc, but in the old days....this is one method how it was done by ski techs and it took ages and they needed to know what they were doing.
You mount at ball of foot. You need to bang on side of boot with your foot in it to find where this is and mark it.
Then to find the place on the ski, put the skis together base to base and measure exact contact length, then divide by 2 and measure that distance from the rear contact point on the ski, that is your BOF mark. Then boot goes here line up the marks and then you can work out centre mark on the ski from the boot.
someone will prob correct me on something, but that is what i remember watching 25 years ago!
as you can see boot centre marks printed on the ski are much faster........but only for people with size 8 to 9 feet! (ish)
There are other ways, like the campbell balancer that spyderjon has
I have very small feet, so the manufacturers boot centre marks tend to put me back a bit from where i would like to be, it seemed to be really bad on older volkls, my old 5 stars i moved forward by 2 1/2 cm from the centre line.
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boot centre on narrowest point of the ski?
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sev112, That length sounds fine, looking at the website there is also a 178 but it will be designed for people a fair bit taller and heavier.
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Thanks carroz, - quite interesting ; esp the very small feet situation
Bindings on both skis are at the waist / narrowest point
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