 Poster: A snowHead
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On a long gliding downhill for instance Val Gardena what edge angles and sharpness is suggested?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Cynic, I'd always opt for taking mine to a three degree angle. You don't notice any difference until you start hitting real hard pack and grey ice. It's your base angle which determines how quickly the edge engages as you edge the ski. Most people like 1 degree, I prefer 0.75.
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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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Cynic, If you want some Full World Cup Downhill skis ready to go let me know. Have a lot of Atomic 215's for sale. All direct from the Atomic factory and fast! All at 87 deg edge angle and 0.5 base angle. PM me if you're interested.
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My SG skis are nowadays set to 5 degrees on side (had to change my old file holder, and got new one from friend, and since all his racers skis are 5 degrees, he had just those, so all my skis are now 5 degree on side), and 0.5 on base. I guess SG skis could qualify as DH skis for "normal" people  Side angle doesn't really matter for normal skiing, and noone will notice if it's 3 or 5 or even more. Only difference is, that on injected courses, 5 or 6 degree works better, but it also lasts less. For normal snow, noone will see difference, even top WC racers.
Base angle is different. And for SG skis, I rather have a bit more space (my SL and GS skis are set to 0.2), since last thing you would wish is for ski to hookup at 120km/h, when going straight  But thing is these angles are pretty small, and skis catch edge really fast, so normally I would suggest bigger (at least 0.5, but more likely 0.75-1 degree) for normal, non-racing skiers.
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