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Tail width
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Please can someone give me a quick explanation about tail width?

Specifically, what is the difference between a ski with a big sidecut i.e. very 'waisted' and one with the same tip and waist dimensions as the first ski but with a narrower tail.

Thank you Smile
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sarah, Probably be others who can do this better but a narrower rear tail is called a pin tail. Makes the turn easier to exit and release than a wider tail, but you don't get so much of a carved turn locked in sensation.

I found a whole thread on it on TGR...if you dare go there......!!

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php/194944-Pintail-Skis-What-differences
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carroz, thanks! Will have a good read. I dare go there but I daren't post there, I'd be toast Skullie Laughing
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carroz, I've read it, it's interesting but they seem to be talking about fattish skis and so I don't know if all the same applies to the skis I'm thinking about which are junior piste performance/detuned race type skis. Basically got a few skis under consideration for my son, some are very waisted and some the tail seems a good bit narrower than the others e.g. 20mm difference tip to tail.
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sarah, on most/all skis the tails are narrower than the tips. Off the top of my head I can't think of any that have the same size at each end.
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Mosha Marc, thanks, I wasn't meaning I expected them to be the same width tip and tail, more about the differences between those which are more curved compared to those which are narrower in the tail.

Something about the narrower ones being easier to exit the turn, easier to change the radius, bit more versatile perhaps? But then less easy to carve? What else?
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sarah, the same principles apply. The pin will be easier to release from the turn as the tail will not hook up so easily. I have a pair of elan apex and some older watea 88, same tip and centre, tails differ by 9mm i think, same length, the elan is the narrower and has a longer GS feel on piste compared to the wateas, they are easier in bumps as well. The 3d shape of the tail will have an effect as well.
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carroz, thanks for that, appreciated Smile
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Was a fad to help turning shape by having wide tail, this made the skier hang on to the turn shape as the tail would not allow quick changes of edge or direction, died with the Walkman.
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