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ilovetoskiatalta

ilovetoskiatalta

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BobBitchen said:
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how snowboards should be used...lol
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@BobBitchen you know looking at this pic made me think about ski widths. I had Rossi S7 that were fine in pow but absolutely sketchy blasting back to lift and they are pretty wide(188 cm, 145 /115/123). My Kastle BMX 118 is 184cm 139/118/128 and it rips everything. I ski it even just dust on crust all the way to waist deep. I also thought back on one of favorite skis, like my Fischer vacuum RC4SL (I must have had three or four pairs) or my Volkl p20 rs and my Volkl p40 sl. Amazing how much this equipment has changed.
 
DarkWeb

DarkWeb

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ilovetoskiatalta said:
@BobBitchen you know looking at this pic made me think about ski widths. I had Rossi S7 that were fine in pow but absolutely sketchy blasting back to lift and they are pretty wide(188 cm, 145 /115/123). My Kastle BMX 118 is 184cm 139/118/128 and it rips everything. I ski it even just dust on crust all the way to waist deep. I also thought back on one of favorite skis, like my Fischer vacuum RC4SL (I must have had three or four pairs) or my Volkl p20 rs and my Volkl p40 sl. Amazing how much this equipment has changed.
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Snowboarding changed it. For the better......I was a skier that went to mostly boards in the mid 90's....because you could carve. But that's when skis started to catch-up.

I have a set of BMX 88's awesome skis. Definitely one of my favorites. I also have the fischer vac rangers. Great boot.
 
ilovetoskiatalta

ilovetoskiatalta

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DarkWeb said:
Snowboarding changed it. For the better......I was a skier that went to mostly boards in the mid 90's....because you could carve. But that's when skis started to catch-up.

I have a set of BMX 88's awesome skis. Definitely one of my favorites. I also have the fischer vac rangers. Great boot.
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@DarkWeb I have a pair of BMX 84 which is a nice front side ski. It likes to turn but my older Volkl Mantras(tip rocker only version) and my Blizzard Bonnifide 180(thanks @BobBitchen for finding them) are my daily skis. This year will be interesting for sure. Building a press is a big undertaking. Building the jig is another story. I can't begin to think about what width at shovel waist or tail i would want. Then factor in the taper, too many good versions to choose. I remember buying a pair of 4FRNT Hoji thinking I would love them...skied them six days and sold them on TGR site. I like a ski that can carve. I am not into this "throw your heels out" type of "turn". No disrespect to the Hoji boss.
 
DarkWeb

DarkWeb

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ilovetoskiatalta said:
@DarkWeb I have a pair of BMX 84 which is a nice front side ski. It likes to turn but my older Volkl Mantras(tip rocker only version) and my Blizzard Bonnifide 180(thanks @BobBitchen for finding them) are my daily skis. This year will be interesting for sure. Building a press is a big undertaking. Building the jig is another story. I can't begin to think about what width at shovel waist or tail i would want. Then factor in the taper, too many good versions to choose. I remember buying a pair of 4FRNT Hoji thinking I would love them...skied them six days and sold them on TGR site. I like a ski that can carve. I am not into this "throw your heels out" type of "turn". No disrespect to the Hoji boss.
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Those 84's are fun.

Yeah a lot of thought goes into building. The grain orientation in the core, thickness of the strips. Then glass layup and weight of the glass.....other layup material....metal, carbon. When I first started looking into it I got hooked on learning......so much influences the way it skis.
 
DarkWeb

DarkWeb

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BobBitchen said:
I have the Hero ST, it's probably the most fun ski in my quiver, been my morning groomer ski for the last few yrs
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I think my bmx 88's are the closest I have to a groomer ski atm.....that I would use. I have a lot of skis.....lol have a pair of atomic arc gs 201's as gate stops on my chicken coop :P
 
ilovetoskiatalta

ilovetoskiatalta

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DarkWeb said:
I think my bmx 88's are the closest I have to a groomer ski atm.....that I would use. I have a lot of skis.....lol have a pair of atomic arc gs 201's as gate stops on my chicken coop :P
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I have a 200cm volkl p40 gs with a undrilled EPS plate just sitting in my garage. The ski was mis drilled so i mounted the eps and never did anything with them. I have a pair of race stock MRR with the "full spectrum" ohhhhh fuck as you kick your ski in the middle of a zipper lineIMG_8458.jpgIMG_8459.jpg that i could mount NOS lol.
 
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