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Light boots and wide skis. What is the limit?
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GrimSurfer
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Re: Light boots and wide skis. What is the limit?
We dreamed of riding waves of air, water, snow, and energy for centuries. When the conditions were right, the things we needed to achieve this came into being. Every idea man has ever had up to that point about time and space were changed. And it keeps on changing whenever we dream. Bio mechanical jazz, man.
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lowangle al
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Re: Light boots and wide skis. What is the limit?
I was doing some turns yesterday and I don't think there is any difference in what is going on from my hips down. At some point during the turn I'm getting square to the fall line. Since these are more of a long radius turn, being square to the hill is less important than with short radius turns.Montana St Alum wrote: ↑Wed Dec 21, 2022 1:52 pmI agree the physics of the ski as it turns is fairly constant.
Whatever you do with your body to make it happen, is valid, for sure.
My son in Alaska insists on planting his right pole to turn left and his left pole to turn right.
If I could ski the terrain he skis, I'd give him a hard time for that outrage.
I settle for telling everyone he's adopted.
My wife was backwards with her poles too but she's gotten it straightened out now.
Re: Light boots and wide skis. What is the limit?
Would a shorter wide ski be easier to turn with leather boots than a longer ski in the same width?
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GrimSurfer
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Re: Light boots and wide skis. What is the limit?
Possibly. Camber can play a role too.
We dreamed of riding waves of air, water, snow, and energy for centuries. When the conditions were right, the things we needed to achieve this came into being. Every idea man has ever had up to that point about time and space were changed. And it keeps on changing whenever we dream. Bio mechanical jazz, man.
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lowangle al
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Re: Light boots and wide skis. What is the limit?
In soft snow I would think so, but their limiting factor would still be the ability to get them on edge on firm stuff.
Camber definitely has an effect, on tracking especially. My traditional cambered Voile Insane tracks better than my similar sized Voile Charger that has considerable rocker. I also think the Vector would track better than the V6 with a light boot, at least that's what my wife feels in her T4s.