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Rockered skis are the future - confirmed!
As I suspected, a properly rockered ski (in this case Rossignol S7)
blows paleo-skis out of the water in just about any conditions. I've skied my pair now for 4 days and I'm positively amazed - I knew they would kick ass in all kinds of soft snow but their behaviour in the steep/hard took me by surprise. How can a ski which is 117mm under the boot feel this good on hardpack? I skied some +35 degree couloirs on hard (but non-icy) conditions and these things kicked ass. It's even possible to make carving turns with these things if necessary. I suspect the ~1 meter effective edge (188cm - tip&tail rocker) makes the bite so dependable. Kick-ass!!! On soft snow these things were sooo much better than old-school skis which have tips that need to be "driven"...I was just surfing through steep places with dodgy soft snow while observing that my (luddite) friends were struggling, even though they are strong skiers! I've seen the future and it looks helluva good!! Booyah!! |
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Rockered skis are the future - confirmed!
On 1/10/11 9:41 AM, Evojeesus wrote:
I've seen the future and it looks helluva good!! Booyah!! I've heard that there are companies making this deal with two skis and a cogged rubber belt - you can even get it with a gas engine. They say it'll go anywhere and no skill at all is needed from the rider. Maybe that's the wave of the next future after your future? |
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Rockered skis are the future - confirmed!
On Jan 10, 11:12*am, lal_truckee wrote:
On 1/10/11 9:41 AM, Evojeesus wrote: I've seen the future and it looks helluva good!! Booyah!! I've heard that there are companies making this deal with two skis and a cogged rubber belt - you can even get it with a gas engine. They say it'll go anywhere and no skill at all is needed from the rider. Maybe that's the wave of the next future after your future? We can't have anyone being better at something than anyone else can we? Think what that would do to their self esteem ! Oh the horror !! I'm going to get one of those new ball and driver combo's. All you have to do is hit the ball and it goes in the hole. So as you see, it's still a sport. You have to hit the ball. Once I have one of those I'll be going professional. I'll be 52 under every game !!!!!! |
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Rockered skis are the future - confirmed!
On Jan 10, 7:23*pm, pigo wrote:
On Jan 10, 11:12*am, lal_truckee wrote: On 1/10/11 9:41 AM, Evojeesus wrote: I've seen the future and it looks helluva good!! Booyah!! I've heard that there are companies making this deal with two skis and a cogged rubber belt - you can even get it with a gas engine. They say it'll go anywhere and no skill at all is needed from the rider. Maybe that's the wave of the next future after your future? We can't have anyone being better at something than anyone else can we? Think what that would do to their self esteem ! Oh the horror !! Hey hotshot you think modern equipment obliterates skill differences?? Think again please I'm going to get one of those new ball and driver combo's. All you have to do is hit the ball and it goes in the hole. So as you see, it's still a sport. You have to hit the ball. Once I have one of those I'll be going professional. I'll be 52 under every game !!!!!! If you and Mr. Truckee are so hell-bent on complicating skiing by using stupid equipment, why don't you just ****ing change to telemarking?? Fixing the heel is such a cop-out you bunch of losers! Hah! Reasonable people seek challenges from the terrain, not from their equipment. If you're not being challenged, seek bigger and steeper runs goddammit! |
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Rockered skis are the future - confirmed!
On Jan 10, 11:45*am, Evojeesus wrote:
LOL |
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Rockered skis are the future - confirmed!
On 01/10/2011 01:45 PM, Evojeesus wrote:
On Jan 10, 7:23 pm, wrote: On Jan 10, 11:12 am, wrote: On 1/10/11 9:41 AM, Evojeesus wrote: I've seen the future and it looks helluva good!! Booyah!! (snip) heh Chain jerked... |
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Rockered skis are the future - confirmed!
On 1/10/11 10:45 AM, Evojeesus wrote:
Fixing the heel is such a cop-out you bunch of losers! Oh, the horror. We really thought we were onto something when they invented those hook-like doohickeys that you screwed into your wood ski on the sidewall a couple of inches in front of the heel. You could slip your front-throw binding cable into the hooks on each side and holy cow your heel would be more or less held down. Made skiing so much easier, it felt like cheating. Next thing you know, Head started making these metal lam skis and things were ruined forever. I stayed with wood skis until I pulled the toe binding screws out in 1966 - I still have that pair, mounted on the cabin wall. |
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Rockered skis are the future - confirmed!
On Jan 10, 10:23*am, pigo wrote:
On Jan 10, 11:12*am, lal_truckee wrote: On 1/10/11 9:41 AM, Evojeesus wrote: I've seen the future and it looks helluva good!! Booyah!! I've heard that there are companies making this deal with two skis and a cogged rubber belt - you can even get it with a gas engine. They say it'll go anywhere and no skill at all is needed from the rider. Maybe that's the wave of the next future after your future? We can't have anyone being better at something than anyone else can we? Think what that would do to their self esteem ! Oh the horror !! Geez, Tranny Boob, maybe they would become stalking cowards who lie to the cops and spew **** on the internet because they are complete pussies who wear diapers!!!! Think about how low YOUR self esteem has to be at the moment, considering how much we laughed at you today when you didn't have the balls to show up at the Canyons, you dickless coward. |
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Rockered skis are the future - confirmed!
On Jan 10, 10:45*am, Evojeesus wrote:
On Jan 10, 7:23*pm, pigo wrote: On Jan 10, 11:12*am, lal_truckee wrote: On 1/10/11 9:41 AM, Evojeesus wrote: I've seen the future and it looks helluva good!! Booyah!! I've heard that there are companies making this deal with two skis and a cogged rubber belt - you can even get it with a gas engine. They say it'll go anywhere and no skill at all is needed from the rider. Maybe that's the wave of the next future after your future? We can't have anyone being better at something than anyone else can we? Think what that would do to their self esteem ! Oh the horror !! Hey hotshot you think modern equipment obliterates skill differences?? Think again please No, he thinks he is a hotshot and he clings to the notion that being a good skier makes him manly. Of course, everyone here knows that he is perhaps the least manly pussy in a newsgroup full of pussies. He pppppppuuuuuussssssiiiiiieeeeeedddddd out today, as I am in the neighborhood and gave him a month's notice I would be skiing the Canyons. I'm going to get one of those new ball and driver combo's. All you have to do is hit the ball and it goes in the hole. So as you see, it's still a sport. You have to hit the ball. Once I have one of those I'll be going professional. I'll be 52 under every game !!!!!! If you and Mr. Truckee are so hell-bent on complicating skiing by using stupid equipment, why don't you just ****ing change to telemarking?? Fixing the heel is such a cop-out you bunch of losers! Hah! You rock. Those luddite assholes confuse manliness with using old equipment, when everybody knows what pathetic lying piece of **** cowards they are. Reasonable people seek challenges from the terrain, not from their equipment. If you're not being challenged, seek bigger and steeper runs goddammit! Reasonable people are not pathological liars. Dickless Bob Thompson had a challenge today to man up and call me a child molester to my face a half hour away from his home. And we all know that Diaper Bob crapped his pants at the mere thought of doing so. |
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Rockered skis are the future - confirmed!
On Jan 10, 12:32*pm, pigo wrote:
On Jan 10, 11:45*am, Evojeesus wrote: LOL Geez, idiot, when somebody calls you on your bull****, is that all you can do? ****, you a truly stupid dumb****. |
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