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SideCut Radius???

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Suited-n-Booted
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I was looking at the Line website at the sidecut radius. What is the sidecut radius and how is it measured?? What kind of side cut do i want for east hills with ice?

May 10 2005 10:44PM
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epimitheus
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sidecut is the amount of shape to a ski, the more sidecut, the more of a pronounced "hourglass shape" the ski has. basically, with shaped skis, the sidecut is a section of an arc, and that arc makes a circle. a ski with more side cut will create a smaller arc, and thus a circle with a smaller radius. this is how sidecut is commonly measured; turn radius. In simple turns, a ski with more sidecut/smaller turning radius will be better suited to smaller quicker turns, whilst a ski with less sidecut/larger turning radius will be better suited to larger sweeping turns.

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May 10 2005 10:55PM
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