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Center mount or not?

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marik
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i ski about 50% park and about 50% all mountain. where i normally ski is a small bump in southern WI the skis that im looking at buying are either 06 scratch fs in 167 or 168 watevr the size is or 06 karmas in 169
Nov 6 2005 3:27PM
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TheProfitSkier
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no way center mount. i say mount around +4
Nov 6 2005 5:34PM
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k2riderz
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me i would mount it in the center...
Nov 6 2005 5:47PM
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japanada
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you ski GG. you wont ever ski powder around here often enouhg, GG sucks. Im assuming u will be in the park, then YES center mount.
Nov 6 2005 5:57PM
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zepscratch
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there cant be much all mtn in wisconson so center mount them
Nov 6 2005 6:04PM
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eastAR5
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dead center
Nov 6 2005 6:06PM
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dorikin
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not. Those will be like snowblades.
Nov 6 2005 7:16PM
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DHogg
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yes centre mount. Core centre might be better but definately centre.
Nov 6 2005 7:21PM
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japanada
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he skis at fucking grand geneva.a hill about 20mins away from IL!!! The hill has less than 200ft of vertical. We dont get "pow" days there. The longest run takes 5 secs to go down. the biggest chair is a double. the park has PVC rails and shitty jumps!! GO CENTER.
Nov 6 2005 7:29PM
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Ryno
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we ski ontario man...same shit.

i think anything less then 70 percent park shouldnt be centered...forward from trandition mount but not centered
Nov 6 2005 7:38PM
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marik
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there isnt a whole lot of downhill but it consits more of chasing friends around the mountain in huge games of tag or something, but i do about 70% carving forward, and 30% carving switch on the "mountain" outside the park currently i have 1080s mounted normal so i didnt know if true center would be a big difference
Nov 11 2005 11:45PM
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japanada
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my skis r center and i still carve fine. ive ran race courses w/ them w/o a prob
Nov 12 2005 3:36AM
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marik
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center as in core or true?
Nov 12 2005 10:20AM
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marik
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well since we dont have a big use for switch carving except for fun, the jumps you dont need to really carve into, so prolly forward carving, but if core center makes forward carving a little more challenging thats ok, ill still have a pair of twins mounted at the normal spot so i could always use them if i wanted to just carve for a while
Nov 12 2005 11:15AM
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japanada
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thats the way to go.
Nov 12 2005 11:22AM
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D-40
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you are really starting to piss me off. you have no idea what the conditions are like in the midwest and you still give somebody WHO LIVES IN THE SAME FUCKING PLACE shit for giving advice that would be better than yours because he acually has experience. dont talk so much shit you arent the einstein of the skiing industry you dont know as much as you think you do
Nov 12 2005 2:05PM
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japanada
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thanks fo rbacking me up. Its not like outwest. You can ski 1/10 mile long runs fine center mounted.
Nov 12 2005 2:11PM
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marik
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ill prolly go core center, then i can ski switch better than i can now with my 1080s mounted normal, but ill keep the 10's for days out of the park
Nov 12 2005 2:32PM
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japanada
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good idea. chances are that you will end up rocking the center mounted skis outside one the groomers too. Maybe ill see you at GG this season.
Nov 12 2005 2:52PM
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marik
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if ur at grand much, ill have some lime 1080s from 03 (i think im the only kid with them) i prolly wont get the karmas until after the season around he so i can use them in Co over spring break
Nov 12 2005 3:00PM
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nothanks
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I'd say +3cm. A little forward is always nice.
Nov 12 2005 3:08PM
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=nick=
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i ski like 40% park and 60% groomers/allmountain
can i mount my tm's between center and designated spot?
Nov 13 2005 10:53PM
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marik
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prolly but im not the one to ask
Nov 13 2005 10:58PM
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bikerocker
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hey man, wisconsin skiing doesn't reqiure any serious highspeed carving, if you plan on rails and spinning, go center, the penalty for that is small on a small hill whre you won't be on very long runs, because odds are you get a few turns per run. if you don't plan on doing rails, mount them regular or a hair forward.
Nov 14 2005 1:06AM
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Public_Maverick
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if you like to ski all mountain switch, then you should centre mounte them
Nov 14 2005 9:57AM
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SBP
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he said it perfectly. i would probably go centered tho.
Nov 14 2005 10:13AM
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=nick=
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thanks
Nov 14 2005 5:00PM
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