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Salomon foils: not for rails?

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SalomonSkier1330
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yo i just took my skis back to da store b/c the bindings were cracked and the store guy trys to tell me that the foils aren't made for the rails??? does this make sense to anyone???
Feb 9 2006 3:40PM
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johanblaze
Posts: 4987 - Karma: 345
yeah it makes sense. the guys at your shop are fucking morons.
Feb 9 2006 3:41PM
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Pman13a
Posts: 3800 - Karma: 452
your bindings?
Feb 9 2006 3:44PM
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SalomonSkier1330
Posts: 96 - Karma: 10
yea the base of the binding was cracked, but he noticed som cracked edges too
Feb 9 2006 3:47PM
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PoleySkier
Posts: 1331 - Karma: 96
when i lookeed at them the edges did seen pretty thin
Feb 9 2006 3:48PM
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InfernoHits
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no skis are REALLY meant for rails, thats why rail damage isn't covered on warrenty.
Feb 9 2006 4:01PM
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SalomonSkier1330
Posts: 96 - Karma: 10
oic
Feb 13 2006 8:54PM
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lpskier5
Posts: 883 - Karma: 118
disasters and 270's on and shit where you land on the rail is more likely to fuck em up.
Feb 13 2006 9:22PM
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FUUUCK
Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,889
foils are made for snow
Feb 13 2006 9:26PM
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PoleySkier
Posts: 1331 - Karma: 96
i rely want a pair but would they hold up on rails as well as other park skis
Feb 13 2006 9:41PM
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HiTz
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he said his bindings r cracked though not the skis
Feb 13 2006 9:42PM
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PoleySkier
Posts: 1331 - Karma: 96
my chronics hold up super well on rails the edges are pretty beefy
Feb 13 2006 10:09PM
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lastxlight
Posts: 1611 - Karma: 10
I know a few people who hit rails on foils, and like it
Feb 14 2006 1:43AM
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KeegLove
Posts: 10166 - Karma: 55
thats a BLATENT lie and you know it these skis were made for rails.

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Feb 14 2006 2:08AM
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pie
Posts: 205 - Karma: 10
those are sweet. dot hey have a jet engine on the base so you can float over rails
Feb 14 2006 5:22AM
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Afen
Posts: 461 - Karma: 106
dude the t-halls are made for rails, they have rounded edges on the underfoot
Feb 14 2006 8:14AM
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DHogg
Posts: 3462 - Karma: 237
then why does it void the warranty?
Feb 14 2006 1:33PM
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skibum06
Posts: 55 - Karma: 10
legal loophole...ski manufacturers know that, when they make twins that kids are gonna hit rails with them but they also know that eventually its gonna destroy the ski, they don't want to pay for rail destroyed skis all the time. If they didn't cover their ass like they do then they would have massive profit loss due to warrenteing fucked up skis.
Feb 14 2006 1:46PM
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mcsean
Posts: 844 - Karma: 20
Salomon edges are crazy thin... Definitely not ideal for rails.


On the other hand, Armadas, K2's, Lines, etc ARE built to be ridden on rails. That is why they are always emphasizing how they have fat edges. The fat edges help, but if you hit rails often your edges will crack, plain and simple and that's why it isn't covered under warranty.
Feb 14 2006 2:23PM
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espen^R
Posts: 2330 - Karma: 192
therefore I got the 07 Troublemakers
Mar 3 2006 5:56PM
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IskiCandide22
Posts: 172 - Karma: 10
Yea people at ski shops piss me off. I snapped the core of my dogans and the guy in the ski shop trys to tell me that these skis arnt made for the things us kids do on them. Then y do they advertise it.
Mar 3 2006 6:07PM
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SkiMN
Posts: 4005 - Karma: 38
Foils are probably as good on rails as anything, no ski is gonna hold up perfectly on them, and from my experience with three seperate pairs of skis, salomons are bombproof.

We threw my shitty all mountain type non-twin thingers at a friggin electricla box at our mountain, the ones for the snowamkers, hoping to break the ski, the metal lid of the box busted clean off, skis are good as new. Salomon Verse 7
Mar 3 2006 10:40PM
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Anathema
Posts: 21048 - Karma: 5,061
most companys will void your warranty if you take the skis on rails, unless you're extremely lucky. you can't just take them out, slam them around on metal objects, and complain that there was a manufacturer's defect (which is what warrantying your skis is). same applies to bindings
Mar 3 2006 11:04PM
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*SNOWPRO*
Posts: 230 - Karma: 10
I have a pair of verse 8 and they held up good. I demoed the foils and hated them. Too light for me which caused a very bumpy ride. I could hardly turn the damn skis to hit a jump
May 26 2006 12:29AM
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Mr_Bojangles
Posts: 2585 - Karma: 16
^That ski fuckin owns, I've skied the RC4 and the RX9, both solid skis built for speed and carving through anything, even tree stumps
May 26 2006 5:22AM
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