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Billek
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Last week I took my first pair of skis which were 70 cm Rossis from the 80's. They were so small I could spin a 3 on the ground without trying hard. They were kina fun to ski on because there were like 3" of tail because i had to put the back binding back incredibly far to fit my boot and I skied doing a tail press the whole time. The only broblem was the bindings were bad and even with the din cranked up full I would double eject EVERY time I spun off a jump. Well, I must have lookes stupid doing it, but it was fun has anyone else tried this?
Mar 2 2006 7:36AM
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Dieter1080
Posts: 244 - Karma: 66
i skied ancient rossi's 210cm with 2 bindings on each ski, fun as hell but very difficult to control (2 skiers on one pair of ski's) didn't try to jump on them, let alone spin
Mar 2 2006 3:33PM
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yellav
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ha so you basically took out long blades
Mar 2 2006 3:34PM
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ThaLetterM.
Posts: 8609 - Karma: 1,613
if u wanna buy some skis i have shitty old ones volkl karmas 147's bombproof 80$ with bindings.
Mar 2 2006 3:41PM
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bass_munkie
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actually i'm pretty sure blades are like 90cm?!

so like short blades
Mar 2 2006 3:41PM
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Edward.
Posts: 9366 - Karma: 445
ive skiied on blades my first year of skiing, its easier to do that and then to use skis
Mar 2 2006 3:43PM
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Edward.
Posts: 9366 - Karma: 445
yes i have believe it or not, please dont hate me
it was about 2 years ago
Mar 2 2006 3:47PM
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yellav
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sorry i didnt know the exact length of blades?
Mar 2 2006 3:54PM
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campbell12
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that sounds incredibley fun.
Mar 2 2006 4:18PM
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Billek
Posts: 5665 - Karma: 98
They werent blades, they were the first pair of skis I ever got, which were bought used in 1995.
Mar 2 2006 7:11PM
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R.Fahey
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i do it every so often, but i go the other way. i s/ki these 199 cm K2 Missiles.... like brand new. They're my friend's dad's, and they've only been skied 7 times i think. sooo fun.
Mar 2 2006 7:55PM
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=nick=
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i bet those plow through everything
Mar 2 2006 8:10PM
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jayamait
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yah i've been meaning to take out my 201 dynamics. yah they're pretty sweet.
Mar 2 2006 8:12PM
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Dieter1080
Posts: 244 - Karma: 66
and from time to time i take out my 205cm rossi race ski's for fun, now they are hard to spin with
Mar 3 2006 6:25AM
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