Y hate foam Cores?

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^word, that sums it up for all you foam core bashing homophobes out there that fear change, sure salomon fucked up the first time round, but at least they put their balls on the line in the name of progress...

if you've skied salomon and don't like em, fair enough, but 'skied' and 'salomon' are the key words, don't just go round dissing em coz it's the 'in' thing to do

Mar 10 2006 10:44PM

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How so? What proof do you see in Salomons line of a copy of the Prophet? The binding? Your argument is completely invalid.

Also, there are no 1260s this year, and the teneighty doesnt exist in one ski anymore, its a series.

Crawl out from under your rock and realize that Salomon makes good skis and puts ridiculous sums of money into this industry every year.

Mar 11 2006 12:11AM

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Thank you, im glad that im not the only person on this site that likes salomon skis. i would take the thrusteres any day over my scratches.

Mar 11 2006 12:15AM

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You made this thread worth reading for 3 weeks. I love salomon. I rode the vincent dorian pro models and the spaceframes and loved them. Changed to a wood core ski and broke it in 2 months. Sure i could have broken the salomons but i didnt. Salomon skis kick ass and people just dont want them to cuz they are a huge buisness. Screw all u people who hate salomon. There skis kick ass and there riding team proves it. No other ski company can compair to the team that they have, sure it might be part money but they cant do the shit they do on a piece of shit. they ride them for a reason. And i rode them for the same reasons and i have to pay to ride them. Thats y the dumonts are gona be on my feet next season.

Mar 12 2006 10:17PM

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im looking into these as well
i have no idea the sidecut though couldn't find it at all

Mar 12 2006 10:22PM

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^word, props to all you salomon supporters out there

Mar 12 2006 10:37PM

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As long as you dont weigh like over 190 foam is fine. Weight is really the big problem.

Mar 13 2006 1:47PM

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NOBODY i have known skiing thrusters or foils has had one complaint

Mar 13 2006 2:05PM

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Ive got a bud who skis foils at 210 and has no problems. The foam core is not bad at all.

Mar 13 2006 8:24PM

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finally. why the hell doesneveryone think they are doing wood? the only wood ski in the salomon line up is the X-wing that is 101 under foot

Mar 13 2006 9:13PM

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^thankyou, salomon will stick with foam because foam works

Mar 14 2006 9:08AM

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i have the 1080s andthere sooo nice. ive ridden like 50 days this season so i can tell that they r softer, but my friend has this years fujatives and he is noticing the same thing. mine r lighter tho and have mad pop!

Mar 14 2006 9:22AM

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Every ski looses pop. My 4frnt stl's were non flexable when i first rode them. now they are just as loose as any salomon ski ive ever been on. Its something u have to deal with when u ski. Its always gona happen and when a way is developed to stop if from happening i garante salomon is the name on the ski.

Mar 14 2006 9:18PM

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i snapped my atomic tweaks in half thats y foam cores suck it was pretty funny though when it happened

Mar 14 2006 10:38PM

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You broke your atomic tweaks because they suck ass. Foam cores are not bad. U will very seldom see a salomon ski snapped in half.

Mar 18 2006 1:18AM

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i just dont like how 1080's or thrusters have a backwards flew with the tail really soft and the tip stiff.. doesnt make sense to me and ive tried there skis and binding s and just dont really like how they ride or look im not hateing onthem for foam cores .. although i dont like them.. and i dont like their binding much either becuase you have to fiddle with them way to much where as my look p 10's feel way more reliable and you dont have to adjust them

Mar 18 2006 10:42AM

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I don't like foam cores because of the loss in rebound compared to woodcores, actually that's wy i don't like atomics ass well (shitty rebound).

it's all about the snappy, playfull ski's

Mar 18 2006 1:50PM

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Ummmm rebound is the same as pop and camber yo. Every ski will loose them. Read other posts befor u write something.

Mar 24 2006 8:29PM

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Compared to wood, foam compacts alot easier, and to lesser forces.

What causes a ski to lose its pop is the constant compacting and expansiion of whatever is in the core. Inherent with this is the fact that salomons flatout lose there rebound faster than a wood cored ski currently. Eventualy, everyski will be some sort of composite core. Right now however the lamination techniques are still shit and don't allow for that to happen, and still have the same performance over time that a wood core ski will have.

If you want something like and snappy, get bamboo cored skis, not foam.

Mar 24 2006 9:07PM

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^word, at least salomon and other big companies are thinking outside the box and moving the sport forward

Mar 24 2006 9:17PM

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Why would you waste money like that if you could bye ones that would last several years?

Mar 24 2006 10:10PM

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salomon should die

Mar 24 2006 10:59PM

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^salomon thinks you should die

Mar 25 2006 3:03AM

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salomon is always a year behind everyone else, they had sarah burke on there team for quite a while but they didnt make a womans ski until a year after every other company in the industry.

and if you heard mike douglas salomon is making a new mega fat skito compete with the prophet, sumo, thug etc. i highly doubt salomon would ever make such a ski if pollard never came up with the prophet.

and you cant deny that salomon snowblades were produced after line started making skiboards.

as for the 1260, from what ive been led to believe the 1260 was made before the 1080 but salomon put it into production earlier.

and dont think about playing the binding card because im not going to defend line bindings, its a great idea to have one binding and several skis, but it was doomed from the begining, you cant make money doing that.

also salomon originally is a binding company, and most people can regognize a salomon binding without a second thought so salomon surely would'nt change their whole design just because another company has a better binding.

oh yeah, im more than aware the 1260 no longer exists, you dont have to point that out, i was just comparing similar skis with different core so i dont understand that aspect of your argument.

on a final note ofcourse salomon is pumping truck loads of cash into this industry, why wouldnt they? they making boat loads of money off theyre twin tips,
they want to keep this industry growing so they can make more money. i mean if i owned a logging company wouldnt i support the logging industry? my point is that it is in fact your argument that is invalid (on most fronts at least)

Mar 25 2006 10:42AM

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binding concept***

Mar 25 2006 10:46AM

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oh and i cant forget simon dumonts pro model which i supposed too be good for buttering, it took salomon this long to make a ski thats good for buttering?

not that im saying the 1080 isnt good for buttering, but its wasnt designed for it

Mar 25 2006 11:59AM

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that seriously had to be one of the stupidest things ive seen on this site.^

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