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skierdude67
Posts: 109 - Karma: 10
hey i have access to both the 1080 171 and 161, i busted the 161, im 5-7' and want somthign center mounted, iv heard that the 161 are too short, what shoudl i do?
Feb 18 2003 9:42AM
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morbumps4me
Posts: 643 - Karma: 11
your question is very unlcear....i would help you if i could, but you make no sense. Are you asking.....are the 1080 center mounted?? Or should I get the 171.
Feb 18 2003 10:15AM
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skierdude67
Posts: 109 - Karma: 10
sorry, im saying which of the two would be bettr to center mount or at leastmove the bindings up, im 5-7' and im not sure if the 161s would be to short
shit, i landed on my head agian
Feb 18 2003 10:24AM
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morbumps4me
Posts: 643 - Karma: 11
Hey skierdud, i sent you a message. Write back.......I and others are glad to help.
Feb 18 2003 11:11AM
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rwkobs
Posts: 286 - Karma: 10
Why are you center mounting a ski?? Skis turn retarded when they are center mounted. Besides, twins are mounted more forward anyway and it won't really help that much spinning.
Feb 18 2003 2:40PM
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NoTeefa
Posts: 9566 - Karma: 129
the reason they center mount twins is to give you more stability on landings and increased turning ability while skiing fakie.

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Feb 18 2003 6:36PM
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EmcEEmahEm
Posts: 466 - Karma: 10
I would never allow a friend to center mount a ski designed non-center. The binding mounting point is put at a specific place on the ski because that's where the sidecut is centered.

Pretty much any of today's twins will have plenty of tail to take off/land switch comfortably.

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Feb 18 2003 8:33PM
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zeckgx
Posts: 794 - Karma: 30
yo my 1260's are center mounted 164's an i am 5'8' they are smoking. i spin like no other and rails are like a dream. turning is not that hard it takes like two runs to get use to it
Feb 19 2003 11:16AM
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FsJon
Posts: 223 - Karma: 17
only center mount the ski if the factory recommand it other wise you will be not be riding on the ski's true radius and therefore making the ski 'park only'.
Feb 19 2003 11:22AM
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EmcEEmahEm
Posts: 466 - Karma: 10
Depends on what year 1260s they are, they used to be designed to be a center-mounted ski.


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Feb 19 2003 2:56PM
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epimitheus
Posts: 1256 - Karma: 9
i have 178 concepts. and the stock mounting setting is perfect. lots of tail, lots of tip.

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Feb 19 2003 3:33PM
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Howell
Posts: 444 - Karma: 10
my friend center mounted his skis himself, and rivited his own skis, they look so ghetto and the bidings make it look even better, haha i dunno if it helps with skiing but center mounting improves gridgin stability like crazy
Feb 19 2003 4:00PM
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Whistlermann
Posts: 4048 - Karma: 12
Don't mount a ski in the center unless it is designed for it... and dude why do you have 161s... you are 5'7... you sould have 171 1080s... (which is pushing it for shortness... 175 ski would be better) and then you should have a pow ski like a 178 BC scratch or a 175 Pocket Rocket or sumthing
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Feb 19 2003 4:02PM
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morbumps4me
Posts: 643 - Karma: 11
I will forever stick by my thought that people should always mount the ski to where the line on the ski is put......where the ski is designed for the bindings to be mounted. Whistlerman, I know you know that height doesn't make a difference in what thier ski selection is......don't you?? It seems that this type of discussion always comes up and we always come to the conclusion that weight, type of skiing terrain, speed.......etc. are all MUCH bigger factors than height. What if he's 5'7' 110. Then you gonna put him on a 171? NOPE
Feb 19 2003 5:50PM
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east
Posts: 1073 - Karma: 94
i center mounted 10's and they work 10x better
Feb 19 2003 6:27PM
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3ski6guy0
Posts: 9201 - Karma: 132
ya, i center mounted my concepts, if by center mounting u mean equal amount of space between the toe-tip and back-tail, then ya, i love it, i think it helps a lot skiing switch, do pros center mount?

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Feb 19 2003 7:20PM
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rwkobs
Posts: 286 - Karma: 10
If you guys are centermounting a ski that isn't supposed to be, you are destined to stay in the park. Taking the ski other places is going to be trouble. You are increasing your chance of having the tail not release from a turn, which in a fall can fuck up your knee.

Also, I have never seen a pro mount their bindings away from the sidecut center. Just look at the US FS Open stuff on this site, and you will see that.
Feb 19 2003 8:47PM
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morbumps4me
Posts: 643 - Karma: 11
This guy is right, if you're gonna center mount a ski then that ski is useless to the rest of the hill. If you can afford 2 useless pairs of skis then by all means....go for it. But todays skis (like the 1080, Scratch etc.) are designed to satisfy both requests.
Feb 20 2003 2:19PM
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OReJow
Posts: 1739 - Karma: 9
a lot of pros mount 2-5cm forward.... but not center. don't center mount skis.

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Feb 20 2003 2:23PM
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corkscrewski720
Posts: 251 - Karma: 13
id say center mount the 171's

Feb 20 2003 7:16PM
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zeckgx
Posts: 794 - Karma: 30
full agree my 1260's(01 version) are awesome park skis for the park, however i just rode 3ft of powder on them and they were f*****g awesome. no complaints here
Feb 20 2003 11:51PM
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DizasterPE153
Posts: 281 - Karma: 10
my public enemys are center mounted and i wouldn't have it any other way
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Feb 21 2003 9:14AM
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morbumps4me
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any ski in 3 ft of powder is f****n awesome...cause it's 3 ft of powder.
Feb 21 2003 10:51AM
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