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Center mounting

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fcspiteri
Posts: 65 - Karma: 14
when people mention center mounting, do they mean exact center of the ski or the center of the recommended. like 3 back from center...is that three back from exact cetner or 3 back from recommended?
Sep 21 2006 2:18AM
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Swick825
Posts: 1798 - Karma: 11
no center is the exact center of the ski. youre overthinking it.
Sep 21 2006 2:26AM
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skier_bum
Posts: 395 - Karma: 17
theres two kinds of center
recommended center (where the center line is on the ski)
and true center which is halfway between the tips and tail
Sep 21 2006 2:26AM
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dweezileast
Posts: 9661 - Karma: 276
recommended=core center
Sep 21 2006 10:34AM
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Dan-Man
Posts: 7488 - Karma: 3,622
exact center biznach
Sep 21 2006 11:29AM
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DeSena
Posts: 4126 - Karma: 1,352
exact center but i wouldnt center mount unless your pure park... if you do alot of park but not all i would do 2 cm park... if not alot park 4 cm back
Sep 21 2006 11:40AM
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CoachG
Posts: 2546 - Karma: 448
exact center
Sep 21 2006 2:38PM
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WONTON
Posts: 6951 - Karma: 55
that advice does not apply to every ski.
Sep 21 2006 2:41PM
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TWoods
Posts: 10014 - Karma: 8,386
Even on park only skis, I mount a cm back. look on the armada site... all of their riders do it too.
Sep 21 2006 3:13PM
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Lineskeez
Posts: 11 - Karma: 10
oh ya if all the guys on the armada site do it i better do it too
Sep 21 2006 3:59PM
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llyon
Posts: 153 - Karma: 18
You cant have a rule for all skis. Skis have different sidecuts, shapes, and lengths... all of those have to factor into where you mount it.
Sep 21 2006 4:01PM
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skisquaw@420
Posts: 1802 - Karma: 13
thats what i was thinking
Sep 21 2006 5:20PM
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RyzeAbve
Posts: 23 - Karma: 10
Dont Center mount its terrible!!!!!!!!!!!
Sep 21 2006 5:23PM
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michael_bc
Posts: 1394 - Karma: 751
u mount 1 cm or more to the back because otherwise it looks awkward... at least on armadas...
Sep 21 2006 5:24PM
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deleted4
Posts: 964 - Karma: 23
1 or 2 back is the way to go
Sep 21 2006 5:26PM
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Casey
Posts: 7876 - Karma: 24,683
my ar5's are true center i wouldnt have it any other way.
Sep 21 2006 5:37PM
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Aenigma
Posts: 11256 - Karma: 424
That's way too general to be of any use. I'm having a pair of skis mounted at about -8 from center right now, but if I went by your guideline they would be useless. I'm sure you could come up with a formula to calculate where you should mount your skis, but personal preference would make it useless.
Sep 21 2006 6:25PM
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dweezileast
Posts: 9661 - Karma: 276
my bad. thanks for pointing that out.
Sep 21 2006 9:10PM
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TWoods
Posts: 10014 - Karma: 8,386
Wow, good job at being an idiot. I wasn't saying to follow a trend because the cool people in skiing do it. I was saying that people who are MUCH better skiers than you or I will probably ever be do it, so there is PROBABLY a reason why.

I don't know, but if TJ Shiller gave me a trick tip, I would probably think to myself "Wow, since he makes a living skiing, he probably is right" rather than thinking "If I do it his way, I am following the trend, which makes me suck". 
Sep 21 2006 9:34PM
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