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Mounting in front of center
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has anyone ever done this? my friend was gunna do this with some TM's but he did not.. i figure this would only be good if you skied switch, like a lot.
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I think that the salomon dumonts were designed to mount true center and in fornt of center. I guess then that simon dumont like it mounted that way. maybe im wrong
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I know someone who has, he liked it. But I don't think I would.
someone else on this site had his Troublemakers mounted at +2 from the dead center of the ski. It might be interesting, but I still don't mount skis at dead center, I always go about a 1 cm back.
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isnt dead center behind true center?
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ture center is in the exact middle of the ski no matter what. core center is in the middle of the ski's dimensions
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my 165 TMs are 4 inches foward from dead center
my 179 fujis are 3 cm foward from dead center
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i am about 2 inches forward of the true center of the ski, i have this done on my invaders, and i love it, i can ski these skis as well as any other ski i have ever been on, they hold edge great and i have even had them in waist deep pow and they have performed well, of course i mostly ride park and they are great for switch, but i find they are great both ways!
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ive done it before, if you dont plan on skiing anything outside of the park, it actually works quite well. u can land forward on them and be fine, and skiing switch is way easier, just dont plan on skiing any podwer or anything remotely steep
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doesn't bibby have forward mounted ski's?
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Yea,uhm if your around tahoe you know who Sean Carrey is .He mounts his skis something crazy like half an inch or more forward of center.
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^he does? hmm it is an interesting concept. itd be good for tailpresses and switch. not much else tho. im gonna stick to just true center
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i was talking to a rep from an unnamed company and he said that all of their skis are designed to be mounted at least 1 inch forward from dead center.
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I'm actually considering forward mounting my park skis this year.
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I'm not trying to call you out...but if you think invaders mounted 2 inches forward of center perform well in pow, you need to try out a real pow setup.
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ill stick with true center. but itd be fun to try
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i mounted a pair 8cms forward to see how they ride and it was a sweet switch ski but i didnt do any "real" skiing on them
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If you had a dedicated park ski why wouldn't you? Someone on this site said something like: "foward from center is good because you can grab tail easier, nose easier, ride switch better and press better."
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wait wtf, are we talking about the exact center of the ski, like same tip and tail, and in front of that so theres more tail than tip? that cwraaaaaaazy
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hahaha what a bunch of fucking morons in this thread.
'cept freezed.
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oh sean, you never know until you try. I love it, and Im not going back.
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Jon and TJ both mount forward of center for Big Air...
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i dont have the funds to dedicate a pair of skis to park, therefore i would never mount in front of center. but yea if you don't want to ride anywhere else then i don't see why not...
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