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HOW EASY IS IT TO RUIN YOUR SKIS

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LBkid33
Posts: 193 - Karma: 10
how easy would it be to delaminate your skis? my friend was giving me crap because i didn't have rivets in my tip and tail...and was just wondering
Dec 17 2006 9:50PM
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Aenigma
Posts: 11256 - Karma: 424
It only happens on poorly built skis.  Rivets are completely unnecessary unless you're trying to salvage a ski that has started delaming on the tip or tail.  If your friend seriously thinks skis need to be tacked together by rivets you should tell him he's a dumbass.  Also, there isn't much you can do to prevent a ski from delaminating, it just kind of happens.
Dec 17 2006 9:53PM
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Smidt
Posts: 339 - Karma: 11
Pretty sure Rivits arent going to help at all really its more for look than anything and almost any ski can delaminate so yea
Dec 17 2006 9:54PM
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dontH8innovate
Posts: 762 - Karma: 10
skis shouldn't delam ever, if they do it's a manufacturing problem, and tell your friend that he's a jackass, rivets are a fashion thing, they don't actually do anything
Dec 17 2006 9:54PM
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K.C.Deane
Posts: 1730 - Karma: 315
to delam skis? its pretty fucking hard, unless theyre like dyanastar. I watched testing on delaming and other things at a ski factory and it takes SO much pressure. Youd be more likely to break them in half.
Dec 17 2006 9:55PM
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drewishish
Posts: 3710 - Karma: 23
unless your e heath....
Dec 17 2006 10:01PM
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dangerdad
Posts: 2228 - Karma: 317
Libertys used to delam like none other. no matter how hard or soft u pusheda em, the tips and tails started to flap like clappers
Dec 17 2006 10:13PM
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BigJew
Posts: 6974 - Karma: 79
Dynastars never Delaminate, and they never snap. The edges and base just get destroyed. That's why they almost never get warrantied.
Dec 17 2006 10:47PM
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Aenigma
Posts: 11256 - Karma: 424

Mine delaminated, but then we just put rivets in the tails.  They look like shit, but they work.

Dec 17 2006 10:48PM
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nychka
Posts: 1787 - Karma: 61
ha ha ha ha
Dec 17 2006 11:48PM
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dead_or_alive
Posts: 8 - Karma: 10
my skis hold me back but now there getting hot waxed to make it esy for me and to do bigger jummps
Dec 17 2006 11:53PM
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Greenish
Posts: 2047 - Karma: 367
tell him to shut his mouth when hes talking to you
Dec 18 2006 12:12AM
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mark311
Posts: 508 - Karma: 21
rivets served a purpose when ski construction was more 'primitive', but nowadays, yes, they are mostly for show. ive lost a few rivets in my PE's and theyre still going strong.
Dec 18 2006 12:18AM
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railslayer
Posts: 259 - Karma: 41
still skiing on line motherships and nothing bad has happened to these skis yet.
Dec 18 2006 1:09AM
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SNOWMOWER
Posts: 641 - Karma: 20
what the fuck
Dec 18 2006 1:33AM
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123ski
Posts: 7374 - Karma: 1,415
the k2 pipeline and k2 enemy were the kings of delam
Dec 18 2006 1:50AM
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link80
Posts: 1072 - Karma: 418
Actually the "slapping" effect that sometimes occurs during landings causes your skis to shear like crazy. Thats why cap skis dont do so well in the park. Anyway, long story short...its not that tough to delam a pair of skis in the park. I have delamed 4 pairs myself.
Dec 18 2006 5:47AM
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STACKS
Posts: 1938 - Karma: 42
i'm going to say that all skis are easy to destroy but some are a little easier then others
Dec 18 2006 10:29AM
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psychkub
Posts: 1788 - Karma: 16
heh, mine too, I hit a couple of rocks with my THAs. 'Twas the first time I had to do a ptex repair.
Dec 18 2006 12:04PM
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SN0WBOARDER
Posts: 1454 - Karma: 11
easy
Dec 18 2006 12:05PM
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Sashac
Posts: 3197 - Karma: 88
what the fuck are rivets?
Dec 18 2006 12:09PM
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eastAR5
Posts: 15084 - Karma: 730
I dont have any edges on my t halls, core shots everywhere but it doesnt matter i ski them until they break in half
Dec 18 2006 12:10PM
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titsLOL
Posts: 7485 - Karma: 396
for everyone hating on rivets, I've seen lots of people who riveted their delamming invaders and it made them last a lot longer.
Dec 18 2006 12:21PM
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Armanzoid
Posts: 2453 - Karma: 26
I don't see how rivets can be a bad thing. They don't effect performance in a bad way, if anything all they can do is make them stronger.
Dec 18 2006 12:31PM
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cracko
Posts: 2904 - Karma: 12
just rivetthem, and dont worry about it. USE your skis.
Dec 18 2006 12:32PM
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Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 150
rivets would have to be benefitial in some way..
certainly not a detriment.
Dec 18 2006 3:35PM
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DANETRON
Posts: 6671 - Karma: 137

thats

Dec 18 2006 3:44PM
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DANETRON
Posts: 6671 - Karma: 137
how i do it
Dec 18 2006 3:44PM
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optical
Posts: 81 - Karma: 28
what dose this have to do with any thing there talking about delaming skis and ur just like ya my skis are geting  a hot wax to make me hit biger jumps ?
Dec 18 2006 4:03PM
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