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Forward mounted skis

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fillup
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whats up with these?
iv never seen them in person but ive seen pictures or people who have slightly forward mounted skis and you can deffintly tell

Jan 17 2007 9:13PM
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Casey
Posts: 7849 - Karma: 24,313
no, its just photoshop
Jan 17 2007 9:14PM
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wh@t
Posts: 6204 - Karma: 51
no, its just jon ollson













and tanakaskier...i think
Jan 17 2007 9:23PM
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bigwhite.steeze
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i would kinda think in som,e way it would make it harder to spin switch....
Jan 17 2007 9:25PM
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weedski
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2cm foward kills it
Jan 17 2007 9:30PM
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kenevil
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thats gotta feel werid to ski on
Jan 17 2007 9:41PM
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slaydave
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fuck that... 1 or 2 cm from center...
Jan 17 2007 9:53PM
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wh@t
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its actually fun. i hear the mojos will have a jon mounting point next year.
Jan 17 2007 9:53PM
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slaydave
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^^ i mean back obviously ^^^... lol
Jan 17 2007 9:53PM
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ShadyHillGroup
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ive heard of a couple kids on here doing it, i guess shorter tips=easier truckers, longer tails=easier tail grabs, w/e im set with true center, i still want the ski to preform a little on the mt.
Jan 17 2007 10:39PM
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crunkasfuck
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you could land switch in pow better but why would you want a switch pow ski?
Jan 18 2007 4:00PM
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wh@t
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because you're eric pollard???
Jan 18 2007 4:05PM
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DopeSauce
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My friend who rides for atomic has his triplets overcentred by 2cm. Pretty cool, just make switch riding, taking off and landing so much easier.
Jan 18 2007 4:41PM
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AKFREERIDE
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if you think about it, people mount behind center for better all mountain and just riding performance.

sooo, if you flip the ski around, for someone who rides like evvverywhere switch, theyll in sense get better turning and performance, yet only while riding switch. thats my idea.
Jan 18 2007 5:39PM
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LostValleyPowMan
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WEIRD...
Jan 18 2007 5:44PM
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BFFset.
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maybe you could land better switch in pow.... but if you are skiing it wouldn't you want at least center if not back mounted for easier skiing?
Jan 18 2007 5:59PM
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splooshie
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i think foward mounting is stupid. i have center mounted thalls and there great switch and foward. remember, its 20% skis, 80% skill
Jan 18 2007 6:01PM
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4frntSkier
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its stupid
Jan 18 2007 6:08PM
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DynastarriderGP
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core center is the dealio mang
Jan 18 2007 8:19PM
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Lineskiah11
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yeah that must be weird skiing on that. i def wouldnt want to ski on that all the time
Jan 18 2007 8:22PM
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Charles^stevens
Posts: 859 - Karma: 341
i would be fun to try that to see how it feels , jon olsson has his skis mounted like that :S
Jan 18 2007 8:47PM
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dozerr
Posts: 4007 - Karma: 403
my skis are like +2 from center. only because i got them center mounted and didnt feel like remounting so i just pushed the heel up. its not really very different than center
Jan 18 2007 8:55PM
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Jibbin_the_717
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my skis are +2 from the center to u just gotta get used to it
Jan 18 2007 10:24PM
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[~_~]
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yep, I do. Like an hour ago I dropped my new Fischers off at the shop. I got them at 2 inches foward from dead center, and I love it.
Jan 18 2007 10:28PM
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drewishish
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whats so great about it?

thinking i want to try it some time.
Jan 18 2007 10:30PM
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Pigletpen
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no, new things are scary.
lets not do new things.
Jan 18 2007 10:31PM
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iskilibertys
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my skis are about 2cm forward but only because the shop fucked up mounting my bingings. i got used to them after a while, they are alot different riding, but also soooo much easier switch, and spinning isnt really any differnt
Jan 18 2007 10:38PM
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invader98
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crazy idea but what if that was a new type of skiing where you just ski switch like race switch
Jan 18 2007 10:48PM
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Pigletpen
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tanner and cr raced on national tv switch... no joke.
Jan 18 2007 10:50PM
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[~_~]
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easier switch

easier nose grabs

easier tail grabs

looks c00l
Jan 18 2007 10:57PM
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bobs
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i believe andy and kye did too?

Jan 18 2007 10:57PM
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TerminatorX
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my friends bindings are forward mounted because the people at the ski shop fucked up when he asked them to center mount his skis,
Jan 18 2007 11:02PM
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sbark
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Not just olson, Simon Dumont says he designed his pro models so he could mount them forward of center. I am not sure I like my center mounts, but whatever might try one day.
Jan 19 2007 8:27PM
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wh@t
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heard about that.
Jan 19 2007 8:33PM
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