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Pigletpen
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I thiiiiiiiiink I saw a pic of some of those reverse camber park skis from k2 at the xgames.
Theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen I saw andy mahre in the air, and I noticed that they sure look pretty windmill up there... theres no way a 50 foot jump gap has enough wind shear to push back skis that much, are they out there or am i just seeing things?
Jan 29 2007 6:39PM
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e.SKI.mo
Posts: 252 - Karma: 57
hey... my name is camber...
Jan 29 2007 7:03PM
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Troop801
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Hellbent.
Jan 29 2007 7:04PM
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ESB
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Andy and Pep were both riding K2 Hellbents for the X Games slopestyle. I don't think they're actually "reverse camber" skis per se, but rather the tips and tails are rockered (bent up, basically) for skiing pow.

The boys were claiming that they were great in the park, but after watching them skid out all over the place, I'm not buying it.
Jan 29 2007 7:18PM
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poofartpee
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i think they might have ment great for buttering and shit...i would deff think u would be washing around on landings and stuff
Jan 29 2007 7:30PM
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rodenski5
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Pep wrote about it in his blog on the Idea site:

http://filmtheidea.com/fujaspage.html

Am I the only one who can't tell they are rockered from the photo...? They just look like regular skis to me.
Jan 29 2007 7:37PM
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FUUUCK
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Reverse Camber:the entire ski is curved, like a surf board [spatula...]

Rocker: no camber underfoot, reverse camber in tips and tails.[hellbents, ARG...]

Dual-Camber:regular camber underfoot, reverse camber in tip and tails [prajekt, possibly 08 EP Pros]
Jan 29 2007 7:46PM
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Albino
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so by that definition, the hellbents have no camber under the foot. i can see that as fine in pow, my local armada rep reckons the arg's fucking kill.
but wouldnt dual camber be better in park, otherwise you get no pop on takeoffs.

has to be said tho, peps description sounded pretty dope.
Jan 29 2007 8:13PM
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Pigletpen
Posts: 1137 - Karma: 18
ye syou are.
and I read that blog dealey thingy. Just didnt say much.
Sounds like a cool concept... just thought i would ask.
Jan 29 2007 8:22PM
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Vicrum
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that shit sounds sick. if you think about it alot it really makes sense
Jan 29 2007 8:40PM
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Ban11
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no camber in the park sounds like a bad time to me
Jan 29 2007 8:43PM
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