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Rockered Park Riding- Pep Fujas prophesy?

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DFA79
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I copied this straight from Pep's bio on the "Idea" movie site and thought it was interesting. Is this the direction of progression? Check it out and comment.
p.s. as a disclaimer, kids who suck should NOT try jibbing on a pair of Volant Spatulas, or rockered skis after reading this, you'll end up on an episode of Scarred.



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Friday, January 19, 2007
Rockered Park Riding


Rockered park riding is the future. I'm talking prophecy yet I wouldn't have know it without having the pleasure of testing it first hand. I know I am one of the select few who have been able to ride park with rockered boards and I have to share this experience. It's hard to start to share all the doors that have opened up with this technology. Here are a few doors: Nose presses in the middle half of the ski, with bent knees. Butters where you can control the speed of which you rotate while being able to pop at any moment and control your direction. If you get off balance on a rail or landing, revert around or turn off the rail without catching your tips. This is just a tid bit to think about. The picture I posted is not a crash. Rockered park riding...BOOYAH!
Apr 12 2007 9:46PM
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poofartpee
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6 weeks? 6 months...what a newb
Apr 12 2007 9:51PM
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DFA79
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I guess I should have known, I just joined a few days ago. Anyway, I still want to know what people think about it.
Apr 12 2007 9:53PM
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andy_boy
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Yeah... a bit longer than that though.
Apr 12 2007 9:57PM
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EL_FINRE
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eithre way its sick
Apr 12 2007 10:15PM
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emopoppins
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that would be very conveniant for buttering

but not a really big rocker. just a slight one, enough to get up high on your tips and tails.
Apr 12 2007 10:26PM
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ajax
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I read that a while ago, They should be interesting.
Apr 12 2007 10:48PM
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FUUUCK
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i want to try it out
Apr 12 2007 10:51PM
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ski_powpow
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a litle old but i think you could pop pretty high
Apr 12 2007 10:51PM
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jacobski
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I wonder if ther will rocker park skis soon.
Apr 12 2007 10:57PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Any ski you use in the park is a park ski. Width is no longer a determiner for me.
Apr 12 2007 11:03PM
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Jcob179
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Thats a shot of pep form the X games on the hellbents, but never the less a good shot. rocker is where its going!!!!
Apr 12 2007 11:47PM
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DaysToCome
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thats not x, that PC i believe
Apr 13 2007 12:01AM
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bfnradford
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ya thats from that edit with him and andy
Apr 13 2007 12:24AM
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Adrenaline
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It is a shot of pep on the 4th jump in the Crown at PC mid way through the season.  And I ski pontoons in the park, nothing wrong with those.  But I only get 2-4 free runs a day so i'm in no hurry to mount my park skis back up.
Apr 13 2007 12:56AM
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holyDINOSAURS
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i dont know how snappy theyd be actually..i think theyd be better for butter/press tricks, not ollie stuff
Apr 13 2007 1:05AM
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shralpingthegnar
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I'm headed for my first session with rockered park skis tomorrow--just got em mounted today. I'll let you know what I think.....Praxis skis out of Tahoe will be selling rockered park skis for next season....as soon as Keith gets his act together
Apr 13 2007 4:04AM
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bass_munkie
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my rough translation of the pep interview on NSradio:

MrB: So pep do you actually ski on your pro model (talking about the fujis, obviously, and the fact pep rarely gets seen on them these days)?

Pep: Well yeah, actually I've been skiing loads of park recently so I get a fair bit of use out of them.

It seemed pretty weird to me after reading what pep had said on the idea website and that he'd just been preaching to MrB about rockered skis. No disrespect to pep, I just think maybe he doesn't wanna upset k2 because obviously they wanna keep selling fujis, or they are trying to market hell bents to kids that don't need them. Would have been cool if MrB had asked.
Apr 13 2007 4:53AM
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EL_FINRE
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agreed
Apr 14 2007 6:01PM
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STACKS
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crazy shit
Apr 14 2007 6:51PM
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K2-fujative
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jea
Apr 15 2007 3:20PM
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Swan_Solo
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'08 reno jibs
available with or without rocker
Apr 15 2007 4:13PM
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billy092
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all i can say is that the picture is so dope.
Apr 15 2007 4:55PM
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STAUSS
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true that.
Apr 15 2007 5:13PM
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Holte
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I think what he meant by the "rockered park riding is the future" thing was "in the future you'll see kids doing really cool butters and grinds with because of the new abilities that rockered skis offer" and "rockered skis kill it in the backcountry." The fact remains that rockered skis are pretty hard to jump with in the park, and lack of speed is a major problem on groomed snow. I have a pair of Hellbents, and to be honest, they aren't very good on jumps. But they're amazing for landing sw in powder. But I'd ride Fujatives over Hellbents any day for overall park riding.
Apr 15 2007 5:25PM
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Justo8484
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i completely agree. i own fujatives, and had a chance to ride a pair of hellbents for a while, and yeah, they're super easy to butter with, but i can butter with the fujatives just as easily. and yeah, hitting jumps with them is kinda scary, since you just slide all over the place. i dont really feel that i'm gonna be jumping on the rockered ski bandwagon any time soon, at least for park riding.
Apr 15 2007 5:33PM
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ssk
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whats the site
Apr 15 2007 6:20PM
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siver-cartel
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yes i'm a newb what are rocker skis??? lol
Apr 15 2007 6:30PM
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prosnurfer
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yea i 2nd that. iv never heard of this technolagey
Apr 15 2007 8:27PM
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ski_powpow
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^ Rockered skis are where the tip and tail sections have reversed camber so they excel in powder but do not touch on hard pack. So they kind of look like a bannana but they have a flat running surface in the middle. Its kind of hard to explain google it for a picture or something.
Apr 15 2007 8:42PM
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skiRay
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pep nailed it pretty much
Feb 28 2012 9:52AM
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wrichmond
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exactly.
Feb 28 2012 1:30PM
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sherwood4099
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I 100% agree with this. Folks have been rising rockered skis in the park long before there were dedicated rockered park skis
Feb 28 2012 1:47PM
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Boggs
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Im gunna quote this just so nick hopefully sees it.
Feb 28 2012 1:49PM
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SirFryanator
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how the...why do you people insist on bumping old threads lol

but yeah, pep called this shit. dunno if it's "the future" or the only way to ride park now, I still much prefer a little camber, but I love me some width fasho. stability kicks ass
Feb 28 2012 1:50PM
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wameron
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my favorite picture ever
Feb 28 2012 1:53PM
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Lord.Quasimoto
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Feb 28 2012 2:16PM
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RubberSoul
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am i the only one wondering how a guy with the name prosnurfer didnt know what rocker is?
Feb 29 2012 4:46AM
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thejackal1177
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accept camber is what gives skiers pop. Camber also absorbs a little bit of the landings. i thought about this alot and it would be fun for a day but probably just  day.
Feb 29 2012 7:18AM
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