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Giant list of ski flexes.

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BigJew
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http://www.endrehals.no/Flexcurves%202007.pdf

I found this in the TGR forums and found it extremely cool. Open it up and on the right hand side of acrobat choose layers and select the ski you want, it will tell you the flex through the entire ski. You can select more than 1 ski and compare them too.
May 3 2007 12:38AM
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skifree919
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thats defintley really cool, its just that its practically impossible to read
May 3 2007 12:47AM
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BigJew
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yeah, It seems a little bit funny too, check out the flex of the Big Troubles... and for some reason fujatives seem fairly stiff.
May 3 2007 12:50AM
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Silence
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that is incredibly well done,.
May 3 2007 1:18AM
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wazzucrewskier
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that is freakin sweet.  to bad they dont have the elizabeths, they would be under the scale i think haha.
May 3 2007 1:27AM
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13stripes
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that has so much info but is soooooo damn hard to see
May 3 2007 9:46AM
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papasteeze
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Damn.....  That is nice.  who did the testing?

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May 3 2007 10:09AM
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Silence
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all of 4frnts skis have the strangest, inconsistent flex patterns according to that chart
May 3 2007 6:47PM
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Ben.
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cool but why did fujis seem so stiff i thought they were mega soft
May 3 2007 6:56PM
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jp_draves
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I knew the ar6s were stiff since i have this years, but i never knew they were that stiff compared to other skis. Even though those are next years there is probably not that much of a difference.

May 3 2007 7:08PM
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japanada
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many of the 4frnts are all wierded out flexs.like the stls.
May 3 2007 7:17PM
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invader7
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ya i was lookin at that too
May 3 2007 7:38PM
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papasteeze
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I am seriously questioning the accuracy of that .pdf -  who did the testing?
May 3 2007 7:52PM
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396222687862
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same, seems ludacris
May 3 2007 7:55PM
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Ben.
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haha yeah me too
May 3 2007 8:10PM
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BigJew
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no idea, It did seem odd because it says that my fujatives should be stiffer than my scratches. It is cool to look at though.
May 3 2007 8:35PM
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bobs
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Cool concept but I do not think its reliable......
Fujis that stiff?, scratches aren't that soft, and 4frnt, whats up with that.
May 3 2007 10:23PM
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WeK
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I cant even get the pdf to open. But I scratches definitely look too soft from that graph picture someone posted. You guys reading it wrong maybe?
May 3 2007 10:26PM
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fouldsys
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for all you doubters out there you have to look at the flex in relation to the area of the ski. for example, most people know for a fact that the fujative is softer then the pe. acording to the graph, the fujative is realatively stiff under foot while the pe is less stiff underfoot, however, when you look at the tips and tail(where most of the force is applied when you ski) the pe is stiffer than the fujative. so it all depends where a ski is stiffer or softer to.


information like this has been posted before. someone posted how they did the test further down in the page. heres the thread:

https://newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/271704/
May 3 2007 10:45PM
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Moses
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maybe i missed it, but how/where did they gather that data?
May 4 2007 11:00AM
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yeahitsdave
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haha, look at the b squads, softer than like half the skis in that list
May 4 2007 5:45PM
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XXL_Steeze
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It is the norwegian mag FriFlyt, www.friflyt.no that did the testing, thay have a machine that flexes all the points of the ski.
May 5 2007 10:53AM
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Swan_Solo
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i think the closer to the bottom the flex is, the stiffer
May 5 2007 11:07AM
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Dudesinpools
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That chart says the armada ants are super flexiable, is that just becasue they're such long skis

Feb 27 2008 11:58PM
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tomahawk
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24" screeeeeenie
the charts are mad legible ^^
thankies
Feb 28 2008 12:07AM
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P-JO
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You must be just reading it wrong, as you go up the y-axis stiffness increases.  It shows ANTs being incredibly stiff.  I mean it shows my MSPs being softer and the MSP is a very stiff ski.
Feb 28 2008 12:08AM
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Polar_Beer
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lol, my bt's def dont feal like they flex that way. but if the chart says so...
Feb 28 2008 12:11AM
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tomahawk
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HAHAHAH skrew 4FRNTS they blow huge!!!
choppy shit.....
Feb 28 2008 12:11AM
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SkiMN
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Thats all underfoot. Compare the tips and tails and in most cases they are softer. That's where fujatives are noodles.
Feb 28 2008 12:41AM
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eastcoastice
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You guys do realize that the makers of these skis are aiming for these particular flex patterns, like the 4 frnts for example. I actually really like the look of that flex pattern. It's pretty stiff underfoot, the tail is stiffer than front allowing for more solid landings, and then halfway to the tips from the center the flex decreases a lot allowing a nice butter zone.

Feb 28 2008 1:30PM
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phishfood
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i'm bumping this cause its super cool
Jul 14 2008 10:34PM
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Style+eeze
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that is so sick

who made this?
Jul 15 2008 12:17AM
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Shadows
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i should work flex into my pdf's.
sounds hard though. and very inaccurate.
Jul 15 2008 12:22AM
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Franny
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Is this a repost or this this comparison from a different source? I remember there was one like this but not the same skis.
Jul 15 2008 12:23AM
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kepler.
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Damn, seriously legit find. +karma!
Jul 15 2008 12:27AM
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nygaard
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dude i don't know what program i can open it in?
help please?
Jul 15 2008 11:39AM
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Barf.
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This is the 06-07 skis though.
Jul 15 2008 12:38PM
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kepler.
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Just download adobe reader.
Jul 15 2008 1:30PM
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