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Equipment in 21 years... predictions?

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nzpete
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OK, so this was my steeze in about 1985-86...

If we take global warming or whatever out of the equation, what sort of gears do you reckon the kids of tomorrow will be using?

I imagine more of a switch towards ski-shoes instead of boots, with maybe some sort of leg support thing which clicks in and is actually part of the binding...

I like to think we've got the various lengths and widths of skis about right, I guess they'd probably go tech and have solar panels and mini flatscreens inside them for whatever reason...

Yeah would be interested to hear of any possible developments in the ski industry, even if they seem impossible now. I always thought it'd be sweet if the chairlifts did a 180 after you got on them and then again before you got off. Or even better, if they had a joystick so you could look whichever way and then obviously it would go autopilot when you got near the top.
Jun 19 2007 8:57AM
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shagalabagala
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okay, i think bindings will be magnetic... possibly electro-magnets .  this way you could release absolutely every single direction, and they might save a little weight after the technology has been refined. 

also, I think boots will slim down and become lighter... dont know how though
Jun 19 2007 9:54AM
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SirFryanator
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That's a good question. I don't think we can really imagine, the rate of progression of technology is so fast, especially nowadays. Think about it...the virtually straight k2 poachers to now the fatass k2 rockered hellbents. Amazing.
Maybe they'll find some way to make a  ski centermounted while still being able to keep the tips up in powder or something. That would be tight.

Jun 19 2007 9:56AM
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nashbuck
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thats what rocker is for
Jun 19 2007 10:06AM
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nzpete
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How about a telescopic ski, gets longer depending on your speed?
Jun 19 2007 10:20AM
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fouldsys
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wood core will be obsolete and they will develop some like nasa space core shit.
Jun 19 2007 10:58AM
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13stripes
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mountains composed of only synthetic snow so you can ski all year round
Jun 19 2007 4:30PM
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RudyGarmisch
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I think we might see the end of the binding... integrated boot/ski systems will eventually be used.
Jun 19 2007 4:33PM
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fouldsys
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ya like a magnetic boot/ski interface so you could like mount your ski any way you want any time of the year without compromising its strength
Jun 19 2007 4:35PM
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bemmis
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i think boots will become lighter by the use of carbon-fiber, which i think will cost much less to make in the coming years. i also think skis will start to be made out of more synthetic materials, such as plastics. i know that like alloy plastics and thermoplastics are extremely strong and lightweight, im not sure about how the flex will be. i don't expect to see a change in wood cores. the feeling of a wood core can't really be reproduced. i think the industry may experiment with different types of wood such as koa, bamboo, and some other rainforest softwoods in combination with classic woods, but i dont think wood will ever be completely fazed out.
Jun 19 2007 4:40PM
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MLB
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nope...... not for twin tips anyways. We have carbon fibre, kevlar cores, teflon bases...composates up the ass. Nothing bests wood core for tiwns, and even many carving skis. I think our gear will pretty much stay the same, maybe magnetic bindings.......lighter boots. But look at skis, the only major difference in ski design is the parabolic shape...or just the shape in general in skis.


Bindings back then were based off of a springloaded design, with a screw to adjust din setting. Bindings are still made that way.
Jun 19 2007 4:45PM
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ATLskier
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SKIS INVISIBAAL


nuff said.
Jun 19 2007 5:36PM
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K2-fujative
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i dont now y im posting i have nothing to say
Jun 19 2007 5:39PM
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KJones
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well for outerwear i think that shit will get very very light, extremely waterproof. I think that the coats and pants will also get very warm without having to add as much insulation. Passes could become some sort of barcode that would go on the back of like your helmet or something. Then there would be scanners mounted above the liftlines so that the amount of people that resorts have to higher decrease. I don't see telescoping skis happening because the strength wouldn't really be there like it is right now.
Jun 19 2007 6:49PM
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MarkieR
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if it was born today, the equipment would be able to drink legally in the U.S.!
Jun 19 2007 7:04PM
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Edward.
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one pieces that make us look like astronauts
Jun 19 2007 7:16PM
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artfullydodged
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fuck that son, private o-zones are the future
Jun 19 2007 7:36PM
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SirFryanator
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No....
rocker is for popping up the front in powder just like a surfboard in the wave. Not for centermounting.
It may work still for centermounting but a symmetrical ski with the ability to ski powder and charge lines well would be awesome. No ski has come out like that ever.

Jun 19 2007 7:42PM
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nzpete
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You talking about buying ozone layers? that's a sick thought... although i don't think ozone layers are really the main problem with global warming, more just a layer of polution keeping the heat in.
Jun 19 2007 7:51PM
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artfullydodged
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well yeah, i guess private atmosphere would be more accurate, prbly wouldn't work though...
Jun 19 2007 10:15PM
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artfullydodged
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realistically : most major resorts will probably have a year round, indoor slope (terrain park most likely, rockerd park skis will be more widely available and in production, and the binding will make some significant change in weight and/or performance
Jun 19 2007 10:22PM
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kiwi_as
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Bamboo cores=already being explored by Kingswood skis, a badass New Zealand brand. google it. i don't think mountains will be completely covered in synthetic snow for a long time because of conservation issues, but maybe if they produce some sort of stuff that has no effect whatsoever on environment it could happen, but would still meet heap of opposition
Jun 19 2007 11:02PM
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emopoppins
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i think the shits gonna be the same

really lifts can't get that much faster/better
tickets only get more expensive
skis/boots/bindings will get lighter/safer/more comfortable
the clothes will be completely water resistant, but highly breathable

anything that can improve will, but its not like we will have rocket skis. thats unrealistic. everythings just gonna be better, and with technological increases, better
Jun 19 2007 11:03PM
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Casey
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if snow was replaced with synthetic snow I would quit skiing.
Jun 20 2007 5:56AM
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trustey88
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we will use a few billion things of snowgel to cover every mountain.

then we will have rocket skis that can rocket u uphill so we have no more chairlifts. but somehow then the old people of the mountain (hopefully nobody on ns) will complain that they are too tired because they cant sit down. and then we will have no more gas for rocket skis, so they will go extinct.

thats my prediction
Jun 20 2007 12:41PM
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SirFryanator
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bamboo cores have been around a while with kingswood.
I don't expect too many other companies to pick it up though because it's expensive to make skis like that.
Jun 20 2007 5:10PM
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Krush
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soft shell boots?
Jun 20 2007 5:17PM
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emopoppins
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like snowboard boots

those are floppy and would have no support, imagine buttering, impossible.
Jun 21 2007 12:01PM
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hemlockjibber8
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The airplane maunfacturer Boeing, just started building a new plane that uses a rediculous amount of carbon fiber. There are not many places that maufacture carbon fiber and since Boeing is now buying the majority of it, carbon fiber is getting very expensive. Skis, bikes, golf clubs. its going to skyrocket. Giant bicycles actually produces their own carbon fiber, so i presume they will not rise as much.
Jun 21 2007 1:24PM
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Worst.NS.Member
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I'd like manual control on my electromagnetic bindings so I could randomly double-eject in mid-air and engage my jetpack once they've cured my AIDS using stem cells and nanotechnology and then I would buy carbon credits to offset my jetpack because everyone knows buying carbon credits is going to save the planet so we can still ski.

Except not.
Jun 21 2007 2:08PM
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bemmis
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first of all. boeing is not developing new carbon fiber planes, i know this for a fact. they have, however produced 8 B-2 stealth bombers which have a carbon fiber skin to absorb radar. the military only has 8 though because of the cost: $1,800,000,000 per plane.

and on the contrary, carbon fiber costs will go down over time just like everything else because it will get cheaper to make. computers used to be super expensive and would fill up an entire room. now you can get a tiny laptop for like $1500 that is 10x more powerful than the computers that took up an entire room.
Jun 21 2007 2:21PM
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hemlockjibber8
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the boeing 787 and two airbus planes all use a shit load of carbon fiber.

there is a shortage of carbon fiber so what happens next...price goes up. its demand.
Jun 21 2007 2:45PM
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Peach.
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i think in 21 yearsus skibums will still be twintipin yes products will get better but products dont make a skier so let the industry do what they want lets go skiing
Jun 21 2007 4:51PM
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Tha_Grouch
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haha.
Jun 21 2007 8:13PM
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