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Rocker skis, just a fad, or the wave of the furture

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gawd
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I went up to jay today and yesterday, and i saw so many rocker skis which took me by surpise that so many people on the east. which got me to think are people just buying them becuase they look cool, and all the best pros are using them, or are they really the new way to ski?
Dec 4 2007 5:14PM
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dave...
Posts: 1688 - Karma: 126
once you try them, you'll understand
Dec 4 2007 5:16PM
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ElliottP
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i think they are the way of the park future. and freestly backcounrtry too. skateboards got reverse camber as time went on. haha, soon they'll be making it so it is a boat like shape horizontaly so you can butter better and not catch endges as much. haha. fuck contactpoints.
Dec 4 2007 5:34PM
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JaySkier107
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jay was so sick today.

Possibly the most epic pow day ever.

And to answer your question i think that it is a new way of skiing. Saw a kid on Hellbents and they looked sick.

Dec 4 2007 5:37PM
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hollygrove
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Powder, yes, worth it.
Park, No, just a fad.
Dec 4 2007 5:39PM
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Pklink04
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waves come and go to my friend
Dec 4 2007 5:46PM
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liaosongfang
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anybody ridden them in the park?  is it weird or what?
Dec 4 2007 6:01PM
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sdfjklioeur
Posts: 2082 - Karma: 114
its like what shaped skis were 15 years ago
Dec 4 2007 6:04PM
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FUUUCK
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yep yep
Dec 4 2007 6:10PM
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MadSteezin
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It definitely is an innovative design that allows us to expand into realms that we never imagined.
Dec 4 2007 6:15PM
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XtRemE11
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yeah its gonna get popular in park and powder for sure, it only makes sense.  for park i bet we are gonna see dual camber skis, like what prajeket, was doing.  ive seen some people going through the park with them and you can do so much more on them, there is no way its just a fad, it may not be for everyone, but its here to stay, you can just do so much more!
Dec 4 2007 6:17PM
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McSlay
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i'm going with wave of the future
Dec 4 2007 6:18PM
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FUUUCK
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what ever happened to prajekt? they had a lot going for them
Dec 4 2007 6:26PM
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liaosongfang
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elaborate.  i haven't seen anyone rollin em.  what kind of stuff are you talkin about?
Dec 4 2007 6:38PM
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b-kul
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i think it could be really usefull for a ski that has to hit the park, pow and stuff.  but i think it will die in some new england resorts where its just park and icy groomers.
Dec 4 2007 7:19PM
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bigwhite.steeze
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stay for pow, fad for park.
Dec 4 2007 7:22PM
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XtRemE11
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i saw one guy do like a 450 butter onto a box, wayyy bigger presses, the same  guy did a 180 on and switch nose pressed the length of it pretty damn big.   and on groomers ive seen people doing nose butters while totally hauling ass, you can just keep going from like nose butter tail butter and spinning with them. i saw a pair of hellbents and arg's in a shop for demoing, so im gonna try them out for sure.
Dec 4 2007 7:27PM
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ktollefson_1080
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exactly seems to me you would get negative pop.
Dec 4 2007 7:29PM
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jhackbeez
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i just rockered some of the old line twelve sixty's like an hour ago, and i cant wait to ride them tommorow.  there sooo soft and fun.   Hey, its my 1000 post, yay!
Dec 4 2007 7:29PM
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GatoGordo
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Not true. Spatulas were the first ones, and they weren't produced for the public until 2002.
Dec 4 2007 7:32PM
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CamBrowne
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if rockered skis are gonna stay in the park then they are goiing to have be be alot more narrow then hellbents and EP's
Dec 4 2007 7:40PM
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liquidsword
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i've tried them and i understand.
Dec 4 2007 7:49PM
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Static
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I don't think spatulas were rockered. I've seen a bunch of dbags skiing super hardpack ice runs this year on rockered skis. Shit, your parents have to spend money on something right?
Dec 4 2007 7:49PM
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antwone
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i went to jay yesterday too delivrance was fucked up the cliff was so smooth
Dec 4 2007 7:50PM
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liquidsword
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guess i'm a dbag! i like em

don't be jeoulous cuz you don't have some
buttering on groomers is super fun right? so get rockered skis
Dec 4 2007 8:02PM
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ZBDesign
Posts: 187 - Karma: 355
i need to try em but theyre so fuckin expensive
Dec 4 2007 8:06PM
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Static
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that's probably what it is
Dec 4 2007 8:06PM
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joly.sp
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qft.
Dec 4 2007 8:19PM
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860
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I'd say snowboards have more of a chance of keeping it because you still have a full length edge you can just butter easier
Dec 4 2007 8:29PM
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chazz.
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what was your method???

I have dont it where you clamp donw the middle, wedge the tips and tails up with wood bocks, then just fry 'em with a heat gun for a bit.

is that what you did?
Dec 4 2007 8:32PM
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DANETRON
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theres also the method were you wedge them into a door/stairs
Dec 4 2007 8:44PM
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860
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^To bad after all that your core is shot and you have no pop left....?
Dec 4 2007 9:14PM
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sHrEdAgE
Posts: 930 - Karma: 11

can sum1 explain to me the proper way to rocker skis

Dec 4 2007 9:18PM
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DANETRON
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there is no proper way other than making them reversed camber straight out of the mold. heat gun works best

Dec 4 2007 9:23PM
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