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Rocker+magne traction= win?

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Nakas
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I was thinking about lib tech's bannana board with rocker and magne traction so it holds a crazy edge but still has the benefits of a rocker board.
Why can't a ski have crazy rocker to rip pow and a little magne traction so it could still rip the groomers?
Jan 30 2008 8:45PM
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carbon.pulse
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That would be sick. Might see that next season......
Jan 30 2008 8:48PM
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coolhandluke
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you should throw up a patent right quick
Jan 30 2008 9:00PM
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foodisfun
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i wanna ride the banana board very badly. 

i don't think a rockered ski would be too great for carving though anyway, even with magne-traction.  i could be totally wrong though.  if you read their whole description, they made the board "because a snowboard is not a ski."  of course we'll never know unless someone tries it out
Jan 30 2008 9:05PM
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.[sanhedrin].
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I thought of this last year when Lib introduced the Banana Tech

It would be sick.
Jan 30 2008 9:25PM
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coolhandluke
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no takers on the patent?
Jan 30 2008 9:26PM
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Alex_thedroog
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I'm pretty sure libtech has the patent
Jan 30 2008 9:53PM
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shoenice22
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i just asked my friend whos at sia and he said that the skis have banana tech now.

Jan 30 2008 9:59PM
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dozerr
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gahhh soooooo illl. i might have to start working at a shop that carries lib tech just so i can get myself a pair next year
Jan 30 2008 10:05PM
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MEGAZORD
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People fail the realize that rossi invented magnetraction and is merely licensing it out to libtech. 
The Jdubb is a magnetraction board and its made by rossi.

Jan 30 2008 10:07PM
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Alex_thedroog
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oh yeah, I saw a rossi board with magne traction. I think libtech just claimed the bent metal name or something
Jan 30 2008 10:09PM
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MEGAZORD
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Im pretty sure salomon makes the bent metal bindings.
Jan 30 2008 10:10PM
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SnowMedic
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Rossignol, Lange, Look, Ride and lib-tech + more are all owned by the same parent co.
Rossignol also came up with the two edge thing with the harder ptex under foot years before its time and Dynastar borowed the patent to use that in their skis, im sure lib did the same.
Jan 30 2008 11:26PM
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shawnm1260
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are you aware that these are already being skied on
Jan 30 2008 11:28PM
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Klick_2_klaim
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that board has been winning shit for like 3 years now... dont doubt, its awesome.

Jan 31 2008 12:02AM
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freezed
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bent metal is owned by mervin, which is a quiksilver company
Jan 31 2008 12:11AM
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OLDFRED
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I'm pretty sure that the parent company is Quicksilver. Huge company with cross brand borrowing...god damm monopolies...
Jan 31 2008 12:15AM
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coolhandluke
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full three stage rockered skis with magnatraction on the flatspot?
Jan 31 2008 1:05AM
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SnowMedic
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yep, and they are back up for sale again.
Jan 31 2008 8:38AM
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yeahitsdave
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new lib skis are gonna be dual cambered for next year, rockered tip and tail, cambered under foot. makes buttering easy and still rips on ice with magnetraction
Jan 31 2008 11:45AM
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thegreyarea
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Even the old lib techs are sick.  If you ever get a chance to ride them do it.  They have the best ratio of weight to stability I've ridden in a long time.
Jan 31 2008 12:01PM
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Will_B
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i saw a guy at moonlight basin this weekend with rockered magne traction lib tech skis. they have been next years, or maybe he rockered them himself, but they do exist.

i failed to ask what model they were, if i see him again i will ask, and maybe get a picture.
they must have been 130 under foot, they looked awesome.
Jan 31 2008 12:16PM
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mnjib
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what about the rebend? its a rocker/camber ski......lib is def thinking outside the box.
Jan 31 2008 12:36PM
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Literature
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Does the mounting point ever clash with where the magnetraction is placed?

The ones I was looking at at Evo earlier in the year had it pretty far back on the ski, meaning that if I tried to mount it around center, it would grip more towards the back and thus I would have to sit back to control it on ice.

Is this the case?
Jan 31 2008 1:25PM
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Ware
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Rossis S7 looks like it might do somthing similar...
Jan 31 2008 1:27PM
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PacificRimJob
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The Rossi S7 is rockered and sorta has a magnetraction thing going... Sage is going to SLAY this year on that mofucker..
Jan 31 2008 1:51PM
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chrismoJBEATS
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my friend has that board, it is basicaly the sickest thing ever.
Jan 31 2008 3:19PM
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Sharko
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Doubt it, the magnetraction covers the whole length of the ski, not just underfoot.
Jan 31 2008 3:27PM
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meltonsnow
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i mounted my park series center n i love them
Jan 31 2008 3:38PM
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