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steezeflats
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It was just an idea that poped into my head, i search the search bar and didnt find anything... anyways has anyone ever done it? i mean some of us like landing switch in powder... im sure the ski woulnt ski as well but do you guys see skis in the future having bigger tails than tips maybe??? i can see it happening if people keep pushing in that direction

Oct 21 2008 11:33PM
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JuliusJ
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no.
Oct 21 2008 11:35PM
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PhilboydStudge
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no. fail. would never happen
Oct 21 2008 11:37PM
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birdshake
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definitely a no go
Oct 21 2008 11:41PM
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JonathonChandler
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yeah not a good idea. but maybe if you have punx. because they are symmetrical, but its still not a good idea
Oct 21 2008 11:43PM
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Piste.Off
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this years JJs have an early taper type thing where at one point on the ski the tails are fatter that the tips.
Oct 21 2008 11:44PM
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Piste.Off
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whoops hit enter too soon

but no I don't think skis will ever have bigger tails than tips. Probably a lot more symmetrical skis in the future though.
Oct 21 2008 11:46PM
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ThePoopSock
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people do it all the time with the invaders and you can do it with the punks addict pros and addicts and such that are symmetrical so there really isnt a front or back
otherwise it would be dumb
it would totally ruin the skis ability to carve and you would have to lean sooooo far backseat to turn if you were going forwards
Oct 21 2008 11:47PM
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Commonwealth
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Didn't Pep mount race skis backwards to practice his switch riding?
Oct 21 2008 11:47PM
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steezeflats
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i was just watching idea and hunting yeti, and was thinking about how skis have changed in the last few years, just a random idea that came to me. and i was thinking about how there are a lot of new companys out there that arent really bring much new to the table... so i was thinking, well maybe one of them might give it a try at least
Oct 21 2008 11:48PM
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SEABURN
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i mounted my anthems backwards. the graphic is symmetrical so is the ski... i know they are not %100 symmetrical, but the holes didn't match up on the remount, so I flipped the ski.

no problems so far
Oct 21 2008 11:48PM
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steezeflats
Posts: 66 - Karma: 10

there we go... just kidding. i was talking about more of the possibility of skiing on a skis wiht a wider tail than tip, and if a company made a ski like that than im sure the sidcut would make it ski able.

Oct 22 2008 12:01AM
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SHastatahoe
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Ive seen it done with invaders and anthems.  Other than that, not so much.  Ive seen peoplemount further forward.

try it and be original.
Oct 22 2008 12:10AM
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AltaByrdSkier
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haha that would be insane if pep mounted some race skis backwards. but pics or it didn't happen
Oct 22 2008 12:12AM
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skisquaw@420
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ive done it, its fun, now i cant not do it, thinking about mounting my new bents backwards
Oct 22 2008 12:17AM
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MEGAZORD
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It did happen, there are pictures floating around somewhere.
Oct 22 2008 12:19AM
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carbon.pulse
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I dont think skiis will ever have wider tails than tips but I do think that most skiis will be symmetrical or close to it in years to come.

Symetrical skiis started with park skiis like the invader and have led to skiis such as the chopstick( and the Nordica Zero? Is that symetrical?) which are above 100 underfoot and made for powder. I think they will not surpase being symetrical for one reason, If that width for the tail works well switch, it would probably be a good width for riding forwards.
Oct 22 2008 12:23AM
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steezeflats
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i got new bents also lol. i was thinkg it would be pretty sick but i dont think im gonna risk it, im probably going to play it safe

Oct 22 2008 12:28AM
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PBraunstein
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if i remember correctly, pep mounted some pipe skis backwards for an all switch pipe run just for shits and giggles..
Oct 22 2008 12:30AM
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SnowJumperAK
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Arent invaders completly symetrical and can be mnounted any way you want, my boy has one each way, the new disordely is that way to.

Oct 22 2008 3:10AM
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Scott~
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This isnt true at all. As soon as I read this I walked over to my ski room and looked at my JJs, the tails are never fatter than the shovel. Unless you are referring to the tip tip? If you are well... that was a pretty worthless post either way then I guess haha~
Oct 22 2008 3:20AM
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EClay46
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yes, i can see it happening and i plan on doing it to my old chronics once i have the time. It would be the same as having a ski mounted normally skiing backwards. I would mount them -2 to -4 from true center backwards, and it would just be a predominantly switch skiing ski

> = toe piece
\ = heel piece

   
 tip (=========\===>======) tail

it will work with the sidecut but it will be better suited to riding switch
Oct 22 2008 3:25AM
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hemlockjibber8
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1. The original JP vs Julien had a taller tail than tip, I think they continued it for a few years. This is because Line enforces their equal height tip and tail patent.

2. If you remember the old Mad Trix with the reversible binding; if you turned it around from big mountain to big air, your tail was actually wider because you were using the ski backwards. I don't know if any one actually used it like this, maybe.

Oct 22 2008 3:28AM
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cgroves
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Two seasons ago I saw Pep at PC with some K2 Apache Race skis mounted backwards. He was shredding switch GS turns all day.

Oct 22 2008 9:18AM
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Jballz
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it works best if you mount k2 pontoons backwards
Oct 22 2008 10:58AM
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MEGAZORD
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See, this wasnt witty enough to actually be funny. 
Oct 22 2008 11:01AM
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Ham-Solo
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well i totally get the idea, but why would you go waste youre money on that.. why dont you just practise at landing sw. in the powder
Oct 22 2008 11:19AM
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Piste.Off
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i guess i said that wrong

at the fattest point of the tail it is bigger than the very tip of  the nose. but the fattest point  of the tips are bigger so it doesn't really matter
Oct 22 2008 5:25PM
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FUUUCK
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IVAN DID IT LAST YEAR.

He mounted his 2nd year chronics backwards, apparently it wasn't all that different.
Oct 22 2008 5:29PM
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quebecfreestyler
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I skied mad trix with larger tail and it was just fine, some race skis used larger tails too in the past.
Oct 22 2008 5:32PM
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A.R.
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pep once mounted a pair of race skiis backwards, entered a race, and skiied the whole thing switch.
Oct 22 2008 5:36PM
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steezerampage
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It doesnt mater on a symmetrical ski.  As long as both the shape and flex are symmetrical.  The only ski I know of that the tail is taller than the thip is the old JJs, I think the tail was one cm taller than the tip.  But mounting skis backwards is the worst idea I've heard in a while.  That is unless you have so many skis you don't know what to do with them all and you cant sell them for some reason.

Oct 22 2008 6:00PM
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SV420
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the cool thing to do is mount one ski backwards and the other one forwards
Oct 22 2008 6:07PM
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Peach.
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yeah the old jj most definentally had a taller tall then tip but at 1 centimeter you couldnt tell a difference

Oct 22 2008 6:10PM
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b-kul
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i could see a company making the tips and tails the same with but not symetrical. like they would be mounted a little back and not center.
Oct 22 2008 7:24PM
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