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Turn Radius whats best??

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Canuker
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is it better to have a shorter or longer turn radius for park skiing??

Dec 29 2008 9:25PM
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Alex=God
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shorter, ill take my prize now
Dec 29 2008 9:27PM
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Shadows
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id say longer. you dont get bucked as easily on jumps and shit.
Dec 29 2008 9:28PM
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ace_
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middle-er, because its in between what those two said ^


Dec 29 2008 9:45PM
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Canuker
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and what are the pros and cons of short and long radius

Dec 29 2008 9:48PM
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Lemuel
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longer.  you dont really need a slalom ski sidecut (around 12 m) because you dont need to turn too quickly and even a gs type radius (around 16 m) is still pretty short.  Mine are like 18.5 i think and they are perfect
Dec 29 2008 9:49PM
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wh@t
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personal preference anyone?
Dec 29 2008 10:10PM
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JDon
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My TNKs have a 23m and i find that a bit long. The 18ish range seems pretty popular. I think the Suspects, Anthems, Chronics, and Antidogmas are all around that.
Dec 29 2008 10:21PM
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MEGAZORD
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Gs is like 30m
Dec 29 2008 10:30PM
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holyDINOSAURS
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we turn?
Dec 29 2008 10:53PM
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phishfood
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same my disorderlys are around 22 and i think its too long to get a solid edge hold, especially cause my edges are so dull. its nice in some respects though cause you can over/underrotate someting and they won't catch or go into a carve, you can just kinda slide away and they wont hook up.
Dec 29 2008 10:57PM
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