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Do you use the same ski on the same foot each time or do you switch it up?

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constpapa
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Is there an advantage or disadvantage to switching up the ski you wear on each foot? Is it better to switch it up every session so that they wear down the same way?
Mar 22 2009 5:08PM
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Crack.
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I actually wear my one ski with the big dent on my right foot everytime. It's how I tell, i'm not sure if its good or bad though.
Mar 22 2009 5:11PM
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Slinger1x1
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my brother told me (for our school ski team, not in general) that i should ski the same every time we went, except for actaul races. then you switch them up so your riding on fresher edges (since they don't wear down as fast and i wasnt going to sharpen every time i went out).

as for park, ehhh, who cares. i mean a lot of skis have graphics on them that are meant to go a certain way so if you switch it up, thats gonna look weird. and your edges should be fairly dull for park anyway

the only thing i have found is that my skis chip on the inside edges of my skis, so if i switched it up it would chip more evenly.
Mar 22 2009 5:18PM
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fragglemuffin
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i usually switch them up every time i ride so one ski's edge doesnt wear down faster than the other when i hit rails/boxes
Mar 22 2009 5:19PM
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Style+eeze
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i wear the same ski on the same foot everytime... for both my ar6s and bacons
Mar 22 2009 5:20PM
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ReedSkis~
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For my 4frnts i use them on the same feet everytime cuz they make a picture.
I did the same for my invaders until recently i started switching it up... shouldn't really matter...
Mar 22 2009 5:28PM
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Fish_Sandwich.
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Switch them up randomly to keep the edges better.
Mar 22 2009 6:03PM
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no_steeze
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on my skis with asymmetrical graphics where they carry over i always put them on the designated feet just so the graphics don't look like incomprehensible bullshit. for my race skis i always keep them on the same feet except for races because you put less pressure on your uphill edge so you keep that unused for races
otherwise just move them around so you don't wear the edges on one side
Mar 22 2009 7:29PM
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Literature
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Always the same feet. I'm sort of OCD about it. Don't know why.
Mar 22 2009 7:57PM
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S3B
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mine have graphics so same, but if i had edge damage i'd try to keep it on the outside of my foot obviously,
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Mar 22 2009 8:13PM
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TPatel
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on my race skis, i switch them up for races because the endges are shaper, but on my park skis i dont.
Mar 22 2009 8:43PM
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Aaaron.
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word.
even wear and tear.
Mar 22 2009 8:54PM
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Avifarer
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Same ski since my graphics are a certain way
Mar 22 2009 8:54PM
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FM3
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This one
Mar 22 2009 8:58PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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Mine are just random, and since i have disorderly's i never remember which one was on which foot even though i have one mounted forward and one backwards. The graphics still look pretty much the same.
Mar 22 2009 9:27PM
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Bren-Ten
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i switch it up all the time
Mar 22 2009 9:44PM
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Detroit_Steeze
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same foot because i dont want a wierd lookin graphic,im ocd too
Mar 22 2009 9:50PM
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Jorgen.
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I just click in depending on how I drop em on the ground. But I'll occasionally make sure I switch it up.
Mar 22 2009 10:40PM
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Balto
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gotta match up those graphics!
Mar 22 2009 10:45PM
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brenker
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kinda random..i just split em and drop em
Mar 22 2009 11:40PM
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regge
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i wear the same ski on each foot every time... it has to do with the sharpness of your edges usually the insides are duller than the outsides. you can kinda tell if you hit a box with your skis on the opposite feet
Mar 23 2009 12:26AM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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Mine have a graphic but I switch em up a lot
Mar 23 2009 7:04AM
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Snowgoner
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i have the line spirals
and my friend claims that the red spiral is supposed to go on the right ski
so thats what i do i guess
Mar 23 2009 7:36AM
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reverendwrong
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i have OCD so yea theyre on the same foot every time
Mar 23 2009 8:01AM
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D_War
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if its a park ski and the graphic isnt a picture then dont worry bout it

Mar 23 2009 12:14PM
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constpapa
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Wel it seems everyone has their own way of doing it but I'm really wondering whether it affects how long a park ski will last??? I'm personally OCD about it as well and I always have to have the same ski on the same foot but with all the rails being hit it just seems that I'm wearing the edges down unevenly and reducing the life of my skis.....

Mar 23 2009 12:21PM
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katana190
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Your inside edges wear more than your outside edges so I alternate every other time i go.
Mar 23 2009 3:05PM
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