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Rocker Ski Advantages in the Park?

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andrewmeehan
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Does anybody know of the advantages of using a rocker ski in the park?

*YES I ALREADY USED THE SEARCHBAR!!!!*


++++++K for good answers.
May 4 2009 6:27PM
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Tinga
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making you feel like your snowblading. but seriously only nose butters.
May 4 2009 6:30PM
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andrewmeehan
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would anyone recomend using a ski with rocker in the park?
May 4 2009 6:31PM
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nickyp
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If you're switching up on kinked rails, or doing 2's onto down rails, then there is less chance of catching a tip or tail.
May 4 2009 6:33PM
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T-Holt
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Move to Gear Talk?
May 4 2009 6:38PM
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N.L.
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a reverse camber ski would be beneficial in the park. rockered skis have somewhat of a pivot point in the ski, kind of like flat tires... . if there was a really flexible, reversed camber ski, you would have whats on the current snowboard market. a consistantly flexible ski with super pop in the nose and tail. technology is trying to keep up with us, but right now there is the thall that is sick, and i guess the afterbangs are good.

May 4 2009 6:39PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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Rossi would to sell skis
May 4 2009 6:39PM
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K.C.Deane
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YES!!!!!!!  I ride rockered skis almost everyday I ride park.  Everything is pretty much better on rockers. You can butter off everything, you very rarely catch your edges doing switch ups, you dont really catch taking off switch.  its easy to revert from switch to forward.  Pretty much just a really fun ski to be on.

The only downfall is hitting big jumps, and by that I mean hitting a park jump thats over like 65-70 the skis tend to shimmy under foot which is sketchy going fast into a big jump.  You pretty much have to stay on edge.
May 4 2009 6:57PM
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Billups
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Completely agree
May 4 2009 7:01PM
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skiierrrrrrr
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i ride my live life 2s in the park and love them just as much, maybe even more than my anthems
May 4 2009 7:02PM
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schmies
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Rocker skis rule slushy landings in the park.
May 4 2009 7:02PM
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deezy.
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i like surface rockered skis in the park. they seem hella fun
May 4 2009 7:05PM
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Uncle_Remus
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after a season of rocker v. regular i will say rockers are so damn fun!
May 4 2009 7:05PM
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roussillon
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What the difference between reverse camber and rocker?
May 4 2009 7:08PM
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andrewmeehan
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YOUR FOOT v
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REVERSE CAMBER^

ROCKER v

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i know shitty drawing
May 4 2009 7:13PM
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roussillon
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so reverse camber is simply the "normal" camber?
May 4 2009 7:15PM
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ISKIBC
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haha
May 4 2009 7:43PM
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babujib
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May 4 2009 7:53PM
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suckmyjagon
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rockered have a section of traditional camber or (0 camber) underfoot and switch to reverse camber on the way to the tips and tails.  Let's you ski pow skis on groomers.

reverse camber are like waterskis.  reverse camber all the way through.  powder specific.  Watch Shane slide sideways in pow in Focused.

May 4 2009 7:56PM
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ben_southworth
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First, rocker and reverse camber are the same thing.
Second, after a year with rockered skis, I personally don't like rocker anywhere but powder. There are some nice parts in the park, as mentioned above, but to me it didn't make it worth it. Not a fan.
May 4 2009 7:58PM
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bpalmer
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which moments do you ride that are stiff and rockered??
May 4 2009 8:15PM
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roussillon
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That's exactly what I thought, but this thread is confusing me
May 4 2009 8:17PM
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BootySpunk.
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I would guess the Reno Rocker or maybe a new ski next year from Moment.
May 4 2009 8:19PM
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andrewmeehan
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i got my answer.


DONE
May 4 2009 8:27PM
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daringharry
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The proper term would be /thread.

/thread
May 4 2009 8:36PM
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Slinger1x1
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first, your an idiot...
second, no, rockered and reverse camber are not the same. a rockered ski can have camber, the rocker is noticed when the camber is compressed under the weight of the rider. a reverse camber ski has absolutely no camber, banana shaped if you will
May 4 2009 8:43PM
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chazz.
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nope!
May 4 2009 9:59PM
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amo
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if i'm not mistaken this is correct


v YOUR FOOT v
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REGULAR CAMBER^

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REVERSE CAMBER^

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ROCKER ^

May 4 2009 10:41PM
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Slinger1x1
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yes, your right, once i figured it out, haha

rocker has camber, just like a regular ski. reverse camber doesnt have camber
May 4 2009 11:07PM
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Ducky.
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unless ur a hesh skier and all u do is butter the rollers and tail tap the signs, i would stay with a regular cambered ski
May 4 2009 11:25PM
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roussillon
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thank you, now that is clear
May 5 2009 2:24PM
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regge
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yes butter spins are easier and so are rails with reversed camber and rockered skis but they make washing out on larger jumps easier

May 5 2009 11:12PM
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andrewmeehan
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/thread
May 5 2009 11:43PM
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quebecfreestyler
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I think our dear mister Deane was skiing on some plank prototypes early this season, did he switch to reno rocker, I dotn know.


May 6 2009 7:42AM
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[~_~]
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I just spent the last 2.5 weeks skiing park on rockered skis, and they worked great. Butters are easier, and can be "delayed" or "stalled," if you will. Another huge advantage is that it is MUCH harder to catch on switch takeoffs. I was able to do bigger spins off smaller hits (and we all know how fun it is to spin switch 9s off three foot jumps!)

There are only two cons from my experience. One, being that hitting huge tables is scary as hell, since the shorter contact length isn't optimal for high speed/high consequence jumps. Two, (and this depends on the model) is that carving is more difficult. Some rockered skis have the right shape underfoot where carving is a breeze, whereas others...not so much.
May 7 2009 4:21AM
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