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Mounting blends

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i just got a new pair of blends and me and my brother got in an argument about were to mount the i said two back he said center mount. any opinions?
Jul 9 2009 10:01AM
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Shabangarang
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it depends on what you ski if u ski mostly park center them if u ski more trails and some powder mount a little back
Jul 9 2009 10:03AM
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thanks
Jul 9 2009 10:05AM
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Shabangarang
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nice picture hahahaha
Jul 9 2009 10:10AM
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thanks the blends came in i took them out i had to take a picture with
Jul 9 2009 10:14AM
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A-Lee
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do the blends have different colored bases for different sizes, because i got 183's with a mostly orange base
Jul 9 2009 4:19PM
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i have the 183 the base is mostly blue
Jul 9 2009 4:57PM
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Jul 9 2009 4:59PM
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PaleCelery
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2 cm back is perfect.

If you want to center mount a ski, get a park ski. The lends are more all mountain/ EC pow skis, so the mounting location should reflect that.

2 ack isnt that far anyway, you will hardly be able to notice it, and still be able to hold your own in the park, but they wont bog down in Pow
Jul 9 2009 5:30PM
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thats wat i was saying even if i did decide to mount them center wud it mess with the perfomance of the ski

Jul 9 2009 6:04PM
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Lemuel
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If you are going to go taht far forward then you may as well center them.  And to Grandma_Dixie or w/e your name is,  you can use any ski for whatever you want.  I would use them as a park ski.  Maybe he likes wider skis?
Jul 9 2009 9:41PM
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bigbuds
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My 183's are 2 back and have a more orange base.

I think the colors don't have a lot to with the length in some skis. I also have 189 Hellbents with white tips and have seen the 189's with red tips. So who knows....

Jul 10 2009 12:11AM
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Big_Spence
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The different colored bases are due to the fact that they use all the base material. The bases are all the same, just opposites of one another.

That doesn't make much sense, but I'm shitty at explaining things.
Jul 10 2009 1:24AM
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FiveCrew
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werd
Jul 11 2009 5:23PM
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FiveCrew
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ok i get it
Jul 11 2009 5:24PM
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no_steeze
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basically each base creates the base color and a negative, so you get the mostly blue base with some orange and then the mostly orange base with some blue. instead of throwing out the negative, line uses both so it depends on which pair of skis you get

it makes absolutely no difference in size, performance, anything
Jul 11 2009 5:27PM
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Casey
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I have chronic blends from a couple years back that are centermounted, only bad thing about it is that they aren't good in POW. otherwise they are sick. 2 back if you want to use them in pow.
Jul 11 2009 5:30PM
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i live in the east no pow really i just got the blend cuz i like fatter skis
Jul 11 2009 6:07PM
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Shabangarang
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center those puppys
Jul 11 2009 6:11PM
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no they r kittens

jk
Jul 11 2009 10:57PM
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FiveCrew
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lol he said kittens ... center them cody
Jul 11 2009 11:02PM
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Big_Spence
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Exactly what I was trying to say. Thanks Steeze. Almost all company's that cut their bases instead of pressing graphics into them does this too.
Jul 12 2009 2:13PM
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