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SkiYaLataHata
Posts: 63 - Karma: 10
At the risk of sounding stupid i have been skiing for about 5 years on some old salomons and i just like the sport dont know too much of the tech stuff but i really want to learn and one thing i dont understand is what you guys mean when u say sidecut what is that? like how in the most about pollard can that guy tell its a reverse sidecut with that small a view of the ski..i ran a search but still dont understand sorry to bother u guys
Mar 23 2004 8:19PM
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SkiYaLataHata
Posts: 63 - Karma: 10
Seriously i know its stupid but i am just tryin to learn i just want someone to define a sidecut
Mar 23 2004 8:39PM
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pa_freeskier
Posts: 418 - Karma: 10
Sidecut is how much wider a ski is at the tip or tail then at the waist, where the ski is narrower. More sidecut makes your ski's turn radius shorter. A reverse sidecut ski is one where the waist is the widest part.
Mar 23 2004 8:39PM
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snowforblood
Posts: 1861 - Karma: 16
damn, when does a reverse sidecut ever happen


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Mar 23 2004 9:01PM
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iamdan.
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Sometimes in the big fatties for powder riding. Such as the Pocket Rockets, it's not a large reverse side cut, but i'm sure there is one...
Mar 23 2004 9:03PM
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jizack
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the only ski ever to have a reverse sidecut is the fuckin spatula. pocket rockets most def do not have reverse side cut






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Mar 23 2004 9:20PM
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snowforblood
Posts: 1861 - Karma: 16
wait so let me get this straight
reverse sidecut is when the waist is wider than the widths of the tip and tail? that doesn't seem to make sense if you were to ski on that


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Me: So you like the big powder hits?

Cam Miller: Only when I am snorting them.

=w=

franky - You've got a beat like a cop

hello boys
Mar 23 2004 10:25PM
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McGoo
Posts: 227 - Karma: 10
^^ He's right. Its meant to make turning easier in powder, which is all those skis are meant for. They would be pretty wierd on hardpack, me thinks.



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Mar 23 2004 10:34PM
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McGoo
Posts: 227 - Karma: 10
I forgot, sidecut can also meant the difference in a straight line from the tip to the tail, and how far away from that line the waist is. The more the sidecut, the sharper the turn. An all mountain/powder/park ski like the scratch BC is 122-90-115, not that agressive, but a slalom ski would be somewhere in the order of 105-65-85 (give or take).



In tractor pulls, a 'full pull' is the best you can get. Ahh, how sport mirrors life.
Mar 23 2004 10:44PM
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snowforblood
Posts: 1861 - Karma: 16
still... how would reverse sidecuts even help in powder, powder skis are wide throughout and definitely not wider at the waist. the whole idea of reverse sidecuts doesn't make sense.


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Me: So you like the big powder hits?

Cam Miller: Only when I am snorting them.

=w=

franky - You've got a beat like a cop

hello boys
Mar 23 2004 10:48PM
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