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Does such a ski exist ?

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KRAMPUSNTROLLZ
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 Alright I have been wondering if anyone makes a ski that is completely zero camber with reverse sidecut. More specifically does anyone make a ski that would appear to have tip and tail rocker but in reality is zero camber but has reverse sidecut in the tip and tail. So in the tip and tail it would be relatively narrow widening as if there were tip and tail rocker( but not actually having rocker) narrowing again in the middle of the ski ? does such a ski exist?
Mar 5 2010 6:21PM
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Gnome_in_Gnarnia
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Can't think of any reverse sidecut skis with no camber. Reverse sidecut makes a ski a powder-only stick, so rocker/reverse camber is a no-brainer.
Mar 5 2010 6:26PM
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.Max.
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Volant Spatula, a metal ski from a loooonnggggg time ago, the first true fat ski ever made
Mar 5 2010 6:29PM
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KRAMPUSNTROLLZ
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but a ski like the armada alpha's per say have reverse sidecut obviously they have the tip and tail rocker with it but they aren't a pow ski by any means. I would think that a ski with reverse sidecut as long as it has zero camber instead of rocker would be able to maintain decent skiability on hardpack
Mar 5 2010 6:44PM
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Gnome_in_Gnarnia
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I'm pretty sure spats were the first ski to have reverse camber. McConkey designed that shit and he was all about huge rocker.


Mar 5 2010 7:29PM
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yeahitsdave
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the alphas aren't truly a reverse sidecut ski. they have an early tapered tip and tail but traditional sidecut underfoot.

as for something thats truly reverse sidecut, theres nothing. i think dps lotus's are? but they're rockered.
Mar 5 2010 8:26PM
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KRAMPUSNTROLLZ
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yeah im not necessairly thinking total reverse sidecut anything that is tapered side cut but doesnt have the rocker to match
Mar 5 2010 8:49PM
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bikerocker
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nordica zero has zero camber...
Mar 5 2010 9:26PM
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iffe
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Line Sir Francis Bacon has regular camber and a tapered tip and tail (not sure about the tail actually). Not exactly what you're looking for but the closest that I can think of.
Mar 6 2010 3:55AM
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greyninja
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these bluehouse's have no camber, but they do have early rise
https://newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/506428/page/2/

then the praxis powder boards have revers sidecut (131-136-124), but a "continuous rocker"
their site doesnt seem to be working at the moment, but here it is: http://praxisskis.com/
Mar 6 2010 7:19AM
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