Rockering skis

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Loner

so i was thinkin, i've seen threads on here about how people rocker their skis by clamping them with blocks in between the skis, what if i took a ratchet strap and hooked it on the tip and tail and slowly cranked it while puttin hot water on it over time, would that yield any results?

Feb 22 2011 11:18PM

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WaterBottle

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shit would blow up

Feb 22 2011 11:18PM

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skisteep

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Loner

haha think so?

Feb 22 2011 11:21PM

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PeteySkeety

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Insane

Lol. Maybe try it with an old ski first!

Feb 22 2011 11:21PM

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finchski

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Ridiculous

i did it, it was awsome for the first 15 mins then shit blew up http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=1728665103965&set=a.1728663463924.2095764.1458571344&theater donno if you can see this or not

Feb 22 2011 11:21PM

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skisteep

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ya i have an old pair of invaders that i was thinkin about tryin it with

Feb 22 2011 11:23PM

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J.S.

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Loner

There's a whole thread about it on TGR:

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php/182847-Putting-a-rocker-in-my-Sumos?highlight=how+to+rocker+skis

Feb 22 2011 11:28PM

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J.S.

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Double post! Sorry!

http://http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php/182847-Putting-a-rocker-in-my-Sumos?highlight=how+to+rocker+skis

Feb 22 2011 11:29PM

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.brian

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Insane

work now?

Feb 22 2011 11:32PM

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I.B

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Gonna rocker my tahoes soon! WIll post pics. Might take a couple days. Going to start tomorrow. WIll update.

Feb 22 2011 11:56PM

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doyle.

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drill 4 holes, 2 in the tip of the ski and 2 at the tail of the ski. feed a very strong string or thin rope through all the holes. flex the ski as hard as you can and tie the string or rope tight. just for shits and giggles though. after a day the string stretchs and you have to flex the ski again and tie it. really fun though

Feb 23 2011 2:28AM

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Dan.P

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ha they did that in snofix, man i miss that show

Feb 23 2011 2:51AM

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fragglemuffin

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Just be ready to ruin your skis...

Feb 23 2011 8:34AM

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Flying~Squirrel

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that doesnt sound like a good idea. ive made a few skis and when you are layering the wood in the core, you do it so that they will have more flex in one direction, but if you start warping that then you kinda kill the pop and "skiablity" of the ski.

Feb 23 2011 8:53AM

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Rachy

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Interesting and doable, but like above, your ski was made the way it is for a reason... Also, rockered skis ski shorter... So really, your losing even more of your effective edge.

I like 160 normal, 167 or so rockered... 175 rockered powder... so yeah, careful what you are doing if you haven't skied a lot of rockered skis yet.

Feb 23 2011 9:26AM

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