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rareison
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Hey guys, I just picked up my new AR7's from my ski shop today after getting mounted. After looking at them for a while, I noticed they aren't mounted dead centre. They are aboput 1.5 inches back (from my judgement). I was wondering how this would affect my performance in park, all mountain, skiing switch, etc. Should I just leave them like that or take them back and get them remounted dead centre? Thanks.
Nov 13 2011 11:36PM
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danjrowan
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I had AR7s and they skied awesome at that position.
I would go for it personally its not a symmetrical ski anyway.
Nov 13 2011 11:39PM
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rareison
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Was it wierd skiing park or skiing switch?
Nov 13 2011 11:40PM
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danjrowan
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Personally not at all.
If you go dead centre you are going to be fighting the natural sidecut and flex of the ski, but on the other hand a lot of guys have gone dead centre and really liked them.
Nov 13 2011 11:50PM
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J.M
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1.5 inches is a lot.............

you mean centimeters?

Nov 14 2011 12:34AM
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rareison
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No, I estimated like 1.5 inches, (I just used my judgement and fingers so it's not that accurate) but you can visibly tell it's alot further back.
Nov 14 2011 12:51AM
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JHawk
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1.5 in is 3.8cm. So approx 4cm back of ski center given his estimation.

4cm isn't too far outside the norm for all-mountain mount.

I'm not knowledgeable enough to know the sidecut geometry on the A7's but that may be ok for them.

Definitely not  a park exclusive setup but if it was geared all-mountain ski for you it would probably work.
Nov 14 2011 3:25PM
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