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Do you need to break in your skis?

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.powder
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Lol, i've always wondered this... Anyways, i just got some brand new k2 skis yesterday(my friend has the same pair) and his are wayyy more buttery!! They are so much more soft and flexible and poppy and all that fun stuff! We both have size 169 skis, different boots, and we are about the same height as each other. I tried to do a butter yesterday on the tips of my skis and managed to do it for a quick second before my bindings gave in and broke off my boots >.> (I'll adjust them i think)..

So, do you need to break in a pair of skis like you do boots?
Dec 30 2011 3:14PM
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GoggleT@n
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Yes.
Dec 30 2011 3:20PM
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J..H
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No your skis need to break you in.
Dec 30 2011 3:22PM
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reverendwrong
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you don't need to break them in.

Do they break in on their own? Yes.
Dec 30 2011 3:22PM
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.powder
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oohhhh!!.... that's why my shoulders are so sore!!
Dec 30 2011 3:24PM
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I_Am_Mod
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imho skis don't "break in" they just wear out and lose camber/pop ....
Dec 30 2011 3:24PM
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SassySloth
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when you first get a pair of ski, you have to slap them around and make em your bitch
Dec 30 2011 3:26PM
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.powder
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they are k2 revivals btw, so they aren't using camber i think..I know they aren't the flexiest of skis but still they are pretty stiff right now and not as bouncy as my buddies revivals.
Dec 30 2011 3:27PM
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J..H
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the problem is your riding k2...
Dec 30 2011 3:30PM
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.powder
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it's obviously not a problem for my friend (who like i said also rides the same skis as me).. k2 hater
Dec 30 2011 3:36PM
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stupendous-man
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i dont know if it makes a huge difference, but he may be able to butter better because he tightens his boots super hard.
Dec 30 2011 3:41PM
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rareison
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You have to dominate them and make them submit to you, and then they will be broken in.
Dec 30 2011 3:42PM
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.powder
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ya that probably is true since i like to do my boots up quite loose and flexible.. I just found it sort of weird that my tips wouldn't flex as much as his would, and when i leaned forward too much on them to butter my bindings would just snap off, but i guess that part is the bindings fault not the skis.
Dec 30 2011 3:44PM
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FerrisBueller
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wut
Dec 30 2011 3:55PM
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lorax
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you are an idiot. K2 makes some of the most durable and fun skis I have ever owned.
Dec 30 2011 3:56PM
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.powder
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pretty much what i was thinking.
Dec 30 2011 4:49PM
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ballsofsteeze
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binding release?

if not you must go through a lot of bindings...

but i'd say give it a few days of riding and they might get a bit softer. and tightening your boots definitely helps. its like the difference between trying to push down on something with memory foam in between or just pushing straight on it. and i have k2 extremes from like 2-3 years ago and they are holding up great!
Dec 30 2011 5:07PM
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.powder
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hahaha yeah, binding release, that's what i meant >.>

but yea i'll give em a couple more days of some shredding.. I noticed they were a bit more poppier (is that a word?) and flexible near the end of the day compared to when i first got them so im sure they just need a bit more riding till they soften up. Other than being a bit stiff right now, i LOVE these skis.. k2 definitely knows how to make a dope pair of skis.. I'll probably be riding k2 now for a long time <3
Dec 30 2011 5:11PM
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.powder
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no.. poppier is definitely not a word............. dur
Dec 30 2011 5:12PM
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Bethune
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i lold
Dec 30 2011 7:24PM
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