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Why don't companies have measured flex and pop ratings?

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Mag
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I was playing about with my skis a minute ago when I realised, if I lean my ski against the wall and put any pressure at all on it it will bounce back and jump against the wall a bit, with little pressure I could get it to bounce back a foot. And I was wondering, if I can figure out ways of measuring ski flex/pop why havent ski companies measured them precisely so people know, instead of claiming to be soft there would be evidence. Also there wouldn't be any fluctuation between different companies Onenerdyguy please respond to this in particular, I know you manage boots but you Are high up at atomic and will probably know th answer to this and are always great at responding, any other responses would be great too thanks
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DUKES
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because pop comes from your legs.
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joshua
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Its not so cut and dry, skis don't all have continous flex patterns.
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japanada
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Skis will pop different from person to person. Weight, boot size, and aggressiveness all contribute to the pop you feel on skis.
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VD.
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Mag
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oh right never thought of that, and what do you mean about the boots? are you talking about something separate to the 50-130 scale?
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Session
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There would have to be a standard, even boot flex is not standard so it doesn't really mean shit.
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skituner
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true but there is a standard within most brands, which would at least be somewhat helpful with skis
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tomPietrowski
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Generally no 2 skis out of the factory will have exactly the same flex. Skis are made indivually then someone pairs them up to match flex patterns.

Skis will have generally the same flex but not identical.

And as had been said before there is much more to flex and pop then just the ski itself. Most manufacturers try to give a good indication of flex and sometimes also the flex pattern.
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japanada
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ehhh for smaller boot companies maybe, but say with salomon, the spks vs the impact 9s are both 90 flexs, and the impacts flex way easier. Keep in mind that plastics flex very differently from boot to boot and especially across brands.
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