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Breaking in skis

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Twig
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I thought this would be an interesting thread, it migth fail but worth a shot.

It seems clear to me that and increasing number of 'pros' (by which I mean 'known' skiers), are using skis that are far more flexible than their 'out of the box' flex point. Off the top of my head examples include Kieran Mcveigh's Soul Riders, Max Hill's Afterbangs and all of Maximillian Smith's various scott skis. They all flex like OG EP Pros but are nowhere near that soft from the factory, pretty sure these guys aren't 'pro' enough to have specially made pairs so:

How do they achieve this flexibility?
Do you (NSers) do anything to your own skis?

Oct 24 2013 9:35AM
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snakerton
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Max Hill puts his on 2 cinder blocks and jumps on them
Oct 24 2013 10:05AM
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Session
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Don't do this. You don't get free ski's like Max Hill.

Just ski.
Oct 24 2013 10:16AM
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Balto
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hand flex them a lot when they are brand new and then just go ski them.
Oct 24 2013 10:26AM
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first_rodeo
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the same way i check flex at the LSS

I hold them vertically and shake the fuck out of them
Oct 24 2013 2:37PM
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I_liketobutter
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I need to give my 184 bacons some "breaking in". Lapping a
Oct 24 2013 2:58PM
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John18_6
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Got new k2 recoils, they aren't really flexy yet but they are springy as fuck, i rode them yesterday and I swear to edollo I nollied out of a box and the skis boosted me almost 2 feet off the box.
Oct 24 2013 3:56PM
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virgin
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Do you think skis lose their pop when broken in?
Oct 24 2013 3:58PM
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Dr.Dickless
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their skis arent that much more flexible than they are out of the box. they're pros and they make getting serious flex look easy when its really not.

Also, these guys go through MANY pairs of skis a season, they ride hard on them everyday
if they spend 2 runs doing nothing but butters their skis will be fully broken in, after 2 weeks their cores have lost the majority of the strength they had when new.

you don't want to break in your skis any more than regular riding already does.
Oct 24 2013 4:18PM
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Zak.Mousseau
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Just lean
Oct 24 2013 4:43PM
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I_liketobutter
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ghost post?..

meant, Lapping a
Oct 24 2013 5:47PM
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tomPietrowski
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This exactly really. It's easy to make a ski super soft just riding it but it will pretty much ruin it. If you get a free pair when ever (which admittedly is not usually the case for pros) it does not matter but if you want them to last a season it's not a good plan.
Oct 24 2013 5:55PM
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MartianMan
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I'm sure you are right for most cases, but Kieran's Soul Riders look significantly much softer than the ones that I've skied
Oct 24 2013 6:02PM
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closeyetfar11
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My old Pipe Cleaners used to be full camber....

Click for larger image

...now they're just funner 'n hell.




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