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Can you break skis with your hands?

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Noha
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I'm know that this is a very stupid question, but I was curious. Do you think you could break a pair of skis but giving them a flex test with your hands? I'm not ripped or anything, but am always a little weary that one time I will press the skis too hard when flexing either mine or someone else's.
Apr 1 2014 11:28PM
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Crispy.
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You probably could… I don't know why the hell you have to ask this question, just don't flex them to 90 degrees?
Apr 1 2014 11:30PM
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SFB
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no
Apr 1 2014 11:31PM
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frickindarn
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If you're the hulk then yea.
Apr 1 2014 11:33PM
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.Hugo.
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It's impossible, go hard
Apr 1 2014 11:39PM
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~Gotama~
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you can't, I can
Apr 1 2014 11:44PM
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Noha
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Thanks. This is what I was more asking, how much is a "ok" amount to push. Has anyone broken a pair flexing them?
Apr 1 2014 11:45PM
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Pudge
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If you broke them hand flexing how do you suppose they could possibly stand up to all the forces you put on them skiing? Especially skiing park
Apr 1 2014 11:57PM
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.Hugo.
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Maybe OP is a jacked midget?
Apr 2 2014 12:01AM
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NH_OPERATOR
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Considering people can do tip-stands on even the noodlyiest pair of skis, I doubt youll break them with your hands unless you are on ALL THE ROIDS
Apr 2 2014 12:05AM
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raymondcabral
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Maybe if they're crummy skis...
Apr 2 2014 10:29AM
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danbrown
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yes
Apr 2 2014 10:39AM
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YouAllSuck
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You might be able to if the skis are old and have a lot of days on them. I don't why you would want to because there would be a lot of force built up and it would probably hurt a lot when they snap.
Apr 2 2014 10:45AM
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.S.B.
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Dumont could break any ski
Apr 2 2014 11:01AM
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RubberSoul
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there's no way
Apr 2 2014 11:56AM
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Goku
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Fip the ski upside down, so the topsheet is facing up.
Flex the ski like you would normally when testing the flex of ski, with one hand right in the center.
Watch it snap like Tonya Harding.
Apr 2 2014 12:03PM
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Goku
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It's easier with bindings on too because it creates a fulcrum point
Apr 2 2014 12:04PM
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wreck.yoself
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If by break you mean in half I don't think that would work.

When I worked at my local shop the manager actually encouraged me to "break" skis or make the layers crack so that it doesn't happen to the customers.

It happened to me a couple times while trying to sell skis and I was told to explain that it is normal for skis to crack or "pop"
Apr 2 2014 12:12PM
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Mr.Sloth
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lol where do you work?
Apr 2 2014 12:14PM
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bnewbs6
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My buddy Al Lanning helped start Ninthward. When he was hand flexing a prototype ski he snapped it right in half. So yes I guess it's possible. With a bad prototype ski
Apr 2 2014 12:15PM
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Goku
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Yeah, a ski that hasn't been flexed yet then the popping you are hearing is the glues breaking up.

One day a guy came in to the last shop I worked at with a snowboard he designed as "unbreakable" my boss flipped it and flexed it, snapped like a twig. Dude's face was priceless
Apr 2 2014 12:15PM
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caderobinson
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maybe with line masterminds hahaha
Apr 2 2014 3:14PM
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stupendous-man
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Someone find that video of a girl snapping the Punx.
Apr 2 2014 3:55PM
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Ribss.
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Well fuck... thanks for tempting me.

Click for larger image
Apr 2 2014 4:37PM
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stupendous-man
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Looks like they really increased the 3-stage rocker for next year
Apr 2 2014 4:43PM
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Miomo
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https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/704342/

Sure.
Apr 2 2014 4:49PM
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Mag
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No OP you can't, not without a defective ski or some form of power enhancement(I'm not referring to drugs).


Apr 2 2014 4:51PM
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RubberSoul
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oh wow youre a genius thanks for explaining the joke to us numbnuts
Apr 2 2014 4:53PM
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bgeskior
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tried to break an old k2 public enemy, bent it to almost 180 degrees until it got loose and almost broke all my fingers
Apr 2 2014 5:11PM
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steezburgereddie
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I feel like I could but not with a regular test.
Apr 2 2014 8:28PM
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edai
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Even if you somehow did the force would be so strong shards of wood would shoot out and stab the fuck out of you
Apr 2 2014 8:37PM
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bunnies.
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if they're surfaces you can
Apr 2 2014 8:52PM
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milk_man
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Dumont could break a 4x4
Apr 2 2014 10:14PM
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Crispy.
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Use the simple formula:

ski length x color opacity/absorbance of light+weight x effective edge-turning radius/number of mounts

Yes that is correct order of operations and it should give you the amount of force in grams you can apply without snapping.
Apr 2 2014 10:51PM
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ttave514
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oh god...
Apr 2 2014 11:11PM
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skier58284
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It would be possible but I don't want to try. Give me a snowboard and I'll try.
Apr 2 2014 11:38PM
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rach
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I have seen it done once, to a new pair of very shitty skis.
Apr 3 2014 12:32AM
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Ribss.
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OP means Original Poster, aka the first person to post. This term does not apply to me here, therefore you are a fucking idiot.

I mean come on, the picture is in my profile with a description, this one went way over your head.
Apr 3 2014 3:55AM
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