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Lordf*Learned on parabolic skis back in the 80's and early 90's had a break from skiing while I lived in Aus before I finally made the change to carvers in 2003, since then I have enjoyed trying everything out, although most modern skis are pretty noodles so I tend to opt for the stiffer end of the spectrum and use old race stock on piste. I can ski on pretty much anything but I know what I enjoy in a ski.k+ for a good response
b.uttersIf you learned to ski on a rocker pow ski you probably stuck at technical skiing.
COOOOPWho really learns on a pair of pow skis?
a_shaky_gifi did lol
COOOOPReally?! That suprises me what where they underfoot and what ski?
Andrew_MThis is some highdea type shit right here...makes sense to me, although probably 99 percent of people learn on a directional, the sticks you pick up after your first pair could influence your style a lot. But as you move from one ski to the next your style changes with it. If you have a rockered pair of course you won't ski them like a gs ski even if thats what you learned on.
a_shaky_gifbasically learned the basics on ghetto skinny directional skis. then once i got to higher level beginner and intermediate i switched to the pow boards. it took me a while to actually learn what carving felt like. and btw i can ski tech stuff just fine, despite what skis i learned on
a_shaky_gifi personally like the more slarvy skidish type style. does anyone have any experiences?
gavinrudyIf you're going to be a good skier, you need to know how to carve, hold an edge, and posture confidently while you ski. A lot of kids think they're good skiers when they only shluff turns to kill speed and can't really charge down a mountain. You'll have so much more control and stability if you learn how to ski right. I think that that has much more to do with your background in skiing than the ski that you learn on. A ski can affect a style but usually that's because the rider has chosen that particular ski as a tool to ski how they want it to.
hoodcrewbasically learned how to ski (freeski at least) on the surface one life. Crazy rockered pow ski, in the park too. feel like that ski basically shaped my style for me haha
Lordf*Learned on parabolic skis back in the 80's and early 90's
Andrew_MThis is some highdea type shit right here...makes sense to me, although probably 99 percent of people learn on a directional, the sticks you pick up after your first pair could influence your style a lot. But as you move from one ski to the next your style changes with it. If you have a rockered pair of course you won't ski them like a gs ski even if thats what you learned on.
kamron_708Partially, but i find that this day in age; new skiers are influenced by the televised skiing. Ex- xgames. They look up freesking or big air whatever it may be, and they see there is a more technical rotational side to feeeskiing and a smooth buttery side to freeskiing. More than likely, they will buy the skis used in the video, or similar ones. They will try and emulate the style they saw, so the ski seems important to them. To a new skier, they might think that a cambered park ski thats 87 underfoot cant butter like a rockered park ski. We all know that isnt true, to aome extent. But skiers are influenced by other skiers and videos, so its natural to think that you need the equipment thats 'meant' to do it
