Why do a bunch of the Olympic slopestyle skiers ride ski blades?

mystery3Because massive overhead 215 skis are so 80's?

ManesPhoneyHave you ever skied a camber ski with hard flex above body hight? It sucks.

ManesPhoneyHave you ever skied a camber ski with hard flex above body hight? It sucks.

ManesPhoneyHave you ever skied a camber ski with hard flex above body hight? It sucks.

flowmobblet me guess you live on the east coast and ski only park

bigcat.Andri has skis that barely go to his mouth and he's like 6' tall.

Jesper Tjader, probably the most famous snowblader of all. Rumor has it he used to ride Head junior skis and had a 175 topsheet printed on a pair of 160 somethings haha

Even Nick Goepdawg rides short whips. His skis are almost the same size as Maggies lmao

Then you got Dollo and Woodsy who are both pretty small (5'6 and 5'7 respectively) skiing whips far above their head.

I get why, they want to be able to huck triples off a handrail lip but come on. If Dollo can ski 178s or something like that in comps and still chuck trips, why can't Jesper and the rest of the bladers?

nxtyrsfulltiltsWell Jesper is practically a midget so of course his skis are tiny

QuinnayBoyAll falls back on the fact that comp skiers have lil dicks, unless of course they're riding skis appropriately sized lol

bigcat.Andri has skis that barely go to his mouth and he's like 6' tall.

Because Andri likes having sticks up to his mouth

mystery3Sort of like those little guys with really big trucks?

QuinnayBoylil dicks

chicknfriedsteakWhy is this such a big deal? I get that skiing is 90 percent image, but if a rider can throw down and produce interesting content who cares how long of skis they like. This is the fucking Olympics, if you can ski better on shorter skis then it would be ridiculous to use longer ones just to look cool. And for all of you saying it's harder to ski longer skis, that isn't exactly true. It's definitely easier to spin on shorter skis, but you have to land far more centered that on a longer pair. I think you can find a correlation here with guys like henrik and casabon whose style relies heavily on being backseat a lot, using longer skis to compensate.

steezy.stewDollo rides the 188cm just to set that straight hahaha

PuzzledIts certainly not a big deal but you can't deny that longer skis enhance grab aesthetics.

e_macIt worries me that people actually care about the length of someones skis, people ride on what feels best for them

VinnieFIt bothers people because when you see someone riding skis far too small for them for actual skiing you know they're putting skiing second and aerials first. It shows that they're pushing towards "who cares what I do on snow, it's all about what I can do in the air" which is exactly what aerials is. I can see how it can bother some people and I can see how others don't give a shit.

jakeordieMaybe turn the question around.....if they didn't need that extra length, why not get rid of it?

Marco_Gulerhell yeah, i love this thread. some Athletes have the problem that their sponsor don't have longer skis than 178. And when you look closely to what's going to happen to Armadas 2019 lineup you'll see that long skis don't sell. I am 5'11 but because I'm skinny AF i look extremly tall. So i have to ski at least a 186 to make it look decent. But in that lengt range it is hard to find a good ski. Especially with alot of companys beeing not honest about sizing.

mmccarthy81Nah I’m 5’ 11” and pretty skinny and I ski 180s mounted center, I think they look more than big enough. I find that in lift lines and stuff I have bigger skis than almost everyone that’s taller and heavier than me so there’s no way people can think they look too short.

twatt_chaurushe is probably a ski jumper

ManesPhoneyHave you ever skied a camber ski with hard flex above body hight? It sucks.

murphyboiiiiWe’ll they’re pro and we’re not, so clearly it works for them lol.