Buttering on skis that arent center mounted

[finnafuckyobitch]

i just got the k2 silencers and like the dumbasses they are REI mounted my skis at the traditional position specifically after i asked them to center mount them. Will having the skis mounted in the traditional spot affect the difficulty of buttering

 

[Silence]

slightly, but its still very doable

it will make it easier to do tail butters though

 

[396222687862]

hahaha 2 conflicting answers, i believe i can nose/and tail butter on my centermounts compared to my -2 skis

 

[tsmack]

less ski you have to flex? I guess you'll just have to wait.

 

[BobTreeBark]

i just got my skis mounted 21mm forward of center, and nose butters seem harder, but tails seem about the same as before. (they were 2 cm back before)

 

[Silence]

ha yeah you are right, total opposite of what i was saying

 

[Silence]

i was thinking a short guy on say 181s would find it hard to initiate the butter due to the stiffness all the way until the nose, whereas on a shorter ski, it would be easier to get weight over the nose

 

[Scolson]

Don't shop at rei if you can help it. A lot of the staff is clueless there in my experience. They also did the same thing to my pe's. I told them to mount them core center, they asked my what was that, so I told them, 7.5 forward I think. I get them back and they're at the mid sole mounting point.

 

[pfutz]

It depends on the store, my local REI is fine.

 

[forfun]

you will be able to tail butter like a motherfucker and probably reverse the direction of your knee trying to nose butter

 

[.Capn.]

Wait. yd u get forward mounted skis? do u ski switch more than regular??

 

[KellyK]

i'm rocking k2 fujatives at the traditional spot...they're not bad....i can barely tell a difference between that and center...shouldn't be a problem

 

[Skipig25]

no, nomen's right. the more leverage you have the easier it is.