My Gawd. Look at these skis!

yup. its pretty much the most basic and influential part of how a ski rides. its the arc in the edge, and it measures the radius of a turn the ski will make unflexed. the more the ski flexes, the shaper it will turn
 
i don't think it can do 11. a full race stock slalom ski turns 11m. maybe, if a machine bends the ski to its full potential, and the somehow measure the circle it would make, then its eleven meters, but nobody could make it do it. but either way those r still sick skis
 
i wouldnt be sure until i rode them but i actually think it would rip big mountain pretty well. its wide enough in the middle still to float on pow and you would turn (not turning your skis to check your speed while still traveling the same line, but actually making powder s turns) with way less effort... its crazy either way.
 
I would be afraid to ever point those things straight down the hill, that would have BAD results. Sidecut=no good.
 
yeah good call. might be fun to try this type of ski for tight stuff in the trees but apart from that i can't see them being justifiable, unless your one of those old school skiers that does like a million turns down a face.

not for me though...
 
That is because the FIS has legal limits on every ski dimension, and that includes turn radius. Just about every dimension on a ski has to meet some guideline.
 
I also meant to say: these skis are basically "carving powder" skis, which isn't practical. Most of the time you are skiing powder, you are smearing your turns, and if you are actually carving them, you are going too fast to drop turns that tight. Also, if you were holding an edge on anything steep with these, it would be alot like a springboard, because part of the tip and part of the tail would be holding you, and in the middle would have no support, so it would just flex. Bottom line: it's a bad idea. If you want to buy them, be my guest, but I know it wouldn't work for me.
 
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