Normalize being fine with hitting rocks

It’s gonna happen. I’m still gonna avoid what I can, but you cant expect to not hit any rocks and have perfect bases
 
It is, unfortunately, totally normal if you’re skiing hard and having fun. My favorite skis all seem to get core shots within the first week. Tools not jewels.
 
Me no likey core shots, or edges gouged from rockies!

I have a few pairs dedicated for low tide times.

I can fix my shots, but it's just work I'd rather not have to do!
 
Thicker better bases certainly help versus a shittier thin extruded base. It's all anecdotal but my arvs seemed to have had really soft bases compared to the durasurf (also thicker) on my current skis. I've hit so many rocks these past few years and no core shots miraculously.
 
That’s cute you guys get enough snow to complain about rock shots. Where I ski, there’s exposed rocks and dirt for probably 1/2 or at least 1/3 of the season and if I worried about core shots I barely would ever get to ride my skis lol
 
Quite a few companies use Durasurf 4001 like ON3P. It is the same base across the board. It is made in the same factory regardless of company. I have gotten a core shot with Durasurf 4001.

14366493:AlmostCooler said:
Tell me you ski ON3Ps without telling me you ski ON3pS
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14366494:BradFiAusNzCoCa said:
Quite a few companies use Durasurf 4001 like ON3P. It is the same base across the board. It is made in the same factory regardless of company. I have gotten a core shot with Durasurf 4001.
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Me too, I’ve got a couple pairs of Moments with a couple of core shots each. I’m not sure if it’s a difference in thickness or what, but my ON3P are fucking indestructible compared to my already durable Moments.
 
I read that moment uses the 1.3mm version for weight as compared to ON3P 1.8mm

14366504:AlmostCooler said:
Me too, I’ve got a couple pairs of Moments with a couple of core shots each. I’m not sure if it’s a difference in thickness or what, but my ON3P are fucking indestructible compared to my already durable Moments.
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This thread couldn't be more relevant. Hit chair 6 at crystal yesterday. Was bony af up top and the clif band was gnar as well. I hit less rocks riding urban with sn ice cube tray worth or snow.

At least i took the park board out. A few people had the new new, yikes
 
14366509:DesertStix said:
Which is kind of dumb because the skis are still heavy lol
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Yeah, but they could be way heavier. My 108 Jeffries are significantly heavier than my 116 Wildcats. Makes em harder to spin for sure.
 
For sure. Which pair do you ski more?

14366518:AlmostCooler said:
Yeah, but they could be way heavier. My 108 Jeffries are significantly heavier than my 116 Wildcats. Makes em harder to spin for sure.
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I remember when I got back into skiing around 7th grade and a small resort opened 20 minutes away from me and all my homies and I jumped off rocks deep in the PA woods on our downhill Rossi skis. Looking back we may have been totally jerrys but we had a blast.
 
They also said the 1.8mm made the Moments damper than they wanted too and less lively. Also, didn’t match with the edge size. I think moment uses 2.2mm edges vs 2.5mm ON3P. TGR is a great resource lol

14366509:DesertStix said:
Which is kind of dumb because the skis are still heavy lol
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14366518:AlmostCooler said:
Yeah, but they could be way heavier. My 108 Jeffries are significantly heavier than my 116 Wildcats. Makes em harder to spin for sure.
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14366353:BigPurpleSkiSuit said:
I will take massive core shot over edge crack any day of the week
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I actually purposely ski this way. If I am going over a rock band or over some sketchy terrain Ill be sure to float my bases over it then hit the brakes with a turn when I get back into fresh snow.
 
14366644:DominatorJacques said:
There are sharp shark tooth rocks, and there are smooth rocks.

Shark tooth goes through any base, be it hard, soft, thick, or thin.
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A lot of times for me the ones that really getya are the ones you don't even feel. Hit a big blunt rock and you think you blew it up but there's only scratches on your base and edges. Ski all day early season and when you put em up for the day see a huge gouge missing lol

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14366655:branchlet said:
I know people who ski around stomping on rock while night skiing an following them is like a fireworks show
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Tell me u ski Brighton without telling me u ski Brighton
 
14366747:Chrischi69 said:
Core shots suck ass but a little scratch or divot never hurt anyone
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Never sweat the small stuff! Added structure can be a good thing! ;-)

14366753:Nixx said:
Tell me u ski Brighton without telling me u ski Brighton
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I don't ski Brighton, and probably never will. I hit a rock, and scratched my base and edge!
 
Lol this spring the sherburne trail on mount washington was closed part way down

we ended up skiing over rock gardens on the tuckerman ravine trail the rest of the way ? good times
 
14366756:DominatorJacques said:
Never sweat the small stuff! Added structure can be a good thing! ;-)
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I have never really found it to help with speed as I never get timed, much less down to the thousanth of a second that it would only help with.

From a structural standpoint, it doesn't really eliminate the stress concentration from the scratch enough to matter for durability. Mayybe if you hit a rock in the exact same spot it would help. The bottom line is I have always found tiny ptex repairs to vibrate out quickly and it's just a waste of ptex/littering tiny toxic plastic pieces on the mountain.
 
Saw a coreshot that had cut up near the shovel it went through all the layers and had pushed up the top sheet. Damn near a glass bottom boat
 
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