Reno Rockers on big jumps

sirskizalot

sirskizalot

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I know there are other threads similar to this but this is kind of urgent so i was wondering if anyone has experience with jumps that are 50 60 70 feet on rockered park skis? And switch landings? How do they handle for stuff like this. sorry this was pretty brief too.
 
I've spun off a 50 footer a few times on mine, including switch landings. They did fine in my opinion but I think a stiffer ski with normal camber would still be a better option for anything 40ft+. The early rise makes them ski short and butter more easily so when you use them on a big kicker, they perform similar to a shorter and softer ski. It will still work fine but they might not feel as solid when carving into spins or landing awkwardly, haven't held me back at all though.
 
yeah, they work fine, but theres less room for error landing. if you were on a long stiff ski, you can land way more off center and be ok, while with rockered skis, if your not centered youll typically wheelie out. granted, my only experience is with hellbents on 40-45ft park jumps, which are softer and way more rockered than renos, but even those were fine, and actually really fun. I still prefer my extremes for jumping, but they definitely do ok.
 
rockers are not nearly as bad as something like bents. stiffer, and not nearly as much rocker.
 
They are going to make catching your edges on take offs a lot harder, so thats good, but when you land, they will be more inclined to wheelie back or wash out since the ski doesnt want to spring you back to normal. The rocker will already be in the bent position, so it wont resist you going backseat as much.
 
on a drastically rockered ski yes. on something like the renos not really. its not big enough to make that massive of a difference.
 
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