Reverse sidecut touring

For touring? Terrible idea. For sidecountry missions out looking for deep pow? Could be worthwhile depending where you ski.
 
I have skins for my Rossi S7's for short trips out of bounds to get pow. Works just fine for me...
 
Ian Provo tours on either ARGs or JJs if I'm not mistaken.

I really don't see it being that much of an issue if you aren't touring in hard snow. Could suck in the spring if you're into slush touring. But then again, I wouldn't want to ski a reverse sidecut ski in anything but deep pow anyways, so I would say go for it.
 
a friend use to tour on 205s. i forget the brand but it was a really small company. they were reverse side cut and reverse camber. he said they were awesome for breaking trail cuz they float so much better.
 
yeah people always steer away from rockered fatties for touring but if you think about it, why would you be using them in any other condition than pow? just do it, when it's deep you'll get traction on skins no problem
 
fat rockered skis=heavy

heavy=more work

more work=you get tired quicker

if you can't ski pow on something 100-110 you shouldn't be touring
 
I tour on my JJ's and they're awesome, 90% of the time. I'm skiing at Whitewater, Nelson BC. So lots of sidecountry access (1/2hr -2 hour skins). On old skin track, especially the sidehilly and steeper terrain they aren't the greatest. But if I'm doing a real tour and breaking trail or fresh skin tracks they're awesome. Keep in mind that most of your traction from your skins comes from the back 2/3's of the ski, so the more rocker you have in the tail, the less skin traction you get. Again, i really only notice this on older, steeper tracks. I think that the rocker/camber combo is gonna effect the skin performance more than reverse sidecut.
 
He said reverse sidecut. Not Reverse Camber or Rocker... and anyone struggling to skin on rockered skis is a straight re-re...get some god damn balance!
As for reverse sidecut, I could see issues when the snow is firm, but I don't think it's a terrible idea.
 
I don't see how reverse sidecut would give you problems on the trail compared to rocker.
As for rocker, I tour with EP Pros and haven't had issues.
 
I tour on ARG's. They are full reverse sidecut. When I tour I am touring to get to better lines and better snow. I am not touring just for the sake of touring. I love having rocker on my AT setup because it really allows me to blaze trail easily. There really is no downside to touring on a reverse sidecut ski either. The ski will track just as well as a traditional ski, but on the way down you will have much more fun. Yes, cut the skin to the exact shape of the ski.
 
oh..I forgot.. a reverse sidecut ski traditionally weighs less than most traditionally shaped skis that are 110mm underfoot. This is because ski weigh is traditionally carried in the tip and tail of the ski. Because that weight is further away from your foot (and the fulcrum of your binding) it causes the ski to feel heavier than it is. When you use a reverse sidecut ski for touring the weight is under your foot. This means that you aren't pushing and pulling weight around with you.
Also.. anyone can ski powder on a 100-110mm ski....its just more fun on a RR ski.
One last thing. I find that I don't mind having a little extra weight. More weight = Stronger. Stronger = Better Skier.
 
Go for it. Those will be the skis you want to be on when you are looking down your line. it may be more difficult on some of the up parts but in time you will just learn to adapt to the setup.
 
Haha that was exactly my train of thought when I first bought my JJ's, when I was living in Edmonton. I knew i wanted to move to Nelson where touring is the name of the game. I had never toured before, but I knew that they would be a lot of fun on the way down, so I threw some Barons on them. It was a fuckin great call.
 
you actually want the edges out. so you cut one side, move it over a few mms and cut the other side. edge and a small amount of base is the goal.

the point of having the edges out is incase it gets icy, or incase when you hit a downhill section in the skin track (like mt superior) you have some grip.
 
well of course....i just asumed everyone knew that.... thanks for claryfing it for the OP though.
 
yes well 'exact shape' sounded a bit misleading. i think most people have no idea that the edges plus a bit more should be out of the skin. i know that i didnt know that on my first pair of skins.

 
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