Ruin the camber on your skis??

[EasySteezy45]

Will keeping your skis locked together with the brakes flatten your skis out and ruin the camber? I have been doing this since i can remember (dont really know how else I would keep them) since I have new skis i figure i might stop locking them together like this so the bases dont flatten out.

 

[AGOF]

it will not, dont worry about it

 

[Whatsonboss]

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[DJ_Pauly_D]

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[DUKES]

no its perfectly fine, if it bothers you, you can add something to separted them underfoot when locked together

 

[EasySteezy45]

ok i will disregard this stupid article then?
http://www.justtryingtomakealiving.com/ck2.html

 

[MEGAZORD]

The article makes sense. In a heated, damp place, yes the ski in fact will lose a negligible amount of camber.

For most skis, the camber is not milled into the core of the ski, it is pressed in. It will eventually decamber over the course of a few years.

 

[EasySteezy45]

so while keeping it inside (warm) possibly dont use the breaks to hold them together?

 

[JIBpsy^^]

Not even keeping them inside will ruin the camber. I have a pair of old solomans that was a filed experiment i never took down but they have been ducktaped together for like 2 monthths with the camber flat and hold on let me check............ just cut them apart and they still have camber so idk just dont like leave them together in like a furnace or something.

 

[skithesprings]

if a ski is ever going to de-camber it is going to be from skiing. think of how far your skis flex while you're skiing them. bending them half a centimeter is not going to have any effect on the camber.
however, on the topic of losing camber, my new 2011 ace of spades are completely rockered from tip to tail after three days of riding. interesting....

 

[MEGAZORD]

Thats because the ski has relatively no camber to begin with. Also, it has metal in it, its probably just bent now.

 

[EasySteezy45]

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