Sidecuts??

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SkiYaLataHata

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At the risk of sounding stupid i have been skiing for about 5 years on some old salomons and i just like the sport dont know too much of the tech stuff but i really want to learn and one thing i dont understand is what you guys mean when u say sidecut what is that? like how in the most about pollard can that guy tell its a reverse sidecut with that small a view of the ski..i ran a search but still dont understand sorry to bother u guys

 
Sidecut is how much wider a ski is at the tip or tail then at the waist, where the ski is narrower. More sidecut makes your ski's turn radius shorter. A reverse sidecut ski is one where the waist is the widest part.

 
damn, when does a reverse sidecut ever happen

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Me: So you like the big powder hits?

Cam Miller: Only when I am snorting them.

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franky - You've got a beat like a cop

hello boys
 
Sometimes in the big fatties for powder riding. Such as the Pocket Rockets, it's not a large reverse side cut, but i'm sure there is one...

 
the only ski ever to have a reverse sidecut is the fuckin spatula. pocket rockets most def do not have reverse side cut

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wait so let me get this straight

reverse sidecut is when the waist is wider than the widths of the tip and tail? that doesn't seem to make sense if you were to ski on that

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Me: So you like the big powder hits?

Cam Miller: Only when I am snorting them.

=w=

franky - You've got a beat like a cop

hello boys
 
^^ He's right. Its meant to make turning easier in powder, which is all those skis are meant for. They would be pretty wierd on hardpack, me thinks.

In tractor pulls, a 'full pull' is the best you can get. Ahh, how sport mirrors life.
 
I forgot, sidecut can also meant the difference in a straight line from the tip to the tail, and how far away from that line the waist is. The more the sidecut, the sharper the turn. An all mountain/powder/park ski like the scratch BC is 122-90-115, not that agressive, but a slalom ski would be somewhere in the order of 105-65-85 (give or take).

In tractor pulls, a 'full pull' is the best you can get. Ahh, how sport mirrors life.
 
still... how would reverse sidecuts even help in powder, powder skis are wide throughout and definitely not wider at the waist. the whole idea of reverse sidecuts doesn't make sense.

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Me: So you like the big powder hits?

Cam Miller: Only when I am snorting them.

=w=

franky - You've got a beat like a cop

hello boys
 
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