Skeptical of rockered and flat camber skis

idskithat

idskithat

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ive ridden traditional camber all my life, but im also curious about park skis that have rocker(2012) and no camber(domains). i feel like you would lose alot of pop. what do people that have skis like that think?
 
you are in fact commpletely wrong to be sceptical. rocker and flat camber are wayyyy poppier skis. yo should try some. ive had both 2012's(rockered) and revivals (flat) they are the ducks nuts of pop!
 
I can pop higher and better on my Domains than I could on my Afterbangs...just saying.
 
A lot of it is the type of material you use in the construction of the ski. When you pop, you sorta ollie, like lean back and then spring off the tails. You can do this on flat skis, you can do it on rockered skis (though the contact point is moved closer to the center of the ski).

I find that what determines the spring and pop of skis is part camber, but a surprising amount is determined by what type of materials are in the ski. Different types of cores want to spring back to their natural configuration at different rates. Different ways of using fiberglass in construction can vastly change the feel of a ski as well. Metals and carbon fiber have effects too when pressed into a ski, and even small changes in the length and location of these in a ski can make big changes in a completed ski.

Dont be skeptical. Well, maybe be skeptical. Its taken the industry a few years to figure out how to get the best pop out of skis with these new camber profiles, but the current generation of rockered park skis are pretty amazing.
 
i get more pop on my hellbents then I ever did on any traditional camber ski used to ride. in my opinion when it comes to park skis flat camber is where its at, you get a nice poppy playful ski and rails are cake.
 
I have a friend who had planks and a friend who had Alpha 1s and they both hated the rocker. If you're getting a park ski I'd say go regular, rockered park skis are a trend I can't see continuing for that long.

I can see flat camber skis being awesome for park, but I've never tried them.

Ideally with park anyways you want as much of that ski on the ground for stability, that tiny bit of tip and tail rocker isn't going to help you avoid catching your tips and tails on takeoff. If you're catching tip and tail all the time then its probably a better idea to work on your jumping technique, as opposed to solving it by having strangely shaped skis.
 
9417352:panojibber said:
I have a friend who had planks and a friend who had Alpha 1s and they both hated the rocker. If you're getting a park ski I'd say go regular, rockered park skis are a trend I can't see continuing for that long.
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this guy was wrong
 
I feel like rockered skis definitely get some good pop. I would choose rockered over traditional any day, unless all I did was massive jumps. I just personally think that rockered skis are more fun. It's all personal preference.
 
Outside of my pow and my fatter all mtn skis....I still prefer traditional camber. Perhaps its the racer background but just to give up that much edge so you can "pivot" around tight spots easier just seems like a waste to me. I love railing down tracks on groomers still.

Though my rockered skis rip pow like none other. For pow...they are irreplaceable
 
13675751:KravtZ said:
Outside of my pow and my fatter all mtn skis....I still prefer traditional camber. Perhaps its the racer background but just to give up that much edge so you can "pivot" around tight spots easier just seems like a waste to me. I love railing down tracks on groomers still.

Though my rockered skis rip pow like none other. For pow...they are irreplaceable
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Nothing but nothing beats a full camber flat tail ski for piste, its why I still have my MX88's and GS skis as when the mountain is solid or variable theres nothing that gets the job done as well.
 
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