Thinking about making a detachable ski?

nick9955

nick9955

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So when I was 8 I tried to glue one magnet to the bottom of my skis and one to the bottom of my boots so I could do the tricks like on SSX on playstation 2 where you could take take your skis off mid air. Obviously this didn't work I must have been using pva glue or something. Basically I wanna know if I did it again has anyone got any ideas to make it work and does anyone think that it is actually possible?
 
Just buy kids bindings and set the DINs to minimum so you can clip out of the bindings like mountain bikers do with their pedals. That way you can clip out mid air and do a trick. You're on your own figuring out how to get back in though.
 
13979555:a_pla5tic_bag said:
Just buy kids bindings and set the DINs to minimum so you can clip out of the bindings like mountain bikers do with their pedals. That way you can clip out mid air and do a trick. You're on your own figuring out how to get back in though.
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I thought that but then how could i stop if the dins are so low
 
topic:nick9955 said:
So when I was 8 I tried to glue one magnet to the bottom of my skis and one to the bottom of my boots so I could do the tricks like on SSX on playstation 2 where you could take take your skis off mid air. Obviously this didn't work I must have been using pva glue or something. Basically I wanna know if I did it again has anyone got any ideas to make it work and does anyone think that it is actually possible?
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Easy as pie!

[VIDEO]https://youtu.be/p0t0J_ERzHM[/VIDEO]
 
13979649:nick9955 said:
hmm maybe magnets won't work ??
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Well, that was a joke of sorts with super strong magnets.

I would think if the magnet power allowed one to remove the ski, it would be too weak to ski.

If one could use those type of magnets it may be too heavy, and or never release.

Anyway, it's a whack idea. Not sure why anyone would even want to try to remove a ski in mid-air.
 
ur not the first to think of detachable ski tricks and u wont be the last but if u can get this right u will

Invent the newest wave
 
i feel like if you had one magnet ski and one regular ski youc ould make it work by favoring the real ski when you popped and landed
 
There is a jerry video of a guy trying to kick his ski up into his hands from the ground using his toe and toe piece and he accidentally wings his ski up behind him through the window of a bus parked behind him. Priceless
 
Fabian Boesch has already landed some detachable ski tricks. He actually won the most creative trick award at absolut park for one of those tricks last year.
 
You could make a bluetooth connection between a button on the top of the poles, or in/on the mittens, to a new type of binding that opens up at the touch of the button, but will automatically re-engage if put back on the binding mid air
 
you could use an electromagnet with a battery pack strapped or glued onto the topsheet of the ski. boots would need to be heavily modified.

when turned on the ski could theoretically stay attached like a pin binding...it would not release.

when turned off the ski would fall off. the button could be placed right where you naturally grab safety.

i bet mythbusters could do it. i don’t think a normal magnet would work
 
Definitely possible but magnets would not be the way. You’d need some crazy clips or some shit. It would be funny watching someone do this and fail to put their skis back on so they’d just land atlas eat shit.
 
13979720:Casey said:
There is a jerry video of a guy trying to kick his ski up into his hands from the ground using his toe and toe piece and he accidentally wings his ski up behind him through the window of a bus parked behind him. Priceless
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Honestly there's no reason this couldn't be done. Like already said, you just need electromagnets, but rather than modifying the ski, you could route out the toe and heel of the ski boot, but metal plates in, and have cables that run to some kind of battery in a small backpack - wouldn't have to be small at all. The backpack would power the electromagnets, and you would have a wireless relay on top of your pole, or like on your glove so if you touch your pointer and thumb together it would cut the circuit (obviously this bit might need refining - I wouldn't want to be wiggling my cold fingers and drop a ski on some poor kid by accident). When you release, the circuit would automatically go back on, so you only need to press to release the ski, then it would snap back on it's own (may need some sort of alignment aid).

As for the ski, all that you'd need would be basic metal plates mounted in place of bindings - nothing fancy at all.

VOILA
 
13979950:eheeth said:
Honestly there's no reason this couldn't be done. Like already said, you just need electromagnets, but rather than modifying the ski, you could route out the toe and heel of the ski boot, but metal plates in, and have cables that run to some kind of battery in a small backpack - wouldn't have to be small at all. The backpack would power the electromagnets, and you would have a wireless relay on top of your pole, or like on your glove so if you touch your pointer and thumb together it would cut the circuit (obviously this bit might need refining - I wouldn't want to be wiggling my cold fingers and drop a ski on some poor kid by accident). When you release, the circuit would automatically go back on, so you only need to press to release the ski, then it would snap back on it's own (may need some sort of alignment aid).

As for the ski, all that you'd need would be basic metal plates mounted in place of bindings - nothing fancy at all.

VOILA
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This is such a sick idea! this is why I love newschoolers probably one of the dumbest ideas ive ever had but you made it sounds possible. Ill repost when i make it
 
13979671:Static said:
i feel like if you had one magnet ski and one regular ski youc ould make it work by favoring the real ski when you popped and landed
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yeh this would be better then if everything goes wrong could just land on one leg
 
13979741:bluntsblunts... said:
Fabian Boesch has already landed some detachable ski tricks. He actually won the most creative trick award at absolut park for one of those tricks last year.
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is there a video of this I would like to see it but I cant find anything?
 
13979741:bluntsblunts... said:
Fabian Boesch has already landed some detachable ski tricks. He actually won the most creative trick award at absolut park for one of those tricks last year.
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oh you mean when he swung on the metal thing then flipped to clip in?
 
You could always have a drill connected to your poles and then unscrew your bindings mid air and then screw them back in before you land, probably the easiest solution
 
13979950:eheeth said:
Honestly there's no reason this couldn't be done. Like already said, you just need electromagnets, but rather than modifying the ski, you could route out the toe and heel of the ski boot, but metal plates in, and have cables that run to some kind of battery in a small backpack - wouldn't have to be small at all. The backpack would power the electromagnets, and you would have a wireless relay on top of your pole, or like on your glove so if you touch your pointer and thumb together it would cut the circuit (obviously this bit might need refining - I wouldn't want to be wiggling my cold fingers and drop a ski on some poor kid by accident). When you release, the circuit would automatically go back on, so you only need to press to release the ski, then it would snap back on it's own (may need some sort of alignment aid).

As for the ski, all that you'd need would be basic metal plates mounted in place of bindings - nothing fancy at all.

VOILA
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On a somber note, if this was around Shane McConkey would most likely be alive today. His death was due to the fact he could not kick off his skis to engage his parachute in time when he was ski/base jumping.
 
Ok now make plastic chairs on the lift because electro magnets that can hold a ski to a person are going to be strong as fuck, also so heavy that you won't be leaving the ground.
 
13980104:marrows said:
Ok now make plastic chairs on the lift because electro magnets that can hold a ski to a person are going to be strong as fuck, also so heavy that you won't be leaving the ground.
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The electromagnets aren't holding the person, they're holding the ski - there are literally no cases where the magnets would be supporting the weight of the person. The only issue would be the lateral forces where the person may slide off the ski in extreme cases, but with alignment aids and nodules this could be prevented
 
13979950:eheeth said:
Honestly there's no reason this couldn't be done. Like already said, you just need electromagnets, but rather than modifying the ski, you could route out the toe and heel of the ski boot, but metal plates in, and have cables that run to some kind of battery in a small backpack - wouldn't have to be small at all. The backpack would power the electromagnets, and you would have a wireless relay on top of your pole, or like on your glove so if you touch your pointer and thumb together it would cut the circuit (obviously this bit might need refining - I wouldn't want to be wiggling my cold fingers and drop a ski on some poor kid by accident). When you release, the circuit would automatically go back on, so you only need to press to release the ski, then it would snap back on it's own (may need some sort of alignment aid).

As for the ski, all that you'd need would be basic metal plates mounted in place of bindings - nothing fancy at all.

VOILA
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I think the problem here would be that having magnets strong enough to hold a full size person to skis wouod have to be really heavy. Also magnetic force gets weak really fast as distance increases, so if you hit a bump and your boot came up like a millimeter I think your skis would just fly off instantly
 
13980208:eheeth said:
The electromagnets aren't holding the person, they're holding the ski - there are literally no cases where the magnets would be supporting the weight of the person. The only issue would be the lateral forces where the person may slide off the ski in extreme cases, but with alignment aids and nodules this could be prevented
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What lol? If you're skiing on electromagnets without bindings the what is holding you to the ski when you're on a slope? Do you know what leverage is?
 
13980285:marrows said:
What lol? If you're skiing on electromagnets without bindings the what is holding you to the ski when you're on a slope? Do you know what leverage is?
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Electromegnetism.
 
13980212:Casey said:
I think the problem here would be that having magnets strong enough to hold a full size person to skis wouod have to be really heavy. Also magnetic force gets weak really fast as distance increases, so if you hit a bump and your boot came up like a millimeter I think your skis would just fly off instantly
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If you think of it as holding the ski to the person, not the other way around, it makes a lot more sense. The amount of force produced by an electromagnet for the weight is impressive, so I can't imagine the ski falling off accidentally with a proper design
 
13980384:eheeth said:
If you think of it as holding the ski to the person, not the other way around, it makes a lot more sense. The amount of force produced by an electromagnet for the weight is impressive, so I can't imagine the ski falling off accidentally with a proper design
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Whether its the person being held to the ski or the ski being held to the person it makes no difference in physics, it describing the exact same equal and opposite force. What I am saying is that electro magnets do not provide the same eleasticity as springs, and the amount of force required to keep your skis on for the millisecond of peak force when you knuckle a huge jump would require 100 lb slabs of iron.
 
13980386:Casey said:
Whether its the person being held to the ski or the ski being held to the person it makes no difference in physics, it describing the exact same equal and opposite force. What I am saying is that electro magnets do not provide the same eleasticity as springs, and the amount of force required to keep your skis on for the millisecond of peak force when you knuckle a huge jump would require 100 lb slabs of iron.
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I think this is right. when a magnet is moved slightly out of place it looses alot of its power and the amount of force when you knuckle a jump could easily move the magnet so that it would loose enough power that the ski would not support you. the reason springs are good is because they are elastic whereas magnets are only strong when they are together
 
13980465:nick9955 said:
I think this is right. when a magnet is moved slightly out of place it looses alot of its power and the amount of force when you knuckle a jump could easily move the magnet so that it would loose enough power that the ski would not support you. the reason springs are good is because they are elastic whereas magnets are only strong when they are together
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but if you knuckle a jump, there’s no force pulling the ski away from the boot. it would be compressing the ski boot to the ski. a bigger problem would be cracking the magnet.

high strength magnets are pretty fragile.
 
I think a ridiculous number of people are entertaining this idea, NO this is just another way to break the skiers legs and neck and hurt everyone under or in front of them. If you want detached get a skateboard
 
I will say I’m fairly intrigued about this but really not sure how it would ever be possible because it’s all based on forces.

**This post was edited on Jan 6th 2019 at 12:54:04am
 
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