Trimming Twin Tips?

P.J.S.

P.J.S.

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Interesting find, thought I'd share. Never heard of anyone doing this before.

www.seattle.craigslist.org/see/spo/629476988.html

Volkl Gotama 183 - $325

$325 Or Best Offer

These skis are 3 years old but only used on deep powder days.

Come with Marker 5-14 Bindings

Freshly tunes

This pair has the rear twin tips trimmed down to stop the tripping that occurred while skating on flats during ski patrol. This was professionally done and while wet so that the ski was not damaged by any unnecessary heat.

 
this is a very common modification to the early volkl gotoma, as the twin tip design was prone to having excessive hook when making turns. once people cut the tail off, they quit catching edges. later model years of the ski received a tail redesign that still maintains the twintip with out the excessive edge catch.
 
I think that what he means is trim them to get rid of the rooster tail.. kind off a dumb idea,, defeats the purpose of a twin tip
 
this isnt that wierd doug coombs used to cut the tail off of seths as his big mountain ski
 
you guys that are saying just get alpine skis are fucking retarted, for one most fat skis are twins, and these are GOTS for fuck sake, they are fucking amazing skis, you don't just go buy some cruzer skis instead, there was the problem with the tails catching though and he fixed that.
 
Umm.. Dude?

The Gotama IS an alpine ski. (Or was designed to be)

Though (Like most flat skis) can be mounted with telemark.

 
I thought flat-tailed skis were more likely to catch edges, or rather, hold an edge. If you compare a directional ski to a twin, you'll find that the twin slips out of turns while the directional ski can lock you in.

Maybe it was just the Gotama's design, although I can't imagine cutting the tail off helping it to 'lose grip'

 
Anyway you look at it, I have never personally experienced any catching of my tails while skating. If you don't utilize the tails, why bother getting a twin? There are plenty of amazing directional skis out there that are better than or comparable to the Gotama.
 
In my opinion, that is a horribly uneducated statement. Twin-tips have many benefits for most people that ski other than the fact that they can be ridden backwards. Having a twin tip makes for a different feel than flat tailed skis, making it easier for people to progress faster and push themselves further than they would feel comfortable doing on a conventional flat tail ski.
 
I understand that the turned up tail will allow easier turns due to the tail not keeping the ski locked in a turn, but in my opinion a flat tailed ski will still out perform a twin tip in most situations.
 
A directional ski will outperform a twin in ANY situation outside the park. That seems like a perfecty justifiable reason to cut the tails off since they probably weren't doing anything for him anyway.

And to those who are saying he could buy a different ski: What directional ski is really similar to the Gotama? Also, he may have gotten them not realizing how much a twin affects edge hold and just modified the tail to make them ski better. I know I'm not going to buy another pair of skis if I can change mine for free.
 
I understand where you are coming from with trimming the tails however, there are three schools of thought in this thread.

1. Why not just get a ski that was created the way you made your Gotamas

2. There is nothing wrong with a little customization, and I don't need that big twin tail back there.

3. This is my thinking, I have Gotamas (the black ones from a few seasons ago). Just learn to move your feet in a way so the tails don't catch when you are skating, it's really not that hard.

I do a lot of skating on my skis, and I have noticed that is considerably harder with twins, but as a human being with one of the largest brains on the planet for our size, I adapted.
 
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