Waterskis as powder skis?
- Thread starter kbrando
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They'll be too wide for brakes to be effective I bet. I guess go for it, it should be rediculous. However, those would be awful to dangerous to try on anything remotely groomed, so probably skip using lifts or anything. Make sure to do a video, I'd love to see it!
mrkristofo
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if you're actually going to be skiing powder deep enough to "need" waterskis, brakes are a rather negligible addition.
True, and if you crash in that stuff, they'll stop way before you do.
Desjardins
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i heard that Seth Morrison got the idea for the Ponttons from riding with water skis in the deep pow, might be a rumor though
ski_cartel
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thats true, but it takes a lot of pow to even consider a pair of those. Now that they have the Pontoon you really dont need to do all that extra work for something that is good only in one place
mrkristofo
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You mean Shane McConkey, the Spatula, and it's true.
skierdudeguy
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is that his number? for real? im not gonna call him, but...
skoganskier101
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it would be funny to do it and see what it looks like, but anything over the prophet 130's dimensions is really totally unnecessary, even those are a lot bigger than most people need
Um, no
Shane McConkey got the idea for the Volant Spatualas from waterskis, then to demonstrate the idea behind them, after they were made, he mounted water skis. the skis came first, then the water skis. Then the idea for the Pontoon came from the spatulas, which McConkey designed with K2
Shane McConkey got the idea for the Volant Spatualas from waterskis, then to demonstrate the idea behind them, after they were made, he mounted water skis. the skis came first, then the water skis. Then the idea for the Pontoon came from the spatulas, which McConkey designed with K2
ski_cartel
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you skied groomers and hit jumps with them? Im calling bulllshit on this one
the_hawk_of_europe
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Bc of the fins (?) at the end of them...
[/i][/b][/u] Dude, fix that sig.
4frntSkier
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spatulas
iwanabskiin
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Check out line. They make extra wide brakes for their freeride skis.
mrkristofo
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there[/i][/u]. That should do it.
mrkristofo
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[/i][/u]wtf?^
Capt.Flannel
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I saw a video with mcconkey and next to his spatulas in his garage he had a pair of waterskis that he used to use on big pow days.
720laxskier
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i dont need skis for anything deeper thna 2 inches of slush
ProgressCoast
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its been tried at my mountain many times and didnt work for turning but if theyre small light thin waterskis with skiing binding on them you might be ok just dont ski in the trees
Mossko
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Yeah duck mounting is when you mount ski the the bindings pointing slightly inward so that when you correct it to make the skis parrell you ski in a slight V. It stops the tips hitting each other. It doesent make sense to me unless the ski was designed to be Left and right and the sidecut was different to counter the duck mounting. Now thers a point.... Mabey the Pontoon Gen 2 as the biggest flaw was the tips delaminating due to constant smacking together which brought out a seemingly bad construction. whoooow... didn't think i had it in me, Nick.
bass_munkie
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nope... i think you've got it wrong.
duck foot stance is all about correcting the natural V that your feet want to make when your skiing deep pow pow. so you mount with the line of your feet sticking outwards. actually increases the chances of your tips knocking each other but it corrects the skis line and makes for a more coomfortable ride.
some people get it done to there boots a little bit (way less drastic). blow out the outside side of the boot a bit and put extra material into the arch of the footbed.
there was a thread about shanes duck mounted pontoons a while ago. some guy got a pair of shanes test toons and was pretty confused.
duck foot stance is all about correcting the natural V that your feet want to make when your skiing deep pow pow. so you mount with the line of your feet sticking outwards. actually increases the chances of your tips knocking each other but it corrects the skis line and makes for a more coomfortable ride.
some people get it done to there boots a little bit (way less drastic). blow out the outside side of the boot a bit and put extra material into the arch of the footbed.
there was a thread about shanes duck mounted pontoons a while ago. some guy got a pair of shanes test toons and was pretty confused.
line, salomon, and look bindings all have wide brakes which are designated for skis with waist width of 90 to about 110 mm. even with wide brakes you'll need to bend them to mount onto waterskis. they do work, a little. i have spatulas of my own and the brakes will eventually slow the ski down, although its much more likely they'll dive into the snow and you'll end up spending time digging for the ski rather than chasing after it. the key thing is to bend the breaks AFTER they've been put into place between ski and binding. if you bend them before, very high chance they'll break. u dont need an insane depth of snow for them to perform. not only would they (hypothetically)float better than all skis, but the range in movement, plus control, is dramatically increased. this is cuz u dont really turn/carve in the deep, you slide across the snow. you can still carve in deep, but once you learn how to slide you wont go back.
i say go for it. you'll probably be pleasantly surprised.
i say go for it. you'll probably be pleasantly surprised.
fatbastard
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I've skied McConkey's waterskis from Focused probably 3 times. One day was rainy after about 6" new. They ruled. Everyone else was flailing in the glop, and the waterskis just cruised over everything. Also hit a 20' cliff on them. But these things are wide (old jumping skis), so their flotation is amazing. I wouldn't want to use them if it's all cut up, though. Or on anything firm, because obviously they don't have a metal edge.