Why Hate On Wide Skis?

typicaldenverkid

typicaldenverkid

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During ski season I often turn to you tube videos to help clear up some areas that I struggle in. This channel has some great content that helped me ski much better across all terrain. While yes they are ski racers I fell the video from the link below misses the point that skis should be made for fun. I love my wider skis and I'm not changing a thing.


**This thread was edited on May 7th 2020 at 4:13:09pm
 
lmao this video is old but its still hilarious, this guy belongs on r/skiing
 
Skiing on fat skis is not skiing??

Besides, 4 fingers is the size of a whiskey pour or a good oz. of smoke.
 
Lmfao he said wide skis are for posers and then said “You want to sink into the powder, that’s enjoyable”. Uh no dude you want a wide ski because it provides buoyancy in so you can effectively ski deep snow. If you’re using narrow skis to pretend that you’re skiing deep powder then you’re the fucking poser. There’s a reason ski racers use narrow skis just as there’s a reason why professional powder skiers use wide skis.
 
I just looked at his account. Worst part is, he skis out of Squaw. Skinny skis are death on some of those Sierra cement days. Literally, your ski won’t even move sometimes. It just sinks in and stops.
 
14138145:DIRTYBUBBLE said:
Lmfao he said wide skis are for posers and then said “You want to sink into the powder, that’s enjoyable”. Uh no dude you want a wide ski because it provides buoyancy in so you can effectively ski deep snow. If you’re using narrow skis to pretend that you’re skiing deep powder then you’re the fucking poser. There’s a reason ski racers use narrow skis just as there’s a reason why professional powder skiers use wide skis.
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Yeah but this is not how old crusty dudes ski powder. They pick an open bowl, sink up to their knees and make a big S down the hill and the next guy does the same thing so there are a bunch of S curves next to each other on the slope that look the same.
 
14138145:DIRTYBUBBLE said:
Lmfao he said wide skis are for posers and then said “You want to sink into the powder, that’s enjoyable”. Uh no dude you want a wide ski because it provides buoyancy in so you can effectively ski deep snow. If you’re using narrow skis to pretend that you’re skiing deep powder then you’re the fucking poser. There’s a reason ski racers use narrow skis just as there’s a reason why professional powder skiers use wide skis.
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plus wider skis give you more surface area for landings, but I don’t suppose he gets much hang time
 
Haha holy shit, everything about that is amazing. I love how flawed most of his logic is, and his staring-into-your-soul eyes and giant chompers.

Please, no one show him this photo of my buddy carving a 118mm-wide ski, I don't want him to have an aneurism

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14138190:SoggyOatmeal420 said:
This is fucking hilarious. I wonder what his thoughts are on rocker.
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"Rocker makes your skis shorter, like little toy skis that nobody likes. You want long skis, longer and taller than you if possible. This gives you the most edge length and the most control. If you are wobbling around on floppy tips, you are a hazard to yourself and others. Not very safe.

On expert slopes with hard snow and ice, you need edge contact and stiff tips. Unless you are a beginner or some pussy who only skis on soft snow, rocker is detrimental. In powder non-rockered skis work just as well and allow you to actually ski through the snow instead of buttering over it, with the proper distribution of weight. Look at the best skiers in the world: Olympic slalom skiers. They don't user rocker, and neither should you."

probably
 
honestly though, took my thrift store special 205 cm K2 straight skis out on a pow day and it was totally different sinking completely through the snow as opposed to staying on top, made face shots a whole lot easier
 
14138209:extravert said:
"Rocker makes your skis shorter, like little toy skis that nobody likes. You want long skis, longer and taller than you if possible. This gives you the most edge length and the most control. If you are wobbling around on floppy tips, you are a hazard to yourself and others. Not very safe.

On expert slopes with hard snow and ice, you need edge contact and stiff tips. Unless you are a beginner or some pussy who only skis on soft snow, rocker is detrimental. In powder non-rockered skis work just as well and allow you to actually ski through the snow instead of buttering over it, with the proper distribution of weight. Look at the best skiers in the world: Olympic slalom skiers. They don't user rocker, and neither should you."

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Holy shit this is great
 
14138196:patagonialuke said:
Haha holy shit, everything about that is amazing. I love how flawed most of his logic is, and his staring-into-your-soul eyes and giant chompers.

Please, no one show him this photo of my buddy carving a 118mm-wide ski, I don't want him to have an aneurism

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Bruh some fat skis can BLAST down the groomers ong
 
I bet this dudes wife left him for some guy that rides really wide skis.

Why would someone be so concerned with what other people ski on as to make a 6 minute video rant, he must be really bitter about life.
 
Anyone who takes a copy of Ski Magazines buyers guide seriously deserves a good ole tomahawk down a rocky chute
 
I've tried a 105 obsethed and the revolt 87. The obsethed made it more relaxed and smooth, like I'd push forwards on my tips and they'd spring out of the pow on their own. However, I feel like the revolts encouraged me to push myself harder and go faster - like if you slow down, your speed dies. I'm also a bit of a masochist, the burning quads make me feel accomplished. I admit, when it was really deep (more than a foot) it was pretty impossible to maneuver on the revolts regardless of pointing them straight unless I was on something really steep.

Is preference tho, the dude in the video is a bitter guy. Like, just because it's easier for people to get started skiing pow, it doesn't mean that your skills are somehow devalued. Tbh having a narrow ass ski for racing makes it too easy.

Fun side note, the trend of having skis with more width and rocker makes shopping for a pow ski with my taste v cheap. I'm pretty sure I'm going to get a k2 poacher or similar in a longer length than usual for that purpose, and something with those specifications 15 years ago would've retailed at easily $700 because of how niche they were. So like thanks, I guess? It does make finding a narrow full camber park ski pretty hard though.

**This post was edited on May 7th 2020 at 10:56:57pm
 
Ha I love when he said “you don’t play tennis with a ping pong paddle”. Yet he was making the argument that smaller is better

I also want a part 2 where he disses park skiing
 
14138326:BigPurpleSkiSuit said:
ere he is on a fat ski reviewing it, poor guy, he's so out of his element.
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This guy thinks he's an aggressive expert skier?!?

He's not aggressive in the slightest, looks like a solid intermediate skier with decent form for an old dude but no part of his skiing in this video approaches aggression.
 
14138196:patagonialuke said:
Haha holy shit, everything about that is amazing. I love how flawed most of his logic is, and his staring-into-your-soul eyes and giant chompers.

Please, no one show him this photo of my buddy carving a 118mm-wide ski, I don't want him to have an aneurism
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Straight up one of the coolest ski pics I've seen, dude got style and skills.

What skis btw?

I tend to love all size skis, I have from 60mm to 121mm, and dress/choose ski according to what I want from that day and the conditions. , I think my avg width is like 90 something probably if I make an avg, but there are some fun piste 100mm's theese days.
 
14138349:anders_a said:
Straight up one of the coolest ski pics I've seen, dude got style and skills.

What skis btw?

I tend to love all size skis, I have from 60mm to 121mm, and dress/choose ski according to what I want from that day and the conditions. , I think my avg width is like 90 something probably if I make an avg, but there are some fun piste 100mm's theese days.
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He was on the 188cm Moment Commander 118, which also happens to have a 31 m radius & is quite stiff. Needless to say, everyone at our mountain is jealous of his skills.
 
14138334:BigPurpleSkiSuit said:
What a review

[video]https://youtu.be/Utl-PbiAS24[/video]
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Bet all the boomers that go on Chatroulette with their weiners out jerk it to this on the daily.
 
I prefer some rocker to keep me from crashing into tight trees, then again I crashed into a tree and broke my wrist on enforcer 110s which are supereasy to pivot... so either way I suck.
 
One day at alta a guy came up and started to hit my skis with his poles in anger because I was cheating. I think he might be that guy.
 
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