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Possible to make a normal ski reverse camber/rockered?

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lyndon
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Well, Ill let you know. Apparently, they will just snap after you bend them the wrong way, but I really dont care..they are old skis that are just a bit too short.

Ive used 10 Guinness Book Of World Records
3 10lb weights
4 5lb weights
a box of FREEZE and FREESKIER magazines
a box with 2 pairs of Px12's
Poker set

here is the progres so far. They have no camber as of an hour ago, and they have been bending like this for a good 2 days now

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Apr 14 2007 5:38PM
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FUUUCK
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siiiiiiiick dude, tell us how they ski
May 12 2007 8:11PM
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armstrong*skier
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do they still have the rocker in them? or are they kind of going back?
May 13 2007 2:09AM
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armstrong*skier
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oops, meant that for *AndrewT*
May 13 2007 2:13AM
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-_-Johnny-_-
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why on earth would you do that to park skis?
May 13 2007 8:40AM
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kepler.
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someone sure isn't listening to Pep
May 13 2007 11:35AM
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yeahitsdave
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i def agree, but at the same time, if they are softening up from heating them, then thats even better. the results people are getting are awesome, we have a pair for two year old silencers sitting at my shop that someone never picked up, so maybe theyll let me try it with them...
May 13 2007 3:00PM
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ecsm.
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that is perfect they look fun
May 13 2007 5:51PM
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rxvcgiii
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So would it be possible to do this to a pair of Madens? I know they have a fir core... so I'm thinking "no"... but, input?
May 15 2007 1:59AM
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Silence
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i think with enough force, pressure and time, any skis could become rockered - except maybe incredibly stiff race skis
May 15 2007 2:03AM
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LC.
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Some of you might be interested: a very well known Rossi pro tried to reverse-camber a pair of team B4s at my shop in Whistler last year. We left them weighted in the hot box for a few days and absolutely nothing happened. We reckoned there was too much metal in there. But if big names are trying this out to experiment, there must be some use for it.
May 15 2007 7:24AM
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japollner
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If this is the pro I think it is, he ended up getting it done, but with a pair of this years Squads...

...and alot more force...
May 18 2007 8:18AM
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*Fujative*
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that is not going to do shit.
May 18 2007 10:23AM
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miroz
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don't you have to heat them a little - aren't skis meant to return back to their regular camber?...
May 18 2007 3:58PM
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ijibgoremtn
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im gonna make some beat urban skis reverse camber they are gunny be so fun to just mess around on
May 18 2007 4:03PM
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jca
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those just bent skiing one day and they stayed like that but now i am bending them more using andrewt's method and it seems to be working after like a day.
May 19 2007 12:01AM
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salomonskiier12
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i've been using the andrew t method too and absolutely nothing has happened w/ my salomon 720's. WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?
May 19 2007 9:14AM
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jca
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^ are you heating them regularly?
May 19 2007 2:43PM
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salomonskiier12
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ive been heating them w/ a blowtorch about every 3 days. ive been heating the sidewalls and the fronts of the skis...
May 19 2007 6:36PM
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lyndon
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possibly because of the foam core? Wood would have some flex to it, adn able to mould with the heat, im not sure about the properties of the foam...
May 19 2007 6:42PM
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jca
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update: the tips of my fujatives now have about a half inch of rocker each and the tails are just bent a few milimeters
May 21 2007 6:01PM
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jca
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May 27 2007 11:21PM
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adam.
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drew used a heat gun like every few hours or something like that
May 28 2007 12:18AM
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t-rent
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those are good ideas i wanna try it exept i have 1 pair of skis
May 28 2007 12:46AM
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skiRay
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i guess its a bad idea to try it with my 06 PE
May 28 2007 9:17AM
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japanada
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i8ve got some urban green/pink moships im gonna do this with!
May 28 2007 9:39AM
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japanada
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May 28 2007 9:48AM
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creighton
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im pretty sure u guys are all idiots and theyre just going to go flat after a run or too
Jun 1 2007 12:43PM
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coordy12
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you have 10 guiness book of world records?????
Jun 1 2007 7:05PM
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gaydar
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i just got so excited about skiing again
Jun 2 2007 2:50AM
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buchanan.
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UPDATES !!!!
Jun 2 2007 5:32AM
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lyndon
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I have given up on these. THeya re just flat now. Howeverm Im boying some sprayer BC's for cheap, so I'm going to heat those and make them reverse camber.
Jun 3 2007 1:42AM
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salomonskiier12
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why would those work and the other ones not?
Jun 3 2007 11:12AM
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KG_
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those wld be crazy to si
Jun 3 2007 11:18AM
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Reed.
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Ahhhhh i need to get back up to school so i can start working on my BCs....

Ill try what AndrewT did... and ill post pics and shit for ppl that have been PMing me as soon as I get some progress, in a week or two.
Jun 3 2007 12:56PM
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creighton
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i seriously doubt that itll last that long. skis are made to have regular camber and after season of skiing they get pretty close to flat.. if you bend them the other way its going to streaching it the opposite of how they were made to be and theyre going to end up flat.
Jun 6 2007 4:55PM
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Alkyy
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such a negitive nancy

i cant wait to hear how some of them work to see if i would want to try it
Jun 6 2007 5:37PM
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Edward.
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im trying it with my old pe's, ive been using the andrew t method for a few days now but i have to start heating it with a heat gun tonight
Jun 6 2007 5:51PM
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pDails
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negative-nancys just kill me...such a downer-debbie. obviously whatever material that was used for the core didnt ahve camber before it became a ski, so if a ski can be pressed to have camber and last a few years, then its possible to heat and press a ski to have reverse camber and last a while. all probably depends on how long you leave them in the andrewT method, and how many times you heat them. just a little input to those doing the project: i would say once you reach the point where they are reverse camber-ed enough, just leave them being pressed to that point for a week or so with heating however often you want. just makesure you leave them being pressed for as long as possible even if it isnt making them more reverse cambered.
Jun 6 2007 10:22PM
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