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Mounting powder/all mountain skis
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Would I have trouble skiing on a ski that is about 6 inches over my head, if i mounted it at dead center. Since the ski is bigger than normal, if i mounted it dead center would that be okay for powder and rails, or a nusiance? Thanks.
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It might depend on your weight/height, and the length of the skis, but since everyone is like "oh hey, you're not cool if you don't go long" you'll probably be fine...
cool name by the way :)
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yeah... for powder you want to be back, but since there so long i dont no u might be alright moutning center. plus with them center you will be able to slide rails better. What kinda ski is it. (Company, brand)
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keep telling kids recommended.
But Noooo...
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so ill be fine mounting oversize skis at dead center?
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BE MORE SPECIFIC!
Give you height/weight, the skis you're considering and what percent pow/all-mtn/park you're planning on riding with them.
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ya people r goin want wut your goin to be skin and also hight etc
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so far we know that you have skis, they're long, and you're planning on using them for "powder/all mountain". Not even close to enough info to make a good recomendation
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yeah dude, we need to know what you're planning on using. for reference, when i first bought ants, i mounted them at minus 5cm from dead center and they were sweet for all mountain, but they dove like russian submarines in pow. don't mount an all mtn/pow ski dead center unless it's really soft, like an ak enemy, arv, or lizzy.
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you guys think that an AK enemy 179 would be alright to mount close to center. Like maybe 2 cm back from true center? I am 6'2 170 lbs, and I'll be riding them basically only Alpental BC, maybe a little park, but I have a park ski, so not much. My main focus is riding foward, but mostly just pillow lines/small drops/trees so the terrain is awesome for messing around switch.
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sounds like itd work great, to me
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If you're going to ride mostly forward, there's no point in mounting that close to center, they'll float better mounted farther back...BUT if you plan on learning/messing around with alot of switch stuff, then 2-3cm back from center is a nice mount point.
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calm down you lanky motha fucka! hahah
i have 174" Armada ARV's and i am 5'4" and weigh 130lbs and they are at recomended, i think like 3 back from center if i had to guess.. i could go a little further up like -2 or -1 or so ..
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i mostly like to mount like -2cm's from true center, thats a good compromise for all mtn and pow and park/switch
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I'll calm down if you promise to stop trying to convince people that Armada made a 174 inch ARV...you short terrorist bas-tad!
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fuck am i slacking lately!! my bad *175*** that one centemeter kicks my ass every time.
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