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Ski weights

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nickman
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Is a list a ski common ski weights out there? Like comparing common skis? I checked searchbar and nothing helpful there. Thanks
Jul 6 2007 8:52PM
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HeathR
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i dont think there is a comprehensive chart or list that has been compiled. That would be cool but wieght really isent that important to me.
Jul 6 2007 10:59PM
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nickman
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ya, it seems like someting really worth doing.
Jul 6 2007 11:26PM
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bigwhite.steeze
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anything cap construction is always gonna be lighter then sandwich. and i think the ones with ptex sidewall are the heaviest
Jul 6 2007 11:40PM
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TONYDANZA
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what? deal with it, oh my skis are so heavy, i can't spin fast enough. Its not the skis, its the skier!!! think about it, if they are light they most likely won't last to long.
Jul 7 2007 12:02AM
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ThaLetterM.
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my surfaces are like skiing on feathers and sometimes when i go to set my spins unicorns come out of the tips and carry me all the way around to 900.
Jul 7 2007 12:30AM
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FNJ
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oh baby! surface ceases to amaze!
Jul 7 2007 12:48AM
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zzyzx
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but for backcountry its pretty important that you dont have heavey skis
Jul 7 2007 12:52AM
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SteezePatrol
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i attatch ankle weights to my skis because i got kicked out of the weight lifters cult for making fun of how unbelievably gay lat is.
Jul 7 2007 1:09AM
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GatoGordo
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I think the skier's weight will have to do more with it. If you can't float on it, go faster.
Jul 7 2007 4:49PM
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Pwn.Mode
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use lighter binders, the new salomons make skis feel like blades.
Jul 8 2007 12:49AM
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drewishish
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i think mainly for hiking, thats the only time i really notice any sort of wieght issue. that goes for anything,
Jul 8 2007 3:29AM
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WeK
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My scratch WRS measured at 4lb/ea 181cm. Although this was done on a scale thats exact within .5 , electronic. I stood on without the skis then with them.
Jul 8 2007 3:41AM
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skibomb
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A lot of ski weights are published at http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76416
Jul 8 2007 9:36AM
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poofartpee
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or light
Jul 8 2007 6:48PM
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rxvcgiii
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What would be really cool is if we could get a bunch of people to weigh their skis. It's really easy to do with a postage scale... which just about everybody should have.

Here goes:

04/05 176 Armada AR5 w/ Look P12 Jib
----- 112.8oz. or 7.05lbs.

06/07 179 K2 Made'n AK (AK Enemy) w/ Look PX12 TI
----- 124.8oz. or 7.8lbs.

06/07 171 Surface Watch Life w/ Salomon Z12
----- 81.3oz. or 5.08lbs.

04/05 27.5 Rossignol B1 Bandit Boots
----- 85.7oz. or 5.35lbs.

(Weights per single ski)
Jul 9 2007 7:34PM
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nickman
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jea
Jul 12 2007 12:43AM
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