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Rockered skis have to be the FUTURE!!

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quattro179
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Period.

I know want nothing more than a pair of my own. I am soooo excited to see all the new ones for next year!

Dec 29 2007 10:57PM
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quattro179
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now

Dec 29 2007 10:57PM
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Peach.
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pointless thread award 07
Dec 29 2007 11:04PM
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paulbunyan
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haha with only 2 days left he wins!
Dec 29 2007 11:06PM
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dave44
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Suddenly, all the ski companies are gonna be making rockered skis. Agh. What's next? Sideways bindings?
Dec 29 2007 11:30PM
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freshlyDIPPED
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^i hope lol
Dec 30 2007 1:37AM
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skinnylove
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What can they really innovate and change about the rockered skis? I'm pretty sure the EP pro and Hellbent bent are PERFECT. I guess they could make a stiffer one, made more for charging deep lines, but other than that I don't know what will actually change.
Dec 30 2007 1:43AM
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garrett.
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ARG
Dec 30 2007 1:56AM
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nhjibber
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please tell me your kidding. with you logic, shape skis would still be the same as they were when elan came out with it SCX or whatever that thing was called. This is only the beginning of rockered skis, I do not know that they will take over, but they sure will grow and evolve like any other ski.
Dec 30 2007 2:24AM
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dave44
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I dunno. I bet people thought the same about camber.

There are some really whack people out there who come up with some funky shit. But it works.

The problem with rockering/reverse camber is your loss of control on hardpack. And don't even get me started on moguls.
Dec 30 2007 2:42AM
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alaskakid
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Rockered with magne traction ala libtech?

Left and right specific skis (ie skis arent both the exact same)

Like mentioned above me, ARG style skis, especially for park

Bigger "early rising", to where the ski as rockered as a normal ski, yet has normal camber underneath the bindings

And I'm sure the Idea crew will come up with many more
Dec 30 2007 4:00AM
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RudyGarmisch
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Park specific rocker and flex. Thats where its going.
Dec 30 2007 6:30AM
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schlonginator
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What about race skis & cruisers. Remember that only a very small minority of skiers are "newschoolers"... Rockered skis are sweet, but NOT the future. It's not commercially viable. Rockered skis will continue to be developed and hopefully you'll see more of them in the near future, however they will exist as a sub-set within the "twin tip" segment of the market
Dec 30 2007 6:49AM
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currentwestman
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could someone name all the rockered skis out there? i know of the hellbents and EP pros....what are the others?
Dec 30 2007 9:37AM
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nhjibber
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moment melees i believe, one of the reno skis is rockered to i think.
Dec 30 2007 9:41AM
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ryanwar6
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K2 Hellbents, Line ep pros, Armada ARG, Salomon Rocker, K2 Pontoon, K2 Seth (mini rocker), is it the Moment Komikazi?, anyway a couple of moments, Line Prophet 130 (tips early rise), 4frnt EHP in the 193 cm.

Someone please feel free to add on.
Dec 30 2007 11:23AM
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SGLogi
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praxis, dps lotus and the surface live life is flat i think
and from moment the rockered skis are the reno rocker,melee,cami-kazi and you can get the M1 with rocker too
Dec 30 2007 12:28PM
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