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What makes a butter easier?
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more flex, or a softer ski?
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what? ski needs to be relatively long and soft IMO
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^just as the question says
is is easier to butter if the ski is "Soft" or "Flexy"
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Soft and flexy are kind of the same thing.
patience and practice, is what makes it easier.
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strong leg muscles more then anything.
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i think he means soft or snappy, like if the ski can bend really easily and then just stays bent or if it snaps back into place like bluehouse MR's do, i'd say just pure soft would be easier because it's easier to stay on the tips
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and you gotta have a bit of weight on you. cuz when you butter you don't just use your legs.
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weight, strenth, soft skis,
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Honestly I think its just technique. I only weigh 140 and can butter alright on my scrathces, people butter on stiff skis like volkl walls so it's just how you do it.
If you cant get the perfect technique then soft skis and leg muscles are what you need.
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cough cough... planks will butter nicely cough cough...
lol
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i'm surprised no one's mentioned boots, i think they're more important than the ski in some cases. try to keep your boots on the first setting so that they're nice and flexy and then just really throw your weight into the skis, should take care of itself. you gotta be willing to fall over your skis doing this if you want to really butter them hard
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finally, some buttery ^^0^^3nts
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It really depends, if you have really soft boots like mine which have a flex of 65, the your boots will take the give instead of the skis. Stiff boots give more leverage for the butter.
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lizzies butter quite well
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rocker
soft skis
practice
weight
strong leg muscles
flexy boot
that basically sums up everything that has been said...
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I would have to say the answer to your question is...
ROCKER!
and aye I be wantin to butter up these planks for ye!
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