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Why did skis ever have just one tip?

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derbski
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I mean seriously? I just smoked a bowl and that question came to me, why did anybody ever decide "yeah, lets have one side tipped up so you can move that way, but lets make the other flat" ? Clearly (as seen in anybody's favorite ski movie) you can take just about any terrain from backcountry to park with twin tips as you can with classic style skis.
Nov 13 2009 1:57AM
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derbski
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oh and just throwing this out there, I realize the possibility that this is a really dumb question, but I am chopped and don't really care.
Nov 13 2009 1:58AM
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womenaresluts
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do crack it helps with shit like this

Nov 13 2009 1:58AM
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Caveman.
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Why did you make this thread?
Nov 13 2009 1:58AM
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womenaresluts
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oh and if u dont care why would anyone else?
Nov 13 2009 1:59AM
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Caveman.
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gorillas

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Nov 13 2009 2:01AM
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derbski
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dumbfuck I was saying I don't care if it was a dumb question. Get more than 20 posts here before you talk shit.
Nov 13 2009 2:03AM
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Thenowhereman42
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Because skis were originally invented to get down a mountain as quickly and safely as possible and I'm pretty sure they weren't too worried about going backwards when they were using them to hunt wolves and shit.
Nov 13 2009 2:10AM
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derbski
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well yeah I know that, I am saying once it became recreational
Nov 13 2009 2:11AM
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Thenowhereman42
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Because they probably didn't invent a new ski when it became recreational.

Also even these days people think you are going to crash into someone skiing backwards, 200 years ago it probably didn't even cross peoples minds. Plus you can actually ski backwards pretty well even without a tip in the back, I learned to ski switch on regular carving skis. So I'm sure people just didn't see a need if they could still go backwards to fuck around anyway but weren't spending lots of time doing it or doing any dangerous maneuvers switch.
Nov 13 2009 2:15AM
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skiseemore
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i love thinking about weird shit when im stoned it seems legit at the time but the real question is why didnt they keep the twin tip back when olin made one
Nov 13 2009 2:24AM
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[~_~]
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The first skis were twintips...
Nov 13 2009 2:59AM
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I_Am_Mod
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planks = starting point...

you only wanna go forward cuz caveman didn't invented the switch yet...
making a tip for your planks requires effort, and since cavemen only ski forward they only needed tips on one side of the ski. So why would cavemen go through the trouble of adding another tip??
Nov 13 2009 7:28AM
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TimmyP
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I saw a pair of these at the ski museum in Govy Camp, this question worth pondering. 
Nov 13 2009 9:41AM
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jester8589
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skis with flat tails hold a better edge.
Nov 13 2009 9:55AM
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N.L.
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when i started skiing, freestyle skiing was almost taboo. except aerials and mogul combos, there were strict guidelines on how skiing should look and be done. freestyle was prevented for years. and the snowboard was not embraced in anyway, only because the snowboard came about, do we have our free style.

its still being prevented today, in a couple of years there will be a thread, why did we jib in racing boots?
Nov 13 2009 10:06AM
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MEGAZORD
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This. 
Nov 13 2009 10:13AM
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MEGAZORD
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A ski with a flat tail is more useful in a utility sense.  Ski were tools, not toys.  This has changed.
Nov 13 2009 10:14AM
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t_walker
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Myth.
Nov 13 2009 10:23AM
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MEGAZORD
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There is a reason every racestock is flat tail. 
Nov 13 2009 10:42AM
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Jballz
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it also generates more snap coming out of the apex of a turn
Nov 13 2009 10:45AM
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strongmark
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im hoping the thread will be something more like...

'why were so many people so awful at actual skiing that we needed completely upright boots with two buckles to ski park in?'
Nov 13 2009 10:47AM
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MEGAZORD
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Thank you.  SPKs are literally the worst boots ive ever encountered. 
Nov 13 2009 10:51AM
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japanada
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THIS!!!!
Nov 13 2009 10:54AM
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Pipe_Munky
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^^
Nov 13 2009 10:57AM
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yeahitsdave
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definitely this.
Nov 13 2009 10:57AM
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RUSH1329
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this. when u carve, the tail on a twin tends to want to slide out. with single tips you can carve much tighter turns, hence why the slalom racers dont use twins.
Nov 13 2009 11:47AM
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jeremy.g
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i found myself asking the same thing
Nov 13 2009 1:20PM
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Eric_D
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nice
Nov 13 2009 1:24PM
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derbski
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Not quite sure if that was sarcasm or not, but I will take it
Nov 13 2009 1:41PM
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nitsua
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im pretty sure skiing was not all about tom wallisch hundreds of years ago and people weren't spinning like tops on rails and making shit look super gay.

thats why skiing didn't have twin tips back in the day.

Nov 13 2009 1:44PM
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J.D.
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That gorilla is a badass.

That's all I have to contribute, sorry.
Nov 13 2009 2:53PM
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TheButterHashira
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Can someone explain to me why SPKs are bad?
Nov 13 2009 3:19PM
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gakc
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i just pooped my pants. aww that was funny! hunt wolves and shit lawl lawl lawl!!!!
Nov 13 2009 3:52PM
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Yung_Gnarley
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Because "racing" boots let you ski correctly. Just because a boot feels like a slipper and stops shinbang doesn't make it a good boot. The SPK's are teaching a whole generation of park skiers to ski incorrectly.
Nov 13 2009 4:09PM
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creighton
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not a myth. they make beginner skis with a mid twin tip tail because it releases the edge easier thus making it easier to make carves
Nov 13 2009 4:13PM
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omIV
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I'm guessing that the earliest skis were probably just boards, but they nosedived in deep snow, so someone looked at a sled and said "lets curve em up".

necessity is the mother of invention, and in ancient snowy-ass hunter-gatherer norway, nobody needed to ski switch.  they just needed to get where they were going.
Nov 13 2009 4:30PM
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