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May have to quit skiing because rockered park skis dont make sense

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raull
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title says it. i wanna get new skis for christmas, but unfortunately EVERY ski i look at has some sort of rocker. i dont want rocker in my park skis, rocker should be for powder only.

please help me find a pair of 180 + cm park skis that have ZERO rocker. i like regular camber please and thank you. also, i like something wider than 90 and this is where the problem comes in because apparently anything more than 90 underfoot means its an "all-mountain" ski and therefore requires "all mtn rocker" or "all terrain rocker" or "everyone else has rocker so our company is doing it too rocker"

am i taking crazy pills or is anybody else on my side on this issue?
Dec 2 2012 10:49PM
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blindside
Posts: 5619 - Karma: 1,199
Not really passing a moral judgment here, just pointing out flawed logic.
Dec 6 2012 11:46PM
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Avifarer
Posts: 5926 - Karma: 598
that was tight
Dec 6 2012 11:50PM
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CrotchKiller
Posts: 9037 - Karma: 6,940
Id love to see some proof to back your claim
Dec 7 2012 12:03AM
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blindside
Posts: 5619 - Karma: 1,199
Read this thread. Do some research. I'm not here to take you by the hand, nor do I feel compelled to go out of my way to prove anything to you. The evidence for rocker's advantages are there, I'm embarrassed for you that you're arguing this.
Dec 7 2012 1:28AM
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Stose
Posts: 7109 - Karma: 4,123
Punx
Dec 7 2012 1:50AM
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Stickity
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i really want to try punx. i'll probably try them after i beat down the chronics i'm getting tomorrowwww
Dec 7 2012 1:51AM
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CrotchKiller
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I read the thread, it's you making claims with no proof followed by you masking your lack of legitimate information with taunts and insults.

No where in this thread have I stated that rockered skis don't have some advantages over cambered skis. I simply stated that rocker will not replace camber in the same way that shaped skis replaced straight skis.

Do rockered skis hold an advantage over cambered skis in certain aspects of skiing? yes

Are rockered skis ever going to to render cambered skis obsolete? no

The jump from straight skis to shaped skis is a much bigger movement then the camber to rocker bandwagon movement.
Dec 7 2012 2:10AM
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Stose
Posts: 7109 - Karma: 4,123
I love mine. I have no ties to atomic or anything, I just love the ride of the punx more than any park ski I've ridden
Dec 7 2012 2:24AM
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Stickity
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hopefully my chronics won't disappoint either haha
Dec 7 2012 2:38AM
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blindside
Posts: 5619 - Karma: 1,199
So what are you arguing? You've consented to my point. There is a functional and not just preferencial aspect to the difference between traditional camber and rocker. I never said anything about the technological shift being greater than from straight to cambered. Or that rocker would render camber obsolete. That's a straw-man argument and has nothing to do with any of my posts.

Here, since you've insisted on remaining willfully uneducated on the topic this whole thread, let prestigious and well-respected ski authority Volkl explain it to you like you're five.

Dec 7 2012 11:02AM
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I.B
Posts: 8137 - Karma: 24,354
#teamcamber vs #teamrocker go.
Dec 7 2012 12:35PM
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Stickity
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#teamstraightski
Dec 7 2012 2:30PM
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MRSICKNASTYNESS
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Only the tips
Dec 7 2012 3:39PM
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I.B
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It doesn't matter. it's still rocker.


#teamcamber
Dec 7 2012 3:53PM
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Rockhound
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I love my volkl walls #teamcamber.

They come in long sizes too
Dec 7 2012 6:20PM
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Relish_man
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he says the truth. how the fuck do you ski with a non-rockered tip? the have to rise eventually...
Dec 7 2012 6:34PM
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noreasterprod
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totz
Dec 7 2012 6:54PM
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last_tango
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That is true. My 4 year old thralls are in the shape of a banana.
Dec 7 2012 11:23PM
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prosnurfer
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get the arv's or t halls. i rode rockered pow skis last year and i hated them. i could see how park rocker could help with 27's on to down rails or sw ups but i feel like there is no tip edge or stability for jumps. i feel like i can set my spins way better when i have that full tip. and also the diving in pow is my jam on steep and deep. i feel like im on shitty snowblades with rockered skis.

i ride arv's right now and love em. rode a pair of t halls for 4 years loved em. 

Dec 8 2012 10:39AM
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Backyard.Skier
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bluehouse coloured lines
Dec 8 2012 11:00AM
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xoxxooxo
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except they weigh a ton
Dec 8 2012 12:08PM
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skiEER
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i have some new 183 blends i would sell that are full camber
Dec 8 2012 1:51PM
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HWW
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this is basically your only option
Dec 8 2012 2:34PM
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K-Dot.
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If you want to really experience tips diving, learn how to tele you pussies
Dec 8 2012 10:39PM
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freeskibum82
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i dont like parabolics, what happened to all the straight skis?
Dec 8 2012 10:48PM
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FUUUCK
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boo fucking hoo
Dec 9 2012 1:16AM
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prosnurfer
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whats a compareable ski that weighs less? i always like riding light skis, i had a pair of fugitaves back in the day and really enjoied skiing on those. they were light and still had some pop and lots of buttering.  i switched to thalls and they were about the same.
Dec 9 2012 10:36AM
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pomme-de-terre
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i know how you feel. for years i have been buying the same board again at the start of each season, its just a normal fucking snowboard. it has camber and sidecut and is made of wood.


then this season? BOOM FUCK YOU WE ONLY MAKE THAT IN ROCKER NOW BECAUSE ZUMIEZ.


FUCK.
Dec 9 2012 11:16AM
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KravtZ
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having a rockered ski on the east coast is pretty dum. Especially with all the ice camber is going to be 10x more effective for the most part. If you have a few pairs of skis nothing wrong with some nice pow planks but for the kid who goes 10 times a year nad has one pair of skis ...dont get it. AGree with OP still riding cambered skis and love them #teamcamber
Dec 9 2012 11:48AM
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last_tango
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You must have never held arvs cause they are very light.
Dec 9 2012 6:31PM
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skiRay
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Ignorance at its finest
Dec 9 2012 6:35PM
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GayWolf420
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Upon further re-review, rockered skis are the Tits In deep snow.
Dec 9 2012 7:50PM
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GaryColeman
Posts: 248 - Karma: 380
there is still soooo many cambered snowboards companies are making.
Im not sure how it is with skis though, you guys are making it seem like all skis have rocker, theres gotta be some that still have camber.
Dec 9 2012 8:11PM
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Dnash360
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Liberty LTE isn't rockered I'm pretty sure
Dec 11 2012 11:02AM
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BigScaryLarry
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http://ninthward.com/?page_id=2362
best shit right here. still ride my 0809 MXP
Dec 11 2012 3:01PM
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Rockhound
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I think rocker has its place in the powder world, but when it comes to carving and maintaining total edge contact and thus stability, camber can't be beat. It totally depends on what you want to get out of the ski and your preferred style.
Dec 13 2012 1:05PM
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