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Sizing for rockered skis

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alexmorton
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I'm sure that this must have been asked already but I searched and couldn't find anything.

Do rockered skis ski shorter or longer than regular campber skis? My current powder skis are 185 so should I be looking at the 179 or 189 hellbents for example?

May 16 2008 10:45AM
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iggyskier
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189.  Even with the 189 hellbent measuring like 194cm go longer. 


May 16 2008 12:39PM
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SHastatahoe
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189s
May 16 2008 2:15PM
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alexmorton
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Is there a reason for going longer?

May 16 2008 2:50PM
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BootySpunk.
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The rocker makes them feel shorter

or so I have heard
May 16 2008 4:54PM
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Literature
Posts: 13673 - Karma: 3,086
Longer = more float, more of platform to land on, and more tail to wheelie on when you backslap off that 40 fter.

There is something sexy about long skis. I don't know what it is. But it's there all the same.
May 16 2008 5:54PM
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SHastatahoe
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Yeah, long skis are the shit.  anything shorter than 175 is technically a snowblade or a Children ski.
May 16 2008 6:38PM
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Twig
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morton, you're right i am on this site too much.. anyway 179 is gonna be short on you isn't it? cos you're what 6'2 ?
May 16 2008 7:22PM
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yeahitsdave
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so true. hurray longer skis! i want some like 205cm rockered superfatties, that would be dope
May 16 2008 8:31PM
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