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Pudge
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I was just doing some brain storming and needed some feedback on some ideas for major points in evolution of skiing. it's a small high school paper for an elective so nothing big i am jsut bored with the computer time we were given. some major points in the evolution of skis (not skiing itself) that i could think of (in no specific order) are:

wooden skis
sidecut
base materials
edges
alternative core materials
twin tips

i know there is a lot a lot more but i would go into more detail about the present things like

rocker and camber
all the other ski shapes
the dps spoon

there might already be a thread on this from a while back that i couldnt find
May 23 2011 10:48AM
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S.Xue
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if your gonna talk about dps, maybe talk about the salomon BBR?

May 23 2011 12:17PM
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AWALLRUS.
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dont forget where bindings. they used to be these metal things with springs and stuff i dunno, but bindings changed with the skis.
May 23 2011 12:21PM
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ESnake
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talk about the boots and the diffrent mentality around skiing.

May 23 2011 12:25PM
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BIGben*
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Good point, sir.
May 23 2011 3:25PM
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BenWhit
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the introduction of symmetrical skis and center mount
the dis/advantages of rocker in a non-pow setting (park/groomers)
straight skis -> parabolic skis
capped vs. sandwich construction
the failure that is edge armor
May 23 2011 3:51PM
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fratskier69
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binding is huge. you used to be strapped it always, so even when the binding would release, the skis were still tethered to your legs. also touch on boots.
May 23 2011 4:11PM
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whoa-dere
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magne traction for the lib tech nas
May 23 2011 10:58PM
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Pudge
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thanks guys! much appreciated and i will probably talk about bindings too. and when twin tips were first introduced more as snow blades. maybe even talk about how snowboard construction has had a large influence
May 24 2011 11:51AM
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Wibby
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a direct quote from Warren Miller.

Skiing became really popular in the 50s and 60s. A lot of people speculate as to why that was. They say it was because of Howard Head's metal skis or Bob Lange's plastic boots. But I don't speculate -- I know why. It's because Maria Bogner invented stretch pants. That put romance into skiing.

May 24 2011 3:16PM
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lukewalnuts
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WINNING
May 24 2011 3:18PM
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eheath
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I'd suggest not doing school projects on skiing.
May 24 2011 3:21PM
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Pudge
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It's a highschool elective 2 page paper that's worth a quiz grade. I think it will be okay.
May 25 2011 2:39PM
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