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Turning x crountry skis into park skis

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Deepskier
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Ok so this is crazy but bear with me at a local thrift shop they have a lot of skis especially cross country skis which are super cheap and have a tonnnn of flex and camber. So is it possible to put a little reinforcement on the tip like wood or duckt tape, grind the scales out and put some bindings on them and just butter and break shit if they Beak after like one use i dont care they are like 10 bucks
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10 years ago
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Jaybrtn
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pls do it for laffs and post what happens

interested/10
10 years ago
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littleman34
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What jay said
10 years ago
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Deepskier
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Sick I might have to do this now it sounds fun but i need to pick a pair of skis
10 years ago
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Sklar
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Do it, I double dog dare you.



But don't forget to post a video
10 years ago
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CHORIZO
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DeepskierSick I might have to do this now it sounds fun but i need to pick a pair of skis


Hell ya! Du it!
10 years ago
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Luke.R
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Bitches love cross country skiers
10 years ago
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JonnyK
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Cross country skis have zero sidecut so you wont br able to carve on them. Good luck though I'd like to see how this works.
10 years ago
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Deepskier
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Should I do one ski on each foot or put two together some how so have 4 skis toataal you know i mean? like 2 on each foot?
10 years ago
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.Hugo.
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https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/767389/One-Of-Those-Nordic-Days
10 years ago
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Caucasian_Asian
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Are the skis going to be wide enough to mount bindings on?
10 years ago
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OregonDead
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Caucasian_AsianAre the skis going to be wide enough to mount bindings on?


With the old classic skis OP is likely to find at a thrift shop it seems like it would be cutting it very close if it is wide enough. I've seen lots of footage of people jibbing on xc skis but never with alpine bindings.
10 years ago
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Jaybrtn
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The fatal flaw
10 years ago
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humpty
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lol have you even tried cross country skiing? I would not wanna ride those things in the park
10 years ago
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tomPietrowski
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Caucasian_AsianAre the skis going to be wide enough to mount bindings on?


Unfortunate this will be your issues. You won't get an alpine binding mounted on them but just use XC boots and bindings. No point doing it half way
10 years ago
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Poikenz
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If they are full wood you can bend the tails with some hot water, the bottom of a door, and a brick, just sand off the protective coat and go at it. Wood skis will have almost zero torsional stiffness so have fun trying to hold an edge. I think the minimum width of a ski for bindings is in the 60mm- 70mm range, any thinner and you'd probably rip through the sidewall. Older bindings will probably be skinnier between mount holes and in either situation I'd imagine you'd have to mount them yourself.

If it isn't a wood ski you can probably melt the crap 30 year old epoxy or whatever they used with a heat gun and bend them in a door.

It will work as long as they are wide enough, they are more or less traditional skis with more camber, just grind or scrape away the directional base scales and hopefully you will still have an edge afterwards.
10 years ago
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brov1
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sooooo fucking dumb. do it for the vine tho
10 years ago
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a_burger
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I tried this before but they were too narrow to put even kids bindings on them. geze toe fks might work if you have any of those.

either way you will be burning like a pair every day of serious park riding, you might as well just buy some straight skis and jump on them until they are noodles.
10 years ago
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Deepskier
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w_skierI tried this before but they were too narrow to put even kids bindings on them. geze toe fks might work if you have any of those.

either way you will be burning like a pair every day of serious park riding, you might as well just buy some straight skis and jump on them until they are noodles.

Well i have skis i ride i just wanted to do this to screw around I'm not actually making legit park skis. and if they are to narrow i might just put two on each foot 4 skis total but still 4 edges mostly
10 years ago
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a_burger
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DeepskierWell i have skis i ride i just wanted to do this to screw around I'm not actually making legit park skis. and if they are to narrow i might just put two on each foot 4 skis total but still 4 edges mostly


thats actually a pretty good idea and would work well xc skis have literally no shape to them at all
10 years ago
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Deepskier
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w_skierthats actually a pretty good idea and would work well xc skis have literally no shape to them at all


Yes thank you the only thing is idk how i would put them together like a mix of epoxy calking super glue gorila glue hot glue and krazy glue and duct tape the crack?
10 years ago
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JonnyK
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HamFaceGirl3.0https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/767389/One-Of-Those-Nordic-Days

This guy is a douche! He stole a mans bread and didn't even eat it!
10 years ago
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FunkyDunkyMonkey
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Sounds like you need some Fischer Jib Skates my friend
10 years ago
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Jaybrtn
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Did you do it yet??
10 years ago
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250r
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build a gt, although if your american youre probably unaware of the sickness that is a gt







your welcome,

canada
10 years ago
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trannyfinder.edu
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HamFaceGirl3.0https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/767389/One-Of-Those-Nordic-Days


right up there with "One of those days 2"
10 years ago
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