Cracking your tails? Any tips?

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Hi there everyone So I skied the park a bunch last year and I really liked it. Mostly just hit the ramps but want to try to slide rails this year. I heard that a lot of people crack their tails for park so they are bent up and do not catch in the snow.

I was wondering if anyone could give me tips on the best way to do this. These skis only have to last this season probably. Next season I think my parents will buy me twin tips. Well they said they would kind of. So hopefully.

Any help would be cool.

Thanks!

Nov 6 2015 6:49PM

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Around here guys used to cut off the tail and attach a homemade metal piece to turn them into twins. You're good at building stuff so you could probably do the same thing. Here is a a good article that describes what they did.

[URL]http://shredhood.org/news/culture-style/636-the-mount-hood-roots-of-twin-tip-skiin[/URL]g

Nov 6 2015 7:48PM

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It is a myth, I've seen plenty of people with flat tails ride boxes, rails, and even do the switch. Before you try it you should look into getting a coach/ trainer as freestyle skills are required before you enter that section of the mountain.

Nov 6 2015 7:49PM

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When you say bent up, are you talking about park ski how they lift up at the tail like the tip? Don't bend you non twin tip skis to make them "twin tips". Buy cheap park skis man.

Nov 6 2015 7:53PM

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Swandog7When you say bent up, are you talking about park ski how they lift up at the tail like the tip? Don't bend you non twin tip skis to make them "twin tips". Buy cheap park skis man.

I can't get twin tips till next year though.

I figure if I bend the ends up I'll at least be kind of cool.

Maybe I could cut the noses off another pair of skis and hot glue them on the back so they're like twin tips.

Would that work maybe?

Nov 6 2015 11:56PM

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AlsoKnownAsI can't get twin tips till next year though.

I figure if I bend the ends up I'll at least be kind of cool.

Maybe I could cut the noses off another pair of skis and hot glue them on the back so they're like twin tips.

Would that work maybe?

Instead of cracking the tails, i like to cut off the tips which is much more effective. essentially the key to stunt skiing is symetrical skis, and flat on both ends allows for the most arrow-dynamic skis to do whirlies, helecopters, etc.

Nov 7 2015 12:27AM

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supercooladinInstead of cracking the tails, i like to cut off the tips which is much more effective. essentially the key to stunt skiing is symetrical skis, and flat on both ends allows for the most arrow-dynamic skis to do whirlies, helecopters, etc.

I never thought about that. You might be onto something

Nov 7 2015 12:36AM

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AlsoKnownAsI can't get twin tips till next year though.

I figure if I bend the ends up I'll at least be kind of cool.

Maybe I could cut the noses off another pair of skis and hot glue them on the back so they're like twin tips.

Would that work maybe?

Not sure what the point of it is but to look like you have twin tips. If you really make switch riding any easier and kinda defeats the purpose of having the real profile of a ski. The skis you have now are probably a lot heavier of a swing weight and aren't center mounted which is important

Nov 7 2015 1:20AM

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I've always found that shoving the ski where the sun don't shine works well.

Nov 7 2015 1:32AM

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If you're really committed to park you might want to just mount your bindings backwards. That way you can ride switch all the time with no worries.

Nov 7 2015 1:51AM

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Swandog7Not sure what the point of it is but to look like you have twin tips. If you really make switch riding any easier and kinda defeats the purpose of having the real profile of a ski. The skis you have now are probably a lot heavier of a swing weight and aren't center mounted which is important

I just remounted them in the center but I think the screws I used were too long. one is alrigh but the other came out the bottom pretty far. I'll try a smaller screw.

Nov 7 2015 2:28AM

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AlsoKnownAsI just remounted them in the center but I think the screws I used were too long. one is alrigh but the other came out the bottom pretty far. I'll try a smaller screw.

Youre going about this all wrong. It would be much easier to screw your ski boots into the skis themselves, then you wouldnt have to worry about unwanted ejection and you could save money on bindings.

Nov 7 2015 7:39PM

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DaskiYoure going about this all wrong. It would be much easier to screw your ski boots into the skis themselves, then you wouldnt have to worry about unwanted ejection and you could save money on bindings.

Do you really think that's a good idea? I don't want to get hurt

Nov 7 2015 8:25PM

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I heard that if you put your skis on backwards no one will even notice.

Nov 7 2015 8:43PM

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AlsoKnownAsDo you really think that's a good idea? I don't want to get hurt

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/792594/skiing-double-eject-face-plant-fail

Well you wouldn't want something like this to happen now would you?

Nov 8 2015 12:12AM

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I heard if you get two pairs of head gs world cups and cut the sets in half, then dowel and glue them together then center mount the bindings they should last the season. Perhaps just hunker down in the woods and wait for racers to go by and abduct them and eat their brains for extra skills.

Nov 8 2015 12:22AM

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