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Do smaller skis make rails harder?
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So I have these skis that I use on my backyard setup so that I dont mess up my nice skis for the mountain. The skis are 155's which is pretty small for someone who is 6ft tall. Last season I was sliding rails perfectly on my new skis which are 182's. But, today I went out in my backyard with my 155's to try using my rail and I couldnt seem to balance on it. Do smaller skis make rails harder?
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The weight and feel will be completely different, especially if they aren't mounted the same. That's probably why you're off balance.
Technically you should be able to spin a lot faster and easier with short skis.
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My summer setup skis are 158 i think, I hated them at first on but once I got the hang of them they were alright. It's not harder, it just feels a little different. I was also using some random race boots I found.
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It just takes getting used to smaller skis.
If you went from 182 to 155, its definitely gonna be different.
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Sliding a rail in ski boots is a lot harder than sliding a rail on skis. Actually some sorta interesting physics and placebo effect behind it but yeah, you will have a harder time doing rails on short skis.
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