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Skis used for competition

  • 10-02-2014 10:35am
    #1
    hawkwind23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,189 ✭✭✭


    found this on reddit and found it interesting comparing the types of skis.
    the downhill skiers get even more respect after reading it!

    http://www.reddit.com/r/skiing/comments/1xhgoh/are_the_skis_olympians_use_for_alpine_skiing/

    If you had a downhill ski and cut off the tip and tail so it was the length of a regular ski, it would feel about like a 2x4 if you tried to flex it. They are stiff
    slalom skis (165 cm) come up to the chin of D 6' person. GS skis (190 cm) are a little above the top of the head. SG skis (205 cm) are a hand taller than the head. 6' person can touch the top of dh skis (220 cm) with a bent arm.
    sitting on a chairlift with a pair of downhill skis on, it feels like you could go as fast as you want and you won't speed wobble at all. These things are HEAVY and have inertia. then all of a sudden you're going 80 mph and they feel like twigs. Go figure. downhill is ****ing scary.
    a well sharpened pair of slalom skis will hold an edge on anything. And I mean anything. At any speed.
    the skis are made for carving. "drifting" a mellow turn is considerably less predictable because the edges are so grabby. Its definitely possible, as drifting is a useful tool when racing, but you have to drive them. Skiing super aggressively is key.


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  • #2
    Fattes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,208 ✭✭✭Fattes


    hawkwind23 wrote: »
    found this on reddit and found it interesting comparing the types of skis.
    the downhill skiers get even more respect after reading it!

    http://www.reddit.com/r/skiing/comments/1xhgoh/are_the_skis_olympians_use_for_alpine_skiing/

    If you had a downhill ski and cut off the tip and tail so it was the length of a regular ski, it would feel about like a 2x4 if you tried to flex it. They are stiff
    slalom skis (165 cm) come up to the chin of D 6' person. GS skis (190 cm) are a little above the top of the head. SG skis (205 cm) are a hand taller than the head. 6' person can touch the top of dh skis (220 cm) with a bent arm.
    sitting on a chairlift with a pair of downhill skis on, it feels like you could go as fast as you want and you won't speed wobble at all. These things are HEAVY and have inertia. then all of a sudden you're going 80 mph and they feel like twigs. Go figure. downhill is ****ing scary.
    a well sharpened pair of slalom skis will hold an edge on anything. And I mean anything. At any speed.
    the skis are made for carving. "drifting" a mellow turn is considerably less predictable because the edges are so grabby. Its definitely possible, as drifting is a useful tool when racing, but you have to drive them. Skiing super aggressively is key.

    Wait till you feel the weight of them!!! Even GS and Super G skis just want to run and run quickly I have only been on full DH skis once or twice you need a closed run lots of space and big balls!!

    The easy way to spot a racer is the number of stitches in their hand from sharpening their own kit!!

    As for stuff well think about skiing on two steel girders


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