Any avid downhill skiers here?
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Topic: Any avid downhill skiers here?
Posted By: Lightningbolt
Subject: Any avid downhill skiers here?
Date Posted: 12 March 2012 at 9:12pm
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I quit skiing years ago due to Colorado skiing making Michigan seem real boring. I'm looking for some ski/binding combo advise on some old Atomic Beta Race 9.28's |
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 12 March 2012 at 9:26pm
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Sheesh, almost a decade and a half late to the party huh? Are you actually going to be racing GS in these? Or just using them for an all-mountain alternative? I've always liked Look when it comes to bindings, but that's mainly because I've skied Dynastar for the past 10 years. If you can get a good pair of Look 13's for a decent price, I'd go for them. They've got a great DIN range AND excellent pivot mechanics in both the toe and heel to keep you locked in even in the tightest of turns. I've been skiing my '04/'05 Dynastar Ski-Cross 10's with Look 13's for almost a decade now, and they're still great. |
Posted By: Lightningbolt
Date Posted: 12 March 2012 at 9:43pm
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Posted By: Lightningbolt
Date Posted: 12 March 2012 at 9:53pm
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As an explaination for the ski choice, I spend all of my time directly on the fall line and here in Michigan it takes me half of the hill to reach speed and about 3 turns to complete a run. It seems that these skis run warp speed and chew up ice which is what I'm looking for and don't care for shape skis determining the arc of my turns. I've seen people ski in shape skis and what I see makes me want to yack in my mouth. The bindings currently on the skis are a one piece binding where the front and back parts are bridged together with a base thing. One half of one binding is missing so do I need to put a one piece binding on these skis or can I use the two piece type? The word liter_ally blocked my post
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 12 March 2012 at 10:38pm
They're of the proper age to accept a 2-piece type. Also, shaping doesn't necessarily determine the arc of your turn. You're just getting used to watching poor skiers. I run a pretty aggressively shaped ski for all-mountain use http://www.overstock.com/Sports-Toys/Dynastar-SkiCross-10-Alpine-Skis-160-cm/620957/product.html" rel="nofollow - link and can still determine my own line and arc without any dramatic adjustment to my style. In fact, my turning arc is so slight that I really don't do much to slow myself down when I make my tight, quick turns for control. Don't take my word point blank on the 1vs2 piece binding on your skis though. Never dealt with many Atomics, but as I said, they're from around the time when 2 piece bindings became the norm. |
Lightningbolt wrote:Posted By: Lightningbolt
Date Posted: 12 March 2012 at 11:04pm
| We need to hook up and make some runs. A proper set of skis have a way of accelerating you when you lay them on edge if you can flex them enough. |
Posted By: rednekk98
Date Posted: 13 March 2012 at 9:57pm
| I run the 9.34's at (195 or 198cm) with bindings on a riser plate (will check brand whenever I remember to retrieve them from work, they are early riser-plate style and the brakes are a bit short, I think Atomic bought them out a year or so later. I've run a few shaped skis I really liked, but these are about my favorite skis ever for going stupid fast and handling ice. I'm still on the mountain skiing and bone dry when my friends are soaking wet and bruised from dumping. People know it's me coming down long before they can make out what I'm wearing. They don't get chattery at speed and it's like skiing on rails. |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 13 March 2012 at 10:33pm
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Redneck, running GS at 195cm, "stupid fast" is about your only option now isn't it? Here in the mid-atlantic, the long runs aren't really in existence, so GS skis are just a waste for my typical day on the mountain unless I'm hitting Cupp Run at Snowshoe. |
Posted By: rednekk98
Date Posted: 13 March 2012 at 10:59pm
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I can still turn them plenty quick. By moving the bindings forward and back on the riser and playing with the adjustments to boot-stiffness I can get them to behave nicely. It's a workout though. |