Just discovered the most amazing ski technolgy

[whyturn]

So I got my new issue of skiing and on the cover it says "amazing new ski technology" page 52. So I flip exitedly to page 52. Well let me tell you, this rocker or reverse camber as its its also known is so amazing. It will certainly revoulotinze the skiing industry. Floatin in pow without leaning back, surfing (smearing as they refer to it), I mean this sounds so cool. i cant wait to try it. They even had a way to designate which skis came with it in their reviews. They have discovered this ski called the S7. i mean seriously, these guys are f'in genusis. So to you at Ski magazine, i say, thanks for turning us onto this newly discoverd technology called rocker. And I thought sammy hagar had that whole rocker thing sewn up. There is a new game in town, its called reverse camber............Or rocker as the cool guys at skking magazine call it.

So hurry out and get this issue of skiing. You now what, maybe I'll create a link to gear swap and some really lucky mag can buy my issue for like $50 since its rare was like the first issue of when rocker was discovered.

epic-what will these guys think of next. I'll have to wait for the next issue to find out.

Got Powder too and the Shane articles were great and heartwarming - RIP

[Damian Sanders]

Wow, rocker? Sounds really cool.

[skiingsamurai]

*facepalm*

what will they think of next?

[EVC_CO]

did anyone notice that the "game changing ski design" they are pointing to on the cover (Kuros I believe) they don't even review in the issue. :rolleyes:

[whyturn]

Fattest ski reviewed was S7, not the toons, not ARG, powder ski like those or DPS or praxis, seriously out of touch they are, yes......Crap

[Driver]

hilarious... the pathetic thing is I will still read it...

[b0ardski]

COOL
Skiing has been my go to tech rag every since Ski went tits up, next month they'll let us know all about these new snowboard things.

[stuckathuntermtn]

Ski, or Skiing had this article?

Phhh, we all know Rax are the greatest new ski technology, anyway.

[anjinsan]

Hmmm I tend to agree but with whyturn aka rocket scientist has certainly spoke up and removed all doubt.

"genusis" ????? Is that like rocket surgery????

First its Skiing mag then it's Ski mag.

methinks someone has a great stash and won't share. ;-))

Whyturn is ooouuuutt theeerrrrrreee....

[capulin overdrive]

*facepalm*

what will they think of next?




talking about tech.


are the tits in your avatar Iphone tits?

[skiingsamurai]

nope, those are: ive had those as my forum avatar since before the iphone

[rabbit]

COOL
Skiing has been my go to tech rag every since Ski went tits up, next month they'll let us know all about these new snowboard things.

snow-board? what?

skiing is clearly evolving to fast for me these days. First this hot-dogging thing and now snow-boards? wtf?

[kbuzz]

hilarious... the pathetic thing is I will still read it...

right on.....same here. I cant live without their cutting edge information:the_finge

who wants to start a pool on how fast they hype the new "hansen Boot". Maybe someone can donate some really "cool stuff", and then the winner can get a pair of olin mark mogul skis and stretch pants.

[arewolfe]

I did a helicopter this past season and a young chad skiing in his father's basketball jersey exclaimed "Nice Three, bitch."

Confused at first, I was later let in on a secret: this is another way to say "Three sixty," just that it's abbreviated! Fucking genius! The "bitch" interjection was simply a hip rap culture expression which worked fluidly with his statement. These young ones today are really something. I know I'll never catch up, so I just sit back and admire the progression of this sport we call alpine schussing.

[njfreeskier]

Ski, or Skiing had this article?

Phhh, we all know Rax are the greatest new ski technology, anyway.

It was Skiing Magazine. Ski Magazine only talks about ski resorts, ski homes, and ski exercises; they never talk about skis or ski technology.

Besides the fact that they highlight rocker, did you guys notice how many skis butter really well? Like the EHP for example. Or did you notice how the 186cm Prophet 100 was "Too much ski." Their comments are starting to become ridiculous.

On the other hand though, the articles about McConkey were nice, and done well...in my opinion anyway.

[skibum93]

There wasn't any of the resort, or trick information that's normally in Skiing Magazine.
It was disappointing.

[amatog]

The only gear reviews that matter now are FREESKIER and SKI PRESS.

Not that they are perfect, but at least they get the right descriptions for the skis they review. And Freeskier has a STOKE element that is actually a fairly good rough guide in my humble opinion.

[Wes Mantooth]

Fattest ski reviewed was S7, not the toons, not ARG, powder ski like those or DPS or praxis, seriously out of touch they are, yes......Crap

Anything fatter is just way too hard to ski

[Stikki]

I'm going to disagree and say that Skiing put out one of their best review issues. If you're a gear head reading these forums all day or an ego driven "less than 190cm long or 120mm wide and 2x4 stiff is for pussies" kind of person then you probably think Skiing sucks. For their target market they did a great job and had a ton of useful information and their reviews are pretty much spot-on for regular skiers.

[VC]

"less than 190cm long or 120mm wide and 2x4 stiff is for pussies" kind of person

why make any other kind of ski?

[durangotang]

Dude, bro, the progression of this sport is unreal. Those progressive athletes with their progressive flexing boots and their progressive tricks are just progressing the hell out of the shit. Now that they have progressive rocker there's nothing to stop them from progressing skiing right into mainstream culture. sick, ill, twisted, dope

[XavierD]

Ant is nice and forgiving, along with Watea 78 while answer and prophet 100 are 'burly' skis?

ok...

[Shu Shu]

I'm going to disagree and say that Skiing put out one of their best review issues. If you're a gear head reading these forums all day or an ego driven "less than 190cm long or 120mm wide and 2x4 stiff is for pussies" kind of person then you probably think Skiing sucks. For their target market they did a great job and had a ton of useful information and their reviews are pretty much spot-on for regular skiers.

Agreed, I thought the summary section, on rocker, camber, twin vs. square, was clear and well written. The quality of the reviews seemed a little inconsistent, but not totally awful. At least its more than the slightly modified manufacturer product descriptions that Powder offers.

[amatog]

At least Powder doesn't call a 100mm waist (Shogun) a ski for "off piste only" like the Skiing guide does.

[AsheanMT]

Ski, or Skiing had this article?

Phhh, we all know Rax are the greatest new ski technology, anyway.

That is exactly what I was thinking.

Just another example of how rad TGR is. We are soooooo ahead in the industry. Two seasons from now peeps will be talking about the radness of the revolution in skiing found only in the "Rax". In fact, PMGEAR is already making a "BRAXSKI".

FKNA, I love us!!

[Shu Shu]

At least Powder doesn't call a 100mm waist (Shogun) a ski for "off piste only" like the Skiing guide does.

Fair enough,
I'm just echoing the notion that we probably shouldn't have the same expectations of magazines like Skiing, whose target audiences are more Joe everyday skier, as we do of this forum. Again I think the writing they did about rocker, camber, sidecut, twin tips, etc was really clear and there are probably thousands of people out there who ski 5-10 days a year who have been seeing this type of gear all over the place and been curious what its all about. Is it a little late to be talking about it as break-through tech? Yeah probably. Is it new to the vast majority of people who ski? Yeah probably as well.

Maybe Tech Talk should start publishing a niche hardcore publication? Could have a monthly column on ski development, by a rotating group of the people who post here, like Splat, Melee, DPS, Bluehouse, etc. Articles on all the DIY stuff that gets done here, e.g. Jondrums DynaDukes. Stories, Product Reviews, etc. I mean most of the information is already on the forum, just be a question of wrapping it up in some cool format. Anyway just throwing it out there

[whyturn]

I did read skiing, mainly for the Shane stuff and the S7 review. I also read posts from 2 years ago cause they discuss some run at our local nothing resort. basically anything about snow cause I basically am sick of sun and 75......Got Pow

[Meanfruit]

Maybe Tech Talk should start publishing a niche hardcore publication? Could have a monthly column on ski development, by a rotating group of the people who post here, like Splat, Melee, DPS, Bluehouse, etc. Articles on all the DIY stuff that gets done here, e.g. Jondrums DynaDukes. Stories, Product Reviews, etc. I mean most of the information is already on the forum, just be a question of wrapping it up in some cool format. Anyway just throwing it out there

They did. Its called tech talk. It has articles, called threads. Its on a cool format, something called the Internet. I'm gonna go check it out:fmicon:

[Shu Shu]

They did. Its called tech talk. It has articles, called threads. Its on a cool format, something called the Internet. I'm gonna go check it out:fmicon:

Yeah so I guess I figured I didn't need to specify print format, since the thread is kind of about print magazines. (albeit with online counterparts)

[snoweater]

Amazing reviews aside, i was appalled they didn't give away any new "local's stashes" that I could "poach" on my 2010 Salomon X-wing Tornados. Or maybe they did, and i was too busy cleaning the Yorki puke out of my italian leather slippers to notice.

An odd side note, the gender categories on Skiing's "Gear Finder" section of their website are:
-ALL
-N/A
-Female
-Unisex

They have officially eliminated the gender of Male from existence. :confused:

[Meanfruit]

There are more than a few skiers here through good luck, good genetics, or unlimited spending account have the ability to ride lots of the aformentioned toys in various Buyers Guides. So my question to these lucky folks is this: How much of the reviews is hype and how much is spot on? One guy will say the new Goat is God embedded in PTex and the next will say it sucks monkey nuts. Is it all subjective, or all objective? Do they even trythe stuff out for a day, or do they do one run and phone it in? Inquiring minds wanna know!

Did I just answer my own question? Subjective?

[Ottime]

It was Skiing Magazine. Ski Magazine only talks about ski resorts, ski homes, and ski exercises; they never talk about skis or ski technology.

Wrong. Ski this month is the same piss poor review of skis. Even though it is the same publisher, it seems like readers of Ski ride even narrower skis for "deep powder". They must have sick quads.


There wasn't any of the resort, or trick information that's normally in Skiing Magazine.
It was disappointing.

Disappointing for sure. I read through the whole thing in one dump.


I'm going to disagree and say that Skiing put out one of their best review issues. If you're a gear head reading these forums all day or an ego driven "less than 190cm long or 120mm wide and 2x4 stiff is for pussies" kind of person then you probably think Skiing sucks. For their target market they did a great job and had a ton of useful information and their reviews are pretty much spot-on for regular skiers.

Interesting. After flipping through, my wife asked, "is this by far the worst review issue ever, or what?" My wife is, decidedly not a gear head. While she does get to listen to me babble about ski design during summer road trips in 90F heat, she barely listens. There is just so little information about the specific skis in there. Sure - a good description of reverse camber, but so what - I can do that with my hand.

[adam]

I did a helicopter this past season and a young chad skiing in his father's basketball jersey exclaimed "Nice Three, bitch."

Confused at first, I was later let in on a secret: this is another way to say "Three sixty," just that it's abbreviated! Fucking genius! The "bitch" interjection was simply a hip rap culture expression which worked fluidly with his statement. These young ones today are really something. I know I'll never catch up, so I just sit back and admire the progression of this sport we call alpine schussing.
Don't you have band practice with your tough guy pals?

[Stikki]

My wife is, decidedly not a gear head.

If her skis are less than three years old or she skis more than 12 days per year she probably doesn't fit Skiing's target demographic.


There is just so little information about the specific skis in there. Sure - a good description of reverse camber, but so what - I can do that with my hand.

They're selling skis not cars.

Most consider Freeskier to have a better gear guide and they don't list anything more than Skiing did. You just aren't going to get super in-depth descriptions, most manufacturers barely list anything more on their own websites or catalogs than Skiing did.

Ski magazines aren't doing well and regardless of what I think about SKI or Skiing I'm going to support them because the industry needs it right now.

[old goat]

What do you expect from a magazine that doubles the pitch of the "extreme" terrain at the resorts it writes about. D8 45 dgrees, come on.

[wcf3]

I actually bought a copy of that issue on my way down to SA a couple of weeks ago, looking for something with pictures of people sliding around on snow to help my head acclimatize. Airport magazine shop, it's what they had...

Reading this thread I have to enjoy the irony. In their ski review section they recommend that people look up ski reviews from users in a couple of places. One of their recommended places to look was this very forum...