Originally Posted by
toast2266
question for anyone more knowledgeable about gelande than me:
I was up there yesterday, and some of the guys were starting to practice. They're all on old school super long skinny straight skis. It seems like it would make more sense if they were on super long super fat skis (more air floatiness). Are there some rules about gelande that say you have to use skinny skis (maybe they have to be FIS legal or whatever)? Or is there some other advantage to skinny skis? Or do the people doing it just not care enough to pick up a pair of long fatties?