Thread: PSA: how to use tech talk effectively

The only thing worse than non-searching JONGS are fucking spam jongs. I demand the banhammer!

I liked your thread and I will make every attempt to comply.. I don't know what the consensus is but I am particularly annoyed by threads in tech talk which have nothing to do with skiing or snowboarding. If you agree you might add that to your thread.
I realize it is just "tech talk" but there are better forums to find out about "blow head gaskets" or help putting up a tent....

Originally Posted by jondrums

need help searching?

That is awesome in so many ways. Pretty much sums it up.

Originally Posted by pisteoff

@ huskydoc
The initial animosity was because there are hundreds of "what ski?" threads, and at least a dozen "what PNW ski?" threads. Here's how this game is played. You list your desired attributes and you'll get a generally solid list of choices in the replies, but if you say I like such-and-such skis, the answers you get will be the poster's feelings about said skis. For instance, you mentioned the Prophet 100. Well, I hate that ski with a passion. How does that help you? Lots of people love it. Are they wrong? Am I wrong? How do magnets work? Who doesn't have room for Jello?

Choose one from each line:

stiff/soft
straight/turny (sidecut)
damp/lively
camber/tip rocker/tip and tail rocker (cambered mid-section)/full rocker
flat tails/twin tips
directional/jibby
hourglass/pintail
full sidecut/tapered tips/tapered tips and tail

So if it were me, I'd ask "which stiff, straight, lively, tip rockered, flat tailed, directional, pintailed, with tapered tips ski for the PNW?"
OK, maybe that's an exaggeration, but if I did ask that, I'd bet the answers would be very close to the skis sitting in my basement right now.

If you can't (yet) identify which attributes you prefer, then you need to demo, beg, borrow (but don't steal), until you do.

I figured this belonged here. pisteoff - here's a preemptive thanks from all the jongs who will benefit from this

Bump for the JONGs trying to get their fall quiver sorted out. Thought this post by marshal was particularly helpful, along the same lines as the one by pisteoff, but a little more oriented towards those who might not know quite what they want yet.

Originally Posted by marshalolson

OP-

to actually get meaningful feedback you might considering talking about HOW you ski:

-do you ski with high edge angle or bases flat
-do you round your turn-finishes or push thru them?
-do you air turns over chop or blast thru it?
-do you carve across the fall line or carve down it?
-do you ski neutral (upright, weight evenly on toes and heels) or forward (flexed into boots, weight on toes only)

etc.

Originally Posted by Deadmonton

I've found ~99% of what I need in tech talk by searching/bumping preexisting threads.

Edit: Deleted and reposted, to move the search link up.

lot of rookies need some advice so here

Thanks again