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12-20-2011, 07:46 PM #51
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I have used skinny skins on wider skis, it works but kinda sucks for sidehilling. The fix:
Cut a slit straight down the center of each skin, ending about 6" from the tip and tail clips. When you put the skins on, pull them apart from the center so you line up the outside edge of each half of the skin with the edge of your ski. There will be a spot in the center of the ski without skin coverage but you'll be covered around the edges. IME it works a lot better than rocking a too-skinny skin without the mod.
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12-15-2012, 11:14 AM #52
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Bumping an older thread to ask a quick question, after all the threads I have read on skins today. I have never skinned, don't imagine I will be doing anything steep (out of shape meadow skipper) so I am thinking a 130 width skin to give me full coverage through the waist and tail should be adequate. Skis are 141.5-117-130.5 Your thoughts?
That is why I like dogs, more than most people.
Originally Posted by leroy jenkins
In a perfect World, every dog would have a home and every home would have a dog.
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12-15-2012, 03:56 PM #53
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^^^You will have good coverage everywhere but little bit up on the shovel with 130s.
You are the mission Bob.
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12-15-2012, 06:30 PM #54
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You'd be totally fine climbing on 120 skins... probably even less if you're only skipping low angle terrain.141.5-117-130.5 Your thoughts?
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12-15-2012, 06:35 PM #55
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the newby is the person who need w2w the most and 130 should be fine Originally Posted by liv2ski
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12-16-2012, 01:18 PM #56
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That's the answer I like, so I could use it with a few pairs of skis, but....... Originally Posted by time2clmb
I am afraid this is most likely the truth, so I ordered the 130's. Thanks guys. Originally Posted by XXX-er
That is why I like dogs, more than most people. Originally Posted by leroy jenkins
In a perfect World, every dog would have a home and every home would have a dog.
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12-16-2012, 02:08 PM #57
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The $ difference between buying 130 and 120 is almost nothing so make it easy on yourself cuz you don't wana be thinking "fuck i should have got the 130's" after you have backslid into a tree well
Just a WAG here but always owning stiffer skis and getting on some soft skis I think how soft a ski is has a bearing on how well it conforms to the snow and gives you the traction
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