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Thread: It´s like carving on the wing tip…

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    It´s like carving on the wing tip…



    Having emerged at Innsbruck/Austria in January 2012, this ski lets you carve clean turns where others are already drifting aside.
    The core of the actual invention is a pair of well-configured wings underfoot. The inclined ski makes the tip of the wing cut the snow and control the tracking. The wing can either follow the radius of the shaped edge or draw another curve.
    It`s just the rider´s decision…



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    Here we go...
    TRs, photos, videos, and building skis (2 pairs so far...):
    http://wasatchprotocol.wordpress.com/

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    whoa Tom, did you fall down a crevasse?

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    Dude I am stoked on this, will the wings help when sending it large?
    I don't work and I don't save, desperate women pay my way.

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    Do we get a video of you shredding on them? Please say we get a video of you shredding on them!

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    Are these available on grown up skis too or just the children's skis shown in your pictures?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gerome View Post
    whoa Tom, did you fall down a crevasse?
    It´s much worse, Gerome!
    I have come out of that dark hole on 1st pix

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    ah yeah.
    "You can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning".

    -Scottish Proverb

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    Brought to you by Red Bull? Or are we talking feminine hygiene here?
    I can't remember...

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    Quote Originally Posted by JayPowHound View Post
    Do we get a video of you shredding on them? Please say we get a video of you shredding on them!
    What an ugly word, JayPowHound - "shredding" !
    On a groomer the skis behave quite civilized while carving smoothly and quietly.
    Well, on ice they can become little bit loud ...

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    Treadmill not included?
    Life is simple. Go Explore.

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    Quote Originally Posted by That was Pontus View Post
    Treadmill not included?
    Fuckit.

    I wanted to do the treadmill joke. It was my turn.
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    Go stuff your wank sock douchenozzle.
    Life is simple. Go Explore.

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    It's got wings? The Maxi Rax!!!

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    How will the accentuate my Heart carving?
    Training for Alpental

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    Quote Originally Posted by DeepHelmet View Post
    It's got wings? The Maxi Rax!!!
    Yeah, DeepHelmet, the skis are getting wings they have badly needed for more than hundred years.
    In contrast, ice skates got blades/runners long before that time.

    Well, let`s stop joking. You really feel that something is leading you on hard and ice. No skidding! Unbelievable...

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    Quote Originally Posted by PhiberAwptik View Post
    How will the accentuate my Heart carving?
    I'm going to ignore your heart carving comment above.

    Yes, but can it heart carve?!?!

    Low hanging fruit?

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    Quote Originally Posted by PhiberAwptik View Post
    How will the accentuate my Heart carving?
    Now THAT'S the question we're all dying to know.

    Welcome back, Tom. It hasn't been the same without ya in the off-season. Say hi to Greg from Alpine Zone for us! And to mirror what the others have already stated, it's nigh time for you to post some rax action footage...you know, for science and all.

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    Finally, Tom, I've been waiting for you to come back with the latest and greatest.

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    Quote Originally Posted by davieboot View Post
    Finally, Tom, I've been waiting for you to come back with the latest and greatest.
    Thank you, Davie. It´s really a trouble with some people who cannot stop until they´ve constructed a prototype like this



    It looked like a gun and it also behaved like that.
    That was the very beginning some time in January. The inspiring environment was supplied by the Nordkette
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    Sweet!!!!!
    Merde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
    >>>200 cm Black Bamboo Sidewalled DPS Lotus 120 : Best Skis Ever <<<

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    wouldn't learning how to ski work better?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buster Highmen View Post
    Sweet!!!!!
    ....now if only someone would do those with tech fittings.
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    [QUOTE=Buster Highmen;3804396]Sweet!!!!!
    Ja, ja. Your shoes could really glide in the snow, Buster!
    Just give them fins at the rear and lateral wings and shape their tips rocker-like.
    You´ve made it then, Buster.

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    Welcome back, keep on keeping on.
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