View Poll Results: Do you have a set right and left ski?
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Nope, just click in whatever way they lay
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Of course, I always have them on the same feet
48 37.21%
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11-07-2005, 10:15 AM #26
drowning
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Geez... What a dork. I bet you ski at Killington or something.
Originally Posted by snowsprite
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11-07-2005, 10:23 AM #27
Not the donut shop!
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Originally Posted by Endlessseason
I don't actually mark them right and left as I already look retarded enough. I DO, however, have a mark on them so that I know which is which. I generally keep them on the same feet until I feel the inside edges are sufficiently dull. I then switch them and use the "fresher" edges thereby extending the life of each tune. (At least I convince myself that this practice makes a difference. I don't have proof that it does, but it does to me and that's what's important isn't it?
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What you only turn one way going downhill?
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11-07-2005, 10:26 AM #28
Funky But Chic
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Ummmm.... inside is inside and outside is outside, no matter which way you are turning. Originally Posted by bakers_dozen
But you knew that.
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11-07-2005, 10:30 AM #29
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I have left and right skis for a couple reasons: 1. I telemark 2. I used to race tele so it's extra habit-y. 3. so I can keep track of damage.
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11-07-2005, 10:39 AM #30
Caul Fat Dealer
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ohhh yeah, cause it is super important for tele-racers to know which side is which Originally Posted by hop
whatever, who am I to talk, all of my skis are left/right sorted too (I even own some asymetrical skis). I promise though that when I get my training heels setup I won't make any distinctions."It is not the result that counts! It is not the result but the spirit! Not what - but how. Not what has been attained - but at what price.
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11-07-2005, 11:29 AM #31
Independent Dentist
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I don't mark mine. But sometimes I mark other peoples, but I mark them wrong ... you know I put an L on the right ski. Really fucks them up.
Damn, we're in a tight spot!
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11-07-2005, 12:11 PM #32
PsychoBitch
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I mark them..i know im a dork.
Snow?
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11-07-2005, 12:18 PM #33
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Don't worry, it's somewhat hidden in a thread will eventually move to page 2 so it's likely few will have noticed. Carry on. Monday night football anyone? Originally Posted by iceman
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11-07-2005, 12:51 PM #34
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you didn't see that picture of me in the purple fart bag, did you? Originally Posted by crashnburn'd
Sprite"I call it reveling in natures finest element. Water in its pristine form. Straight from the heavens. We bathe in it, rejoicing in the fullest." --BZ
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11-07-2005, 03:58 PM #35
I'm not a Pimp!!!
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I have an Alta sticker on the right ski on each pair... you know, cause Alta is right. I have to write it out on the skis I lend out due to compressed edges / damage. Old habits are hard to shake.
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11-07-2005, 04:10 PM #36
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Yes I have them marked.
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11-07-2005, 04:12 PM #37
paddles with 1.95 arms
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I don't mark them, but I do notice the marks already on them to distinguish between L/R. Probably much easier to slap a sticker on one and that's it. It's more a mental/superstitious thing for me.
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11-07-2005, 04:21 PM #38
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Only when I tele. I used to try to, but always forgot which was which. I just used stickers and such and forgot. I dont bother anymore.
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11-08-2005, 02:31 PM #39
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No. But the frigging ski shop does when they test the bindings
All this dull/sharp inside/outside ?? Don't we, like, use both edges when turning "these days" ? You know 80/20 kinda thing
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11-08-2005, 03:36 PM #40
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my skis are marked L / R once an edge is compressed or ripped out.
Last edited by marshalolson; 11-08-2005 at 03:40 PM.
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11-08-2005, 04:01 PM #41
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Somebody's been lurking over at gapicski!!! :winkythingamabob: Originally Posted by iceman
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11-08-2005, 07:07 PM #42
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So when you buy a new pair of skis habitually you mark them, "LEFT" and "RIGHT?" Originally Posted by Godwin-Austin
*shakes head in disapproval.*No.
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11-08-2005, 07:21 PM #43
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I don't mark mine "right" or "left," but I do mark them "top side" and "bottom side."
Originally Posted by powder11
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11-08-2005, 09:20 PM #44
T@nkers r00l
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I put a little mark inside my bindings on the skis that I cant. Feels a little goofy when you get em wrong for a run
Hunter Originally Posted by 3centshort
Originally Posted by iceman
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11-08-2005, 09:53 PM #45
to pimp is mandatory....
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as long as my pants are on straight.............I could care less what ski I have on...
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11-08-2005, 10:15 PM #46
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I have Beavis and Butthead stickers on my Snow Rangers, and I always make sure I have Beavis on my right ski and Butthead on the left. Because if they are reversed, it doesn't look right when I'm looking at my skis when I'm riding the lift.
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11-08-2005, 11:57 PM #47
DROP IN BRO
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I do the super-smoove move - I place a large sticker across each ski, and cut it in the middle where the two skis end. So one ski was "Alpe" and the other "ntal" or something like that.
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11-09-2005, 12:15 AM #48
Fighting Like Hell
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Jumpers strategy would be perfect for Hugh/jass to label his skis
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