Made'n AK mounting point.

**freezed** · 10-20-2006, 04:56 PM

I just picked up a pair of 189 Made'ns. I'm not entirely sure where to mount them, and I really don't trust any shop here in Los Angeles to know what's up.

I'll be skiing about 40% park on them, 60% Pow/Steeps/whatever (I'll be at Mammoth). I'm a pretty aggressive skier, I raced for years before I started skiing in the park.

Where is a good mounting point for them? I have heard +5...

Some more info: I'm 6'1", about 170 lbs, and the bindings are PX12Ti's.

Thanks!

**robokill1981** · 10-20-2006, 05:04 PM

Depends on what you're doing with them. For park I'd go center mount or a few cm's back from center. For powder I'd mount at the traditional line or maybe + or - 1 or 2 cm's.

**bossass** · 10-20-2006, 05:10 PM

In my opinion for 100 percent all mountain these should be mounted at least +1.5.

I skied these about the same ratios as you 40/60 in a 179cm and loved them at +3.5. Since yours are longer you could go +4 or +4.5 or 5. Any of those would be ideal.

**fat yeti** · 10-20-2006, 06:10 PM

I have skied this ski at boot center and at +2. Boot center was great for pow and big mountain. +2 was better on the groomers and for every day use, i had pistols and had them mounted at +1 and liked that a lot it all depends on your style if you spend more time in the park go forward these things are soft and they float well due to size and flex.

**XtrPickels** · 10-21-2006, 01:47 PM

how does the scale on the 189 maden for whatever year compare to Kahuna's?
Anyone want to measure tail to center on their maiden's and let me know what year theirs is?

**mrkristofo** · 10-21-2006, 02:21 PM

Tip-tail: 189.9cm
Tail-midsole: 83.3cm
Tail-core: 90.6cm
Tail-true center: 95.0cm

**XtrPickels** · 10-21-2006, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by mrkristofo

Tip-tail: 189.9cm
Tail-midsole: 83.3cm
Tail-core: 90.6cm
Tail-true center: 95.0cm

Mrk-awesome
what year is that?
(so I know if the scale was off that year)

**mrkristofo** · 10-21-2006, 07:31 PM

Last year's:

**freezed** · 10-21-2006, 07:40 PM

thanks for the info guys. I'm thinking I'll do +5, it seems like I will still have plenty of float in powder at that point, and i'm not a really heavy guy.