Ski Length

localboy wrote: Saying that, I've got some old 2 metre straight skis in the garage, but not brave enough to try them again.

C'mon man, where's your sense of adventure! -)

Anyone skiing on skis less than head height should be banned from the sport or forced to snowboard :wink:

Starting.... now!

C'mon man, where's your sense of adventure! -)

It's just worrying when a ski actually looks dangerous. :-)

Pablo Escobar wrote:Anyone skiing on skis less than head height should be banned from the sport or forced to snowboard :wink:

Starting.... now!

Or their head chopped off!

Pablo Escobar wrote:Anyone skiing on skis less than head height should be banned from the sport or forced to snowboard :wink:

Starting.... now!

so I can't ski next year ...on my extremely stiff 190s ...but then I am built like an overweight brick sh*t house and they are shorter than I am ..just...but I do use softer boots

Pablo Escobar wrote:Anyone skiing on skis less than head height should be banned from the sport or forced to snowboard :wink:

Starting.... now!

Bullocks, my Stockli's are 6cm under head height :roll: I already tried the hillfrog thing :P

Dave Mac wrote:Peterk11,
When you initiate a turn you are transferring momentum. The force on the ski is a function of weight x the square of the velocity. Hence, the biggest element is your speed.

Is this a quadratic equation?

I'm 6'6" and my skis are 175cm. This explains why I am not in the Winter Olympics and can't ski the Valle Blanche without making a couple of turns.