Many "marketing" points to sell "new" miracle ski design!
Will take just one false point! Buying "rocker" skis for beginners because less "grab" less carve at tips! All you have to do on modern skis is too dull INSIDE tip edges ! Cheaper !
Notice how all ski companies are "marketing" rocker skis for all sorts of levels and conditions!
I am skiing on Blizzard's Cochise,, perhaps one of the very best easy rockers and I must be honest on hard packed fast fast slopes my Head Supershapes are much better.
Be careful not to be "taken" by marketing messages!
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I don't think it's just about grabby tips. The tip rocker skis initiate the turn further back. It require less tip pressure, and feels like starting the turn on a shorter ski. This will make people who are slightly in the back seat seat feel they are skiing better. Happy skiers is what it is all about?
Construction is still king when it comes to performance, but it isn't just hype. The innovators are free now, and conventional wisdom is out the window for now. It's about what works, not what people thought would work. Unless of course it's the FIS, then it's about making what doesn't work the norm again.
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Started by Iceman in Ski Hardware 04-Dec-2011 - 10 Replies
Pavelski
reply to 'Rocker ski?' posted Dec-2011
Trencher
reply to 'Rocker ski?' posted Dec-2011
pavelski wrote:
Will take just one false point! Buying "rocker" skis for beginners because less "grab" less carve at tips! All you have to do on modern skis is too dull INSIDE tip edges ! Cheaper !
I don't think it's just about grabby tips. The tip rocker skis initiate the turn further back. It require less tip pressure, and feels like starting the turn on a shorter ski. This will make people who are slightly in the back seat seat feel they are skiing better. Happy skiers is what it is all about?
pavelski wrote:
Notice how all ski companies are "marketing" rocker skis for all sorts of levels and conditions!
Construction is still king when it comes to performance, but it isn't just hype. The innovators are free now, and conventional wisdom is out the window for now. It's about what works, not what people thought would work. Unless of course it's the FIS, then it's about making what doesn't work the norm again.
because I'm so inclined .....
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Iceman
reply to 'Rocker ski?' posted Dec-2011
Cheers for the info guys.
I work in marketing :cry:
I work in marketing :cry:
The Northern Monkey. Jan'23 Les Arcs
Topic last updated on 05-December-2011 at 20:58