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Has anyone skinned with rockered skis? Does the rocker effect...
By Jarrod
Ranked #801 - Climbing Skins
March 3, 2009
Has anyone skinned with rockered skis? Does the rocker effect your climbing abilities?
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By Cody Barnhill
Ranked #621 - Climbing Skins
April 28, 2009
I have skinned a bit on the s7's and they are sweet, the rocker makes for a much smoother kick-step when you are on switch backs, but I don't know that it would work out that way on a fully rockered ski like the hellbent. The little bit of camber, or at least flat spot underfoot seems to be vital.
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By Gee Alsenz
Ranked #481 - Climbing Skins
March 4, 2009
Depends on the rocker. I have tried it on the K2 ObSethed's, but not with something as rockered as say, the HellBent. The ObSethed's handled it well, hardly noticed a different in the fact that there was a rocker.-------Never tried with tail rocker, but BD Megawatts tour just fine...-------I skin with Praxis pows (reverse camber & rocker) w/o giving up too much performance. Not pretty, but do-able, esp if you are using rockered skis for their purpose. i.e. skinning for turns on deep days.
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