Hi
I am thinking about trying blades this year. Does anyone have experience of using blades? How does the skiing experience vary with blades compared with normal skis?
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Started by Freshfreshpowder in Ski Chatter 07-Oct-2011 - 12 Replies
Freshfreshpowder posted Oct-2011
Ian Wickham
reply to 'Blades' posted Oct-2011
I have a pair and although they are good fun for the odd day, I found I much preferred my skis.
Bandit
reply to 'Blades' posted Oct-2011
Blades are for people who are fed up with skiing and simply want to mess around.
Freshfreshpowder
reply to 'Blades' posted Oct-2011
How does the level of control differ? Can you turn sharper or something? Are they slower somehow?
Bandit
reply to 'Blades' posted Oct-2011
freshfreshpowder wrote:How does the level of control differ? Can you turn sharper or something? Are they slower somehow?
Not necessarily slower, but the key style seems to be "Out of Control", so probably keep with the rental boots :D
Paul jurczenko
reply to 'Blades' posted Oct-2011
You can buy my blades of me if you want. Used once not again.
Trencher
reply to 'Blades' posted Oct-2011
Blades are great for drills. They force you to work on balance and subtle use of pressure. Whether you would want to spend more than a few hours on them though is another matter. Make sure they have DIN bindings. Most of the older blades had non release bindings, and are not worth risking a serious injury with.
because I'm so inclined .....
Andyhull
reply to 'Blades' posted Oct-2011
When skis were long and straight, blades were a super fun. But with short shaped skis, blades are redundant.
Quite honestly anything you can do on blades, you should be able to do on skis.
Quite honestly anything you can do on blades, you should be able to do on skis.
Topic last updated on 18-October-2011 at 13:20