New Parabolics! Adjusting my technique?

Hey Guys,

I just bought a pair of Head IM70 Monster skis. These are my first pair of parabolics and I am wondering how I should adjust my technique to fit these. I have about 15 years experience on straight cut skis, and I am at the Intermediate-Advanced level.

second question - I am 182cm tall (6 feet) about 160pounds, Intermediate level skier - What DIN setting should I put my bindings at?

Thanks in advance!

Schlampah

I think that's a pretty standard ski nowdays, dimension wise. Depending on length, about 16m radius, A little less than 70mm waist.

If you want to take advantage of the skis, a technique change will be required. The new skis turn by design. This means two things. You can carve on them, but also your skidded turns should be different. Instead of changing direction on a flat ski, you make a gradual change of direction throughout the turn.

It seems most people find it very hard to switch to the new techniques without some instruction. It is still harder because at most vacation resorts you will see very few people with good technique that you can copy (although that is changing).

If in any doubt you should have a tech set up you bindings. If they are not new, they can check the release values. I would always err on the side of a lower release setting. A premature release seems less likely to cause serious injury than a binding that was set too high (depends on what your doing of course).


Trencher