What Does this mean.

Hey guys,

Just quickly can someone explain,

RADIUS.

&

SIDECUT

???

Thank You....

no one knows much round here

crazyjester900 wrote:no one knows much round here

Try posting your question at the Teton Gravity Research Forums for a comprehensive response.

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Sidecut:Technically this is the difference between an average of the tip and tail measurements and the waist of the ski or snowboard, divided by two. Practically speaking, if you placed the ski sideways against a wall so that the edges at the tip and tail were touching the flat surface, the sidecut would turn out to be the distance from the waist edge of the ski to that wall. Instead of listing the sidecut as a single number, like 22mm, some companies use the terms sidecut and dimensions interchangeably. Sidecut tells you how much arc or shape your skis possess.



Radius: If you think of the sidecut as an arc, imagine that this arc describes part of a gigantic circle, one that you could draw in chalk on pavement if you traced the curving edge of your ski and extended beyond it. The turn radius (sometimes called sidecut radius as well) of a ski or snowboard is defined by this imaginery circle, always expressed in meters. Though the dimensions of a ski remain fairly constant throughout the differing lengths it is offered in, the turn radius increases with length. Imagine that as the distance from tip to tail increases, that visible arc simply gets longer. This increases the size of the imaginary circle which consequently lengthens the radius, and is the reason that a turn radius is refered to only with a specific length.

bandit wrote:

crazyjester900 wrote:no one knows much round here

Try posting your question at the Teton Gravity Research Forums for a comprehensive response.

:D

Tgr users are mostly in your time zone, so you might get the quick response you were looking for. You will fit right in there :wink:

BTW Something you might want to consider when looking at those figures, is the taper of the ski. That is, the difference between the tip, and tail width. More taper would be good in powder and makes a ski feel more controllable on the groomed, but is less helpful skiing backwards in the park. The specs you posted have a lot of taper.

radius - the bone you use after the days skiing.
sidecut - the haircut you need to prevent "helmet-tan"

Trencher wrote:

bandit wrote:

crazyjester900 wrote:no one knows much round here

BTW Something you might want to consider when looking at those figures, is the taper of the ski. That is, the difference between the tip, and tail width. More taper would be good in powder and makes a ski feel more controllable on the groomed, but is less helpful skiing backwards in the park. The specs you posted have a lot of taper.

i agree with the on piste comment-slalom skis obviously having the wider tail than a GS ski-my GS ones are practically straight! and skiing switch and jumping is better and easier with less sidecut

but in powder? i dont understand? why would more sidecut make it easier? you want the skis to work together in powder so surely you want a less violent turn and it be smoother with both feet?

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rossyhead wrote:
i agree with the on piste comment-slalom skis obviously having the wider tail than a GS ski-my GS ones are practically straight! and skiing switch and jumping is better and easier with less sidecut

but in powder? i dont understand? why would more sidecut make it easier? you want the skis to work together in powder so surely you want a less violent turn and it be smoother with both feet?

Taper is how much narrower the tail is than the tip, regardless of the sidecut radius. A narrower tail sinks lower than a wider tip in powder. The Burton Fish snowboard was an extreme example of this. I don't know how a rockered profile has affected the need for taper.