Though we wouldn’t generally recommend buying skis without trying them first, we understand more than anyone that it happens, especially when the snow is falling and a deal is calling. This brief explanation of how rocker affects a ski’s behavior is meant to help you purchase a new pair of skis, accounting for the changes this new technology can make to the way a ski performs on the snow.
WHAT’S ROCKER?
First, you should know what rocker is, if only to sound like you know what you’re talking about in the lift line. Rocker is a catch-all term used to describe variations on the concept of reverse camber, which in its purest form is a ski that curves entirely upward from the center to the tip and tail when placed flat on the ground; that is to say, it “reverses” the old downward camber profile of traditional skis. Read More …
Start Them Young, and Pass on the Passion
By: Kate Showalter | October 20th, 2010No Comments »
Photo courtesy Jamie Preston, #80 on the BC Leaderboard
Many world-class outdoor athletes began learning their sports in their preschool years. Tommy Caldwell did his first climb at age 3. Reinhold Messner summited his first mountain with his dad at age 5. Parents who get their toddlers on the rock or onto the slopes might be giving their kids a leg up—but perhaps even better is that parents have an opportunity to pass on the love they have for their sports or the outdoors to their progeny. Read More …
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