Message #7212

[jbotti]

IMO this is the case against twin tips. You get the the fore aft stability of a ski that is 175cm long (as that is all that is touching the snow and aiding your fore aft balance) but when you make a turn you have to move all 183cm of each ski. If you are carving and all you are doing is tipping the ski on edge it's no big deal, but if you actually have to turn the ski (on a tighter radius that the ski can be carved, whether brushed carved or especially by using active rotary) you have to turn the entirity of the ski including the parts that are not on the snow (and this can be a lot of work). IMO there is only one benefit of length which is increased stability at speed.

I have owned a few pairs of twin tips and I still own 2 pairs of twin tip powder skis, and I continue to believe that this is the major design fault. For me, if am going to have to expend the energy to turn a long ski, then I wnat the increased stability in fore aft balance from the length.