Cut SLP skiis?
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Anthony Oberti
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Carl's Cycle is doing it to all of their Powder Pros. Must be helping in some way, otherwise I can't see them hacking on a pair of $400 skis.
I've been running them on my 660 that way for 2 years now. Got them from Carl's to try because I had complained about the PPs being scary when coming down hill on rough terrain. Jack sent me a set and said, "I fixed the scary grabby problem".
He did, I really like them now.
sled_guy
He did, I really like them now.
sled_guy
When is it that you are noticing the improvements with the skis, is it when sidehilling, carving, or both? Has anyone compared the cut skis to the uncut skis? I have had a pair on mine for 2 years and have been very impressed with them, sled is way more predictable than with the stock parabolics, floats WAY better and turns better.
I wanna see some pictures too please, interesting...
Yes, I know it is cheating but pictures of this modification would be excellent.
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
the cut goes on the outside edge, right?
right, outside edge. There is also a picture on the timbersled website showing there barkbuster a arms and slp cut skiis.
Thanks for the pix Dunatic! I may have to hack up the PP's too!
My experience with the Powder Pros before getting the cut ones was on an '04 Vertical Escape Polaris. I term them "scary" because I would pull a climb and then turn out and start back down. The hill would be rough, maybe from other tracks or maybe it has bumps/holes/lumps on it. I would hit one of these spots in the snow which would unload the front suspension a bit and when it would come down, if it came down harder (tipped over a bit) on one ski then the friggin' things would grab and the sled would cut to the side.
It happened a couple of times so I pulled them off and went back to the SLTs which I really liked. I was discussing this with Jack and he said, "Yea, scary isn't it". So in my head I'm thinking that if Jack Struthers says they are scary then they ought to be terrifying to me.
The first of the next season Jack called me up and said he had found a fix for the problem and was sending me a set to try. That was 2, now going on 3 seasons ago and I have been running them ever since. I don't know what it is about cutting that piece off, but it made the ski super predictable on those downhills.
Others have complained about other things and that this also fixes them, but this is what I experienced.
sled_guy
It happened a couple of times so I pulled them off and went back to the SLTs which I really liked. I was discussing this with Jack and he said, "Yea, scary isn't it". So in my head I'm thinking that if Jack Struthers says they are scary then they ought to be terrifying to me.
The first of the next season Jack called me up and said he had found a fix for the problem and was sending me a set to try. That was 2, now going on 3 seasons ago and I have been running them ever since. I don't know what it is about cutting that piece off, but it made the ski super predictable on those downhills.
Others have complained about other things and that this also fixes them, but this is what I experienced.
sled_guy
In the pic on the sidebar the skis appear to be cut on both sides of one ski, haven't seen that one before.
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