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...it feels different! i mean, 3° sounds not that much, but the difference is huge. i had some problems getting into it at the beginning. let`s talk about slideturns (the ones not carved, don`t know how to call em): normally when turnin my uphill leg is bent, the downhill leg is straight and i`m leaning a little in. now with duckstance if you push the uphill ski forward and bend the knee you automatically get pressure on your toes and by this on the edges of the uphill ski. at first this is a little strange because with normal mounted skis i`m used to have all the pressure on the downhill ski. duckstance makes you distribue your weight more evenly on both skis.
the second thing is connected with this weight distribution. i had some difficulties with finding the "new stance". maybe described best as "where to put your center of gravity". at first i had reverse, but then it got better. it felt like i had to place my center more forwards than without duck. like maybe 2/3 on the toes on the downhill ski and 1/3 on the uphill ski, the centre on the same height as the toes of the downhill ski. while with normal mount i felt more like my centre is evenly distribute over the whole foot on the downhillski. difficult to describe.
but in conclusion i felt like having more power and more control in slided turns. it`s wicked for the first few runs, but you get used to it quickly. an other funny thing i recogniced: on all previous skis i suffered some chattering when sliding and putting too much pressure on the edges. the "lose grip, gip, lose grip"-kind of evil vibrations that bring you to fall. not so on these boards. it has to do something with the stance, because on the cockaynes i got that problem too. i can imagine that because the binding controls more "surface" of the ski and goes from one side to the other it could have a positive impact on this sideways chattering.
in general i had more control over the ski. when skiing straight i previously had problems keeping the wide and rockered boards straight. the tended to swerve quite easily. not so with duck. i was pretty comfortable at higher speeds (even if i didn`t trust the binding).
now for carving: i didn`t fully get the point there so far. if i distribued my weight on both skis as on slided turns the uphill ski started to grip as the downhill didn`t.... which really really sucks. and as i tried to carve as i usually did the downhill ski didn`t grip that much as normally. it went better as i leaned as forward as possible and put all my weight on the downhillski and on the big toe. but i`m still not that used to it.
so in conclusion i had to lean forward more than usual. maybe i`ll reduce the setback of the binding which actually is pretty freeride oriented - 70mm. it is somehow logical that the weight gets more distributed on both skis with duck. and it`s also logical that you have less pressure on the downhillski. i`ll ride them as i mounted them to see if i get used to it, or if i had to change something. i could imagine that shifting the bindings more to the inside edge could may have a positive effect and "gain" some pressure on the downhill ski.
but as always - try and error. over all it feels better than normal!
Il resto e` qui:
http://www.skibuilders.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=6918#6918
...it feels different! i mean, 3° sounds not that much, but the difference is huge. i had some problems getting into it at the beginning. let`s talk about slideturns (the ones not carved, don`t know how to call em): normally when turnin my uphill leg is bent, the downhill leg is straight and i`m leaning a little in. now with duckstance if you push the uphill ski forward and bend the knee you automatically get pressure on your toes and by this on the edges of the uphill ski. at first this is a little strange because with normal mounted skis i`m used to have all the pressure on the downhill ski. duckstance makes you distribue your weight more evenly on both skis.
the second thing is connected with this weight distribution. i had some difficulties with finding the "new stance". maybe described best as "where to put your center of gravity". at first i had reverse, but then it got better. it felt like i had to place my center more forwards than without duck. like maybe 2/3 on the toes on the downhill ski and 1/3 on the uphill ski, the centre on the same height as the toes of the downhill ski. while with normal mount i felt more like my centre is evenly distribute over the whole foot on the downhillski. difficult to describe.
but in conclusion i felt like having more power and more control in slided turns. it`s wicked for the first few runs, but you get used to it quickly. an other funny thing i recogniced: on all previous skis i suffered some chattering when sliding and putting too much pressure on the edges. the "lose grip, gip, lose grip"-kind of evil vibrations that bring you to fall. not so on these boards. it has to do something with the stance, because on the cockaynes i got that problem too. i can imagine that because the binding controls more "surface" of the ski and goes from one side to the other it could have a positive impact on this sideways chattering.
in general i had more control over the ski. when skiing straight i previously had problems keeping the wide and rockered boards straight. the tended to swerve quite easily. not so with duck. i was pretty comfortable at higher speeds (even if i didn`t trust the binding).
now for carving: i didn`t fully get the point there so far. if i distribued my weight on both skis as on slided turns the uphill ski started to grip as the downhill didn`t.... which really really sucks. and as i tried to carve as i usually did the downhill ski didn`t grip that much as normally. it went better as i leaned as forward as possible and put all my weight on the downhillski and on the big toe. but i`m still not that used to it.
so in conclusion i had to lean forward more than usual. maybe i`ll reduce the setback of the binding which actually is pretty freeride oriented - 70mm. it is somehow logical that the weight gets more distributed on both skis with duck. and it`s also logical that you have less pressure on the downhillski. i`ll ride them as i mounted them to see if i get used to it, or if i had to change something. i could imagine that shifting the bindings more to the inside edge could may have a positive effect and "gain" some pressure on the downhill ski.
but as always - try and error. over all it feels better than normal!
Il resto e` qui:
http://www.skibuilders.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=6918#6918
