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Post by LoveRonnyRavenSC! on Jun 8, 2023 17:05:13 GMT
Manny's copy-and-paste habit is annoying; at best it's a form of plagiarism really- copies profusely and then adds in his own comments, so as to lay claim to articles he never wrote, and frequently says stupid shit. Seems almost like what one would expect from an AI bot or someone using AI to write an essay. Anyways, most really good skiers I know have their favorite techs tune their skis maybe a couple times per/season and call it good, and in addition some use the simple hand tools for a quick edge sharpening and clean the skis and iron in wax a couple times per season..Good enough.
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Post by Telebabble on Jun 8, 2023 17:26:32 GMT
Also Manny mentions that a finer file might get plugged doing the edges, so you might need a coarser file..NEWSFLASH Manny, if you flip the file, you'll probably have a coarser one..You never knew? That's a shock!
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Post by LoveRonnyRavenSC! on Jun 9, 2023 21:33:12 GMT
Big Manny babble of the day is all about the Asnes Nato Combat Ski, and why any good skier would bother with that fking thing is beyond me when a ski like the Objective is so obviously more capable on the D. And I love how they brag on the 22mm of sidecut which in actuality means it has 11mm of sidecut- the true sidecut is 1/2 the difference between the figure for the front and the underfoot measurement, but seldom does anyone get that right-- especially not whoever is in charge of marketing! The old alpine form typically went apprx. 85-65-75 which yields 20/2≈10mm of true sidecut. Essentially what that Nato ski is is a barely modified alpine/alpine touring ski from the 80's. "Turns like a dream", sure it does.
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Post by mark on Jun 10, 2023 14:17:04 GMT
Skis of that long-lived old form are called "straight" sticks which, since the advent of shaped skis, has never been a good thing. The days of really parabolic skis have come and gone, but it's still better marketing to refer to a ski with 10mm of sidecut as having 20mm even though it's nonsense. Who wants a ski in such a dated form? Those Nato skis are not cheap and buying a pair thinking you are getting a great BC ski for the down is delusional.
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Post by mark on Jun 10, 2023 14:25:38 GMT
Here's Manny's ignorance clearly on display for all to see today, he says: "NN boots can crack from normal use too… that’s why smiley plates exist".. oh Christ, smile plates were invented to protect pin holes and were most useful when the NN boots had no embedded metal duckbill plates. They had absolutely no use in prevention of the of duckbills cracking. Maybe he is confusing the embedded metal duckbill plates with smile plates? In any case, once again his ignorance is on full display! It's rare today for anyone to bother with smile plates; there's no real reason to. They do not prevent duckbills from cracking.
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Post by albertatele on Jun 10, 2023 14:53:11 GMT
Smile Plates offered protection to the RUBBER around the pin holes which often got marred up a bit from misalignment with the pins when stepping into a 3pin binding of some sort. If you were skiing with pinless 75mm bindings, smile plates did absolutely nothing useful. They had no ability to and were not designed for stopping duckbill cracking. Pins in the likes of T4's, T2's, TRace, Synergys, yada yada mate to pin holes in the embedded/sandwiched metal plates and make smile plates virtually useless really and that explains why they are now not even sold by Bluebird Day.
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Post by Telebabble on Jun 10, 2023 16:10:30 GMT
I put some on a pair oftheold brown T3's which only marred the boots worse really but did cut down on marred rubber around the pin holes. If you have embedded plates in your duckbills, Smile Plates do very little.
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Post by Ankle flexer on Jun 10, 2023 18:29:49 GMT
Most people skiing xcd gear don't have enough experience or more specifically carving skills, to even feel the difference between a xc cambered ski and an alpine ski. I would think it would be easier for them to feel the difference in a straight ski and one with a lot of sidecut, but those skis are usually wider and they don't ski them. (to slow on the flats bs)
I haven't seen mannys latest round of crap, but I'm still convinced he can't link two turns.
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Post by Davey G on Jun 11, 2023 2:16:22 GMT
Manny is obviously Nurse Ben from the old days
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Post by Telebabble on Jun 11, 2023 13:26:47 GMT
He also calls himself Poseur at Dostie's.
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Post by LoveRonnyRavenSC! on Jun 12, 2023 23:16:09 GMT
He can call himself dogshit liar and fake and be dead on!
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Post by LoveRonnyRavenSC! on Jun 12, 2023 23:21:51 GMT
I definitely think in his garbled up apprehension of skiing off piste the idea of "BC" skiing is slogging around on the flats all day with a bit of downhill fumble-fucking around on his NATO skis!
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Post by Ankle flexer on Jun 13, 2023 1:02:44 GMT
yeah, like last week when he was comparing alpine skis to bc skis. He must have meant xcd skis, because the best bc skis are alpine skis.
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Post by TM on Jun 13, 2023 8:56:49 GMT
^^^^^^^^ Nope! Skis like the e99 kick the snot out of alpine skis in the Bush. If your saying you hit a lift, ski a hundred yards into whatever you might be right. But if your cruising the Bush where you go up, down, and all around then alpine skis suck. TM
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Post by Telebabble on Jun 13, 2023 13:11:26 GMT
^^^You're so clueless. You generally ski on skis that are of the old "straight" (85+- 65+- 75+-) alpine form and rattle on about the great e99 which, as we all all know, usually stays in the garage when you all go out because it's a shitty choice for skiing in the vast majority of conditions and terrain- even on your bunny hill meadows and cow pastures. You advice is as bad or worse than that Tom's at Ttalk because it's based on not being able to ski. Please tell us what an "alpine" ski is, or an alpine Telemark turn, I need a damned good laugh!
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