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Short skis made the slalom events poor

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sitka

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Especially on the ice they had today, a little skid or bump and the guys would come to a stop.
Huge time differences between competitors. Tons of DNF's.
 
Yep... It happens when the ice is too cold. Normally the friction/warmer temp of the skis will begin to melt the snow, much in the same way ice skates do. However, if the skis are too short when it's cold, there isn't enough fore-ski (not to be confused with foreskin) to melt the ice and break the friction barrier, ESPECIALLY on slalom where a lot of turning is necessary. Solution to the problem?? Buy a snowmobile. 😀
 
What? Scarpozzi, you have no idea what you are talking about. How about we try a couple of real reasons...

1. If you don't stay over the middle of the ski, there isn't much behind you. You get in the backseat, and you're in big trouble. Slalom skis used to be a lot longer behind the ski boot. If you leaned back, you had something to push against. Now you just fall on your ass.

2. The other big problem is that the skis have a ton of sidecut. They used to be a lot straighter (the tip/waist/tail measurements were a lot closer). This lets you use a shorter ski, but it makes the ski a lot more grabby.

Basically, you can go faster on the new skis, but you have less margin for error.
 
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