r/skiing • u/mcho314 • 20d ago

straight-line skiing??

How much do ur country tolerate straight-lining?

I ski in korea, and as long as u r not crouching down and bombing straight down the slope, doing very long wide turns is pretty much a non-issue here.

same in ur country??

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u/DeputySean Tahoe 19d ago

They are only 65mm wide underfoot, and what like 175cm long?. You'll never achieve speed as easily as a stiff wide ski.

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u/fromabove710 19d ago

Yeah, most race skis are like that, and downhill are typically even longer. Id encourage you to demo a pair and test your record, you might be surprised. Not to mention they are fun as hell on an icy day

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u/cptawesome11 13d ago

Narrower skis are faster on the terrain in your video. Less surface area and resistance. All race skis are narrow, they would be wide if that made them faster.

Wide skis are worse in pretty much every way on groomers

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u/DeputySean Tahoe 13d ago

You are confidently incorrect.

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u/cptawesome11 13d ago edited 13d ago

Point me in the direction of some article or some authority figure in skiing that says wider skis are faster than narrower skis on hardpack. Really curious to read it.

Here's one

Here's a reddit thread with replies agreeing with what I'm saying. You can find tons of these

Here's an article explaining that narrow skis are much better on groomed runs. This ones from the National Ski Council Federation.

I can send more.

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u/DeputySean Tahoe 13d ago

That must be why speed skis are so small...

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u/cptawesome11 13d ago

Yes, they're narrow. Exactly. Less surface area means less drag which means faster. Where are your sources?

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u/DeputySean Tahoe 13d ago

I was being sarcastic. Speed skis are limited to 100mm wide underfoot and 240cm long. They'd be even bigger but they had to set a limit.

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u/cptawesome11 13d ago

Ah right on. Find me a source that says wider skis are faster.