I got to thinking today about how quickly skis have progressed in their shape and style in the last couple years! Incredible! I can remember about 10 years ago Atomic and Salomon first started adding some shape to their skis and the trend never really picked up – then about 4 years ago the shape ski explosion happened, everything was shaped and the sidecut kept getting larger and larger, some of the skis now are just ridiculous. These skis are idiot proof. Which, is pretty sweet! Why not make a really fun activity easier, just means you can do it longer! You can walk into any one of the many Aspen Ski Shops and find hugely cut skis and rip up the mountain!
If you look back all the thanks can go to snowboards – they started the shape revolution! As much as skiers dislike most snowboarders, we owe a lot to them, and yes it pains me to say this! Without snowboarding we would all still look like 1979 Austrian skiers with our sweet shoulder padded one-pieces. Snowboarding not only brought some style, (and for freestyle skiing, too much style) but function as well. Skiing allowed for snowboarding to make us look and ski better!
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