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| Rocker skis more popular than ever | |||
| Monday, December 19, 2011 08:24 |
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Kristen Morrell, left, and sister Lindsey rent ski equipment Saturday at Venture Sports in Avon. Kristin Anderson, Vail Daily
By Scott N. Miller, Vail Daily News EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado — The days of different skis for different conditions may about be at an end. New technology is making skiing a more user-friendly proposition than it once was. The new technology comes with terms such as the industrial-sounding “camber” and “torsional rigidity” and the somewhat mysterious “rocker.” But the bottom line is the new twists on the old sport of sliding on snow are encouraging some brisk sales. Read about how to choose skis in OutThere's gift guide. A recent report from Snowsports Industries America, a trade group that tracks developments in gear and how it's selling, indicates that sales of skis with the rocker and reverse-camber bends ha ve doubled compared with last year. The rise has been so steep that the group now reports that nearly three-fourths of all skis and boards sold have some kind of rocker bend in the tips. |
