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roman
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Post by roman » Wednesday 24 November 2004, 20:31

:wall: hey , you mean ' parallel slalom ' ! i got it :clap3: no, this board is just for having some serious fun on any slopes.

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István
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Post by István » Wednesday 24 November 2004, 20:32

Guys,

Besides (longitudinal) flex I think what's more important is torsional stiffness. That can be also measured by hand. Leave alone scientific approaches...

Skywalker, no need to say that U R not the only Virus guy here... :-)

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Post by pokkis » Wednesday 24 November 2004, 21:52

roman, what you told about Gladiator sounds very interesting.
Thatkind of board sounds very good, i need to test one of those in some phase this winter. Hope someone brings one to Zinal :)

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O.K. ;)))

Post by skywalker » Thursday 25 November 2004, 10:05

Might be possible, Pokkis ;) ;)
BTW: I guess, you will have the chance at last in Oppdal...
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