I don't think any one has brought this up yet... and this could be stupid since I've never skied on a negative camber ski
Good idea or bad--- a ski with slight negative camber in the front and a normal positive camber in the tail. I was think that this might allow you to have a ski with a normal sidecut that has some of the turning and powder/crud benefits of a like the UpperCrusts with slightly better hard snow performance.
So my argument is this:
Neg camber up front -> float in pow/bust through crud
Pos camber in back -> edge contact
Positve sidecut -> even with the neg camber in the front if you turn the ski on edge you get some contact in the front
I haven't completely convinced myself though...
Thoughts?
I was also thinking that a swallow tail would be good with this camber setup...
Asymetric camber?
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