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Could adjustable rocker / camber boards happen?
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 4:27 pm
by Huck Pitueee
l've used these truss rods in guitars and see possibilities.
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Truss_rods/ ... t_Rod.html
How cool would that be to change your cambered board or skiis to rockered in a couple minutes.
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 5:40 pm
by Dr. Delam
There were some skis in the 80's called the Chameleon that had something similar to that. It was more for stiffness but I like the adjustability concept.
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 6:43 pm
by skidesmond
Some one post a vid where they took fishing line or something similar and attached it to the tips and tails. They had some mechanism to pull the string to lift the tips and tails to make it rocker. It was so simple. Can't say it was practical, but the concept was there.
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 7:25 pm
by Huck Pitueee
This should be standard in the next ten years. Now that we've tested almost every rocker / camber / planshape variation. Just no fishin line.
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 7:29 pm
by twizzstyle
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 7:39 pm
by skidesmond
Yea Twizz, Wish I had SMA now so I could be in my 20's again
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 11:39 pm
by FigmentOriginal
Its been done, sort of...
http://bomberonline.com/vbulletin/showp ... stcount=15
http://bomberonline.com/vbulletin/showp ... stcount=27
http://bomberonline.com/vbulletin/showt ... ht=tinkler
Mike Tinkler developed the 'Snow Stix' that allow you change how the board flexes in one particular area of the board. He also has some kind of adjustable point in the middle that controls the camber. He builds some crazy stuff...
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 12:46 am
by MontuckyMadman
mind = blown
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 1:28 pm
by skidesmond
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 4:01 pm
by Huck Pitueee
WOW! amazing stuff. I thought adding truss rods to boards would be heavy.
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 9:36 am
by Nick's Sticks
I used to have a pair of bindings that had a switch that would adjust the stress on the ski. It would noticeably adjust the camber on the ski. With so many of the big boys incorporating bindings into the skis it seems like it should be a snap to have some sort of truss rod to adjust camber/rocker.
I'd rather just build myself another second pair.
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 5:10 pm
by Huck Pitueee
Nick's Sticks wrote:I used to have a pair of bindings that had a switch that would adjust the stress on the ski. It would noticeably adjust the camber on the ski. With so many of the big boys incorporating bindings into the skis it seems like it should be a snap to have some sort of truss rod to adjust camber/rocker.
I'd rather just build myself another second pair.
Same here plus the weight thing. Who knows. For people on a budget or travelers it could work. In the back country conditions change as you get out onto exposed ridges and such. One trip I did last year had a sweet protected pow zone but you had to skin 5 miles of icy tracks to get there. Camber would have been perfect for the approach.