7-11 2 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 A friend of mine told me about a friend back in Europe who apparently had a pretty bad crash on the slopes (only with himself luckily) and actually broke (snapped?) his skis! (He came out of it just bruised and a bit shocked.) Is that as unlikely as it sounds to me?! Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 I broke a ski crossing a tiny creek at Mt Hotham. It snapped across where the front binding was screwed on. The guy at the hire shop gave me a hard time, but I wasn't doing anything tricky. Skis can break. Link to post Share on other sites
JPchucky 0 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 I cracked one of my F9's a few years back. built a small kicker to get over the fence back in MI. Came down right in front of a hidden pipe from the snowmakers, cracked in the same spot right in front of the binding. Didn't totally snap, but was totally unuseable. Also split the tips twice on a pair of K2 Extremes. The local ski shop just hated to see me come in. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Did you get any damage to yourself soubriquet? Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Nope, didn't even fall. Going through the compression, it went snap, then soggy. As JPchucky describes, the top and base layers held it together, but the core was gone. Link to post Share on other sites
marnix 0 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Once in a while you break a ski, better than breaking a bone. Link to post Share on other sites
egglesby 1 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Definitely. I'd like to see a cross section of my skis/board. Link to post Share on other sites
Mudguts 0 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 I snapped a brand new burton custom clean in half just in front of the front foot binding by hitting a tree at night in Niseko. I was so upset at the time because I'd only used the board a few days but later was glad that the board took the hit rather than me. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 >hitting a tree at night Sorry about the board, but jeez.. Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard 0 Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Breaking your skis is a good excuse to start boarding Link to post Share on other sites
guzzlers-baps 0 Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Trees are not forgiving at all. Best that your board/skis get broken than a body part. Link to post Share on other sites
iambenw 0 Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Hey Mudguts, I did almost exactly the same to my custom on a tree at Happo-one, except my snap was just behind the front binding. I could get to the bottom of the hill on it OK because the base wasnt't snapped through, and was quite a lot of fun for that run. It basically just hinged between my two feet allowing me to pick the front or back up really easily, and coast along in weird super-long nose or tail manuals, steering with just one foot! I did get some strange looks though. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 A friend of mine had his bright orange ski books crack open on him at the top of Nozawa. That journey to the bottom looked pretty mad. (He was mad as well, the boots were only a year old!) Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 what is with all these Burtons? lately on the forum, there is a swag of snapping, delaminating Burtons, esp Burton customs what gives? Link to post Share on other sites
iambenw 0 Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Maybe there's more stories of burtons breaking because there's more burton boards out there and proportionally they don't break more than any other maker? Or maybe they do just suck? I try to buy boards from smaller manufacturers now because I don't really believe that the process of manufacturing a board has advanced much for quite a while. They're still pretty much just wood cores with fibreglass bits right? Also, how much of the extra you pay for a big-name brand board actually goes into making the board better and how much into keeping the brand big? Im guessing that a lot will go on promo/sponsoring events/advertising which wouldn't be the case with smaller manufacturers. I'm sure there's plenty of happy burton owners out there who will disagree with me, and fair play to you, I hope you're happy with your stuff, but I know I wasn't. Link to post Share on other sites
js 0 Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 A mate of ours is a 6'4'' fat bastard - he went over a very small divet in the snow at near walking speed and both of his K2 ski's cracked just at the nose of the front bindings ... very funny to watch as he picked 'em up and the front sections were swinging in the breeze! Another friend had her ski boots for several years - she was walking along one morning and they literally fell to pieces with each step taken - leaving a trail of white plastic shards. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I have not heard that many bad things about Burton. Like someone else said, a large number of people using Burton and so maybe any issues are just more visible. Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 it would be interesting to see the percentage of warrantied products for all companies. Then we could really see how quality control works. Link to post Share on other sites
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