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Old Mar 12, 2008, 8:20 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by deadheadskier View Post
That all said, it still seems somewhat silly to me. Perhaps 'back in the day' they had similar restrictions. I raced for a season in High School in the early 90's and it was simple, you had your GS ski and your SL ski, size was entirely up to you.

I guess the whole 'radius' thing is somewhat new to me, even though it's probably been around for ten years or more.
They are not regulating the length of the ski only the turn radius. A 27m radius is probably the same or smaller than you were using back in the day on straight skis.
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