Baller sunvalleylaw Posted July 22, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 22, 2012 Visiting family and will hopefully get to ski with my brothers out in Puget Sound. I have not been on salt water since last year and it will be interesting. I have always liked the feel, and look forward to playing with leveraged position. Anyone else ever play in the primordial ooze? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller JackQ Posted July 22, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 22, 2012 I have been skiing in salt water for the last 15 years. The ski will accelerate a little faster and be a little hard to slow down. I use to take a little (.02) tip out at tournament but dont bother anymore. The biggest difference is mental, if you think it is harder it will be... if not, it won't be. I run mid 38 in salt water and mid 38 in fresh water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller A_B Posted July 23, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 23, 2012 I free skied several years ago. One thing to do is rinse your gear with regular water when done each time. I heard that salt water can oxidize your hardware quicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller PT Mike Posted July 23, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 23, 2012 Like @JackQ said, and it doesn't burn if you take some up the nose but you might hurl if you take enough in your stomach!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller sunvalleylaw Posted July 23, 2012 Author Baller Share Posted July 23, 2012 thanks for the remarks guys. I grew up skiing salt water so knew what to expect in terms of feel. I wondered who else skied it. had my first run of vacation today on the salt and my new to me ski felt great! quick edge change and the ski swings out for me nicely. felt like it came around smoothly for me allowing me to get into a better leveraged position too. Felt like home! now I just need to learn how to make my fresh water runs feel like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDNAH2OSKIER Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I do, in fact this coming week will be reversal and will be in fresh water. : ) I love the salt water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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