Baller bbirlew Posted March 2, 2013 Baller Share Posted March 2, 2013 Was sorting through some old junk and came across this old obrien g3 pamphlet that came with my old ski. (Circa mid 90s?) Thought some of you might enjoy it! Didn't HO have a similar gimmick around then with metal bars behind the binding to stiffen the ski? I was told by an industry person at the time that they changed their layup to a less rigid spec, just so they could add these bars to the outside of their ski that everyone 'needed to have'! Gotta love the marketing! Cheers, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller JC McCavit Posted March 2, 2013 Baller Share Posted March 2, 2013 The HO Power Stix were made of carbon fiber. I still have ski with them attached. When you tighten or loosen them you can watch the ski bend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Ed_Obermeier Posted March 2, 2013 Baller Share Posted March 2, 2013 Had a G3. Liked the way it skied but the OTF's on it were too frequent and too henious due to the really narrow front part of the ski. To make matters worse I was then dumb enough to buy the next version, the G4, that also had an adjustment for the amount of the rocker in the ski plus the front flex bar. Great looking ski, still have it in fact, low mileage if anyone was interested. Can't even give the damn thing away... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted March 2, 2013 Baller Share Posted March 2, 2013 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
east tx skier Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 We have about 3 versions of the G2 in the family. No frills. Just a heavy O'Brien ski with Advantage boots (at least originally). The boots may have been the best part of that ski. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h2odawg79 Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 I wish we could all easily check/verify our Flex #'s... (with some kind of "Industry Standard" and repeatable process) BUT, if we could Ajust the flex! OMG... -can you image all the Absolute Kaos that would cause on these boards for "Set Up #'s" !!! Hey, anyone got any #'s for a 67" _ _ _ _ _ Ski, I just added 75.025 Grams of flex to compensate for the warmer water. Should I also move my Bindings fwd with this adjustment? or should I should I just take out some length? -maybe I should just Buy a new Ski! =-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted March 3, 2013 Baller_ Share Posted March 3, 2013 What Ed said. I had the g4 with all the flex adjusters front and tail. Tail flex bar at the tail was a bit of engineering genius tied into the fin block and all. And then there was the two little plates on each side of that that could be removed, one or both. What a nightmare both in adjusting everything and the OTF. It was good looking as said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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