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Twin Parabolic Ski: The ski of the future?

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While I was skiing in Colorado this weekend, I had my first mid-hill collision, up-ending a kid while I was tearing down Jacque’s Pique. Everyone was fine, but it might have been much worse if I had been on a snowboard. With two long skis to carve edges into the slope, I was able to slow down quickly enough at the last second to prevent a serious impact. On a snowboard, with only one edge on the hill, it would have been harder to control my speed.

Now imagine that instead of two edges, I had four. …   Details

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