Do graphics really matter? For real, do they?

[Tricia]

When your skis are covered with snow, graphics don't matter
Photo taken Tuesdays in The Snow at Mt Rose, @Philpug @Andy Mink @Tricia

 

[Jacob]

In Europe, you get more cable cars and gondolas. And when you're taking off your skis and stacking them up, the snow can come off and expose the top sheets. So around here, really horrible top sheets could potentially be a concern.

But, they would have to be pretty bad.

 

[graham418]

As long as you can still see the stickers!!

 

[James]

People don’t buy them with snow on.
Everyone has their graphic limits. I rejected a Dynastar Menace replacement for last years elegantly styled Slicer. Actually I pre-rejected last yr, so the shop owner just said no. Good news is I may get the Black Ops. Ugly, but acceptable and a better ski.

 

[surfsnowgirl]

A skis graphics is equivalent to seeing a prospective mate from across the room. How it skis /how the person treats you is what's most important but it all usually starts with a surface level attraction.

There are exceptions. My 2015 Volkl Kenjas are boring as hell looking but I LOVE the way they ski.

 

[Eleeski]

As a waterski builder, graphics are very important. My waterskis must be a light color to avoid overheating in the intense sun. The light color should also be contrasting enough to show the judges that the ski is in the air. Having different colors for tip and tail was helpful as a coaching aid (load the red end!).

Snow skis need to be visible. Finding a fluorescent ski that has come off on a powder day is much easier than finding a white one. And you really want to flaunt that daffy. Perhaps a bump skier would be helped by white base to make it look like the skis are always on the snow and a bright top to match the kneepads.

Custom graphics are also very helpful finding your skis after lunch.

Wasting a lot of weight for fancy graphic layers will hurt a ski's performance - thinks this weight fanatic.

A little silicone spray on the tops helps minimize snow buildup on the top so your graphics show up (and the ski stays lighter).

Eric

 

[Andy Mink]

and the ski stays lighter

A light ski covered in Sierra Cement is still a heavy ski!

 

[Don in Morrison]

So who will be the first manufacturer to market a ski with a topskin graphic that looks like a thin coating of snow?

 

[Andy Mink]

So who will be the first manufacturer to market a ski with a topskin graphic that looks like a thin coating of snow?

Pretty close. Moment Deathwish Tour. Even has some built in shadow to make them really hard to find!

 

[crgildart]

It's been proven over and over by the highest level of science that red is faster than any other color..

 

[Tricia]

So many literal posts here. Where's the fun in that?

 

[ADKmel]

A friend of mine owns a sign shop and customized his skis:

 

[Tricia]

^^^ That's hilarious!

 

[James]

Creepy skis!^^

 

[Winks]

Graphics only matter when you pose your skis with your favorite winter vehicle

 

[Ken_R]

When your skis are covered with snow, graphics don't matter
Photo taken Tuesdays in The Snow at Mt Rose, @Philpug @Andy Mink @Tricia
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They dont matter while skiing I tell you that.

Well unless you loose a ski in deep powder...

Yes If I really like how a ski skis and the graphics (to me) are ugly then I wont buy it or at least look at other options before buying it.

 

[textrovert]

Your'e looking at the wrong side.
Its the base art for the gapers below

 

[KevinF]

Do graphics matter? If somebody like me wasn't writing the graphics drivers that are enabling you to read anything on your computer screen how would you be wasting time? You'd have to be *gasp* working! It would be the dark ages!

In other news, you should be buying computers with AMD Radeon graphics (aka, our competitors suck. Not that I'm biased).

 

[DanoT]

If I owned a ski shop I would have a have a rack stocked with cans of spray paint, right beside the ski wall.

 

[Don in Morrison]

Then there are the skateboarders, who buy a deck with the most rad graphics they can find, and then take it to a skate park and grind it all off in an afternoon on the rails.