Thanks for the Flex Tester

[twhisper]

 

Just received our new flex tester from Mike Erb. Thanks Mike!

 

[bigtex2011]

Erb does amazing work. We are lucky to have him here in Texas.

[thager]

Texas now?? But.. but...but, he's such a nice guy!!! Really, really, really good at what he does!!!

[Twister]

How do I puchase a Erb ski flex tester?

 

[jayski]

@teammalibu

[Horton]

@jayski no one but a ski designer needs one. I had one for years.... eventually figured out unless you are testing flex on different copies of identical skis it is sort of pointless.

[Bruce_Butterfield]

@Horton its far from pointless. Yeah for most skiers you can easily go down the rabbit hole, but I still use mine to test every ski I use or setup. Very useful knowledge base to have.

[Horton]

@Bruce_Butterfield do or do you not find that when comparing skis from different brands or models what you feel on the water does not reflect what the flex numbers would make you expect?

[Bruce_Butterfield]

I find the flex numbers consistently make sense to what happens on the water. Having said that, flex is only 1 piece of the puzzle in ski attributes. Most times you have to take into consideration other design aspects for the flex to make sense. Considering flex on its own can lead to gross misunderstanding of what the ski is doing.

[Horton]

fair enough

[teammalibu]

@Twister i sent you a msg.