On: Do Skis Get Blunt?

[matsemann]

And if you sharpened your edges on straight skis, you would often intentionally blunt the front and back and only keep it sharp around the foot/middle, in order to have grip when going diagonally but have it easy to twist around turns.

[oldandboring → matsemann]

Everything old is new again. Only today the effect is achieved by constructing the ski with tip & tail rocker.