Bored (of skis)

16:10 Aug 20, 2012
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Relates to skiing
English term or phrase: Bored (of skis)
The context is a description of a dialogue between the ski rental chap and a skiier. It's for some training materials for a client. It has an expert ski description term I'm not sure of ...

"Now the length of the ski should not be more than the height of the person. With the coming of carving we started to delete those extra centimetres from the height of the skiier. The greater influence on the length is the radius. Skis with a smaller radius of rotation should be shorter. And vice versa, the less *** bored*** the skis are, the longer they can be. Generally there is a rule that beginners should choose skis with a lower radius, about 14 meters with a narrower centre under the ski boot

I thought this could be changed to "broad" but I don't think that's the case, as I came to this section later on, where broad does not fit (normally when there is a word to change in this text, it's a straight word change)

The ski is not as hard and penetrative as the skis for expert skiers, but it can be manipulated easily and it is universal thanks to its weight: as it is light, it is easy to regulate. Low weight and the way it is *** bored *** allows simple turning. The ski is stable in speed as well and gently reacts to the instructions of the skier.

I am editing a translation from Slovak to make it read like native English (don't worry about any other oddities in the text; I will be going back over this again, just trying to get the big ones and general sense in this pass).

People who know about skis would be helpful here, or Slovak translators (no, I don't have the source text available), if possible! Thank you!
Liz Dexter (was Broomfield)
United Kingdom


SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4rocker
Jack Doughty
4width
B D Finch
3cut
Adrian Liszewski


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bored (of skis)
rocker


Explanation:
With a radius as high as 14 metres, this must refer to a slight longitudinal curvature applied to the ski. A Google search reveals that the term for this longitudinal curvature is "rocker".
Surf ski - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surf_ski
Ocean racing surf skis are also usually longer than long distance racing kayaks; they have more longitudinal curvature (rocker); they typically have less ...
Keystone Kayaks - Disciplines - Surf Ski Racing
keystonekayaks.com/kayak_005.htm
Ocean racing surf skis are usually longer than long distance racing kayaks; they have more longitudinal curvature (rocker); they typically have less transverse ...

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:23
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 39

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  B D Finch: I don't think that this term is used for snow skis. What you are referring to is "side-cut"// No, it seems as though "rocker" on water skis is equivalent to "camber" on snow skis. But, in the question it is side-cut, not camber they are talking about.
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bored (of skis)
width


Explanation:
www.skibuilders.com/howto/skicon/skidesign.shtml
"The tip and tail width are function of the turning radius of a ski. Given the same waist width, a larger turning radius will provide for smaller tip and tail widths than ..."

I think what he is trying to say ("Low weight and the way it is *** bored *** allows simple turning. ") is its lightness and width characteristics permit easy turning.

The whole thing is really badly written and needs editing by a skier.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-08-20 18:15:33 GMT)
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However, one would really describe the variation in width from front to back of the ski as the amount of side-cut or waist.

B D Finch
France
Local time: 19:23
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you - I just wanted to add that it's a conversation between a ski rental shop person and a skier for the purposes of leisure industry people learning English, not a text teaching people about skis ... having said that, I have advised them to have a ski expert go over it once I've smoothed out the English as best I can!

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bored (of skis)
cut


Explanation:
I understand "bored" as the amount of "cut" or "indentation" in the edges of the ski. The bigger the cut (or the "waist") of the ski, the smaller the radius.

Adrian Liszewski
Poland
Local time: 19:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: Polish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  B D Finch: It is known as side-cut (cut is something else entirely), never as "indentation" and one talks of a large amount of side-cut, not a big side-cut.
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