Flinger,

You can usually find the spine on a carbon by bending it slightly and rolling it over your thigh. You should feel a definite "bump" as you roll over the stiff spot where the fibers are overlapped. That is your stiff side.

I have always heard that you want to align the stiff side so that you get the following results:
Stiff side up or down for release shooters.
Stiff side in or out for finger shooters.

The reason for this is that finger shooter's arrows occilate left/right. Release shooter's arrows occilate up/down.

My $.02.

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SuperX