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Keeping your skis in shape.

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andyrightcoast
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What do you guys normally do for tuning? Usually I do a massive tune up like every other time I go skiing. Wax them several times to let the wax soak into the base, and sharpen the edges.

For wax, I do 2 coats of hydrocarbon, then 2 coats of low flouro wax.

Also, what bevel do you normally keep your edges at? Mine are at 3 right now, which is a bit much for park and such, normally they are at 1 or 2. But I didnt have the proper bevel guide.

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Sep 21 2002 5:11PM
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Brit1275
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i don't even do that much. i get a nice tune up at the beginning of the season. then wax them each day i go up. i'm not sure the kinds of wax, just temp specific stuff. toko makes this nice all-tempurature wax with molybdenum or something. black stuff. seems to work good enough.

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Sep 21 2002 6:38PM
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mammothpunks
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i think i adjusted my binding once

takin care of your skis is for racer kids

this one kid i used to ski with was always sharpining his edges and so on and i game him shit for it all the time. then at a halfpipe comp he fell and landed on nhis edge. he had to get rushed to reno on ambulence to get 57 stitchs in his ass. nuff said

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Sep 21 2002 6:54PM
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PhattTim
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I get a tune at the start of the season. I wax them when I can be bothered, I dry them when I come off the hill so the edges don't rust and that's about it.

Oh sometimes I replace the stickers if they're getting beat up.

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Sep 21 2002 7:16PM
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FalseTile
Posts: 446 - Karma: 11
Tune at the start of the season. Use the rub on temp wax before each day. Get them hot waxed about every 20 ski days. Other than that I just dry them off.
Anyone have any tips on taking skis onto a plane. I was going to wrap them in a blanket or something, then put them into my ski bag. Don't want to take any chances.


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Sep 21 2002 10:32PM
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toe
Posts: 108 - Karma: 16
how do i keep my skis in shape..

i have them run few miles before a nice scrumptious dinner of fried eggs and soy sause, then its straight to the gym.
Sep 21 2002 10:40PM
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BrodyLeven
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lol toe


i ski every day on my lil mound of a ski resort, so that would be too much to wax every day...

i dont keep them in shape by maintence as much as i do being like EXTREMELY careful with everything i own (skis in this case)

i am so careful not to hit rocks, etc. but it still happens


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Sep 21 2002 10:48PM
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FalseTile
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oh god my skis last year, the bases of them got so fucked from these stones that were just under the surface coming off the main lift at our hill. Plus I skiied over a bare cart path in the spring, that wasn't too smart.
I'm gonna treat my news skis like baby's this year though.


'Whenever I wish that I had started skiing earlier in my life I stop for a moment and thank God that I didn't become a snowboarder.'
Sep 21 2002 11:54PM
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Brit1275
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you say that now...i garuntee after one day, the top will be all scratched to hell, and you'll have scratches in your bases

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Sep 22 2002 12:10AM
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