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? best way to set up edjes on park ski ?

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fs252life
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ok.. well i have a new pair of fujies and im wondering what is the best way to work my edjes in...just with use or file them down???
19 years ago
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Ski^^bum
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you could file them if you want but they will were down pretty fast if you grind alot. unless your sliding on wood i wouldnt worry about it.
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ski_cartel
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speaking as a shop tec
LEAVE THEM ALONE
you dont need to mess around with them if your just hitting jumps, and if your hitting rails thel will wear down quick enough
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2Ski4Life7
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well what i do is i tune up the edges all the way around the ski then i de tune on the spots that the rail or box will most likely hit so i can still turn but i don't catch on rails
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titsLOL
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I wouldn't bother detuning them because a few hours of park skiing will detune them just fine, and there's no point in tuning the edges on your park skis more than maybe a few times a season in my opinion. I tuned my PEs edges once in the two seasons I skied them and I live on the east coast
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chrismoJBEATS
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good post i read that one too

Pipe- detune under foot and leave tip and tail sharp
Park-under foot detune
Urban- FILE
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chrismoJBEATS
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dont file em get a soft stone from ur local ski shop and detune not butcher them
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grubix2
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why would you de-tune skis at all for pipe?? Most pipes are fairly icey and you want to be able to carve into the wall.
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poofartpee
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hes right i dont detune or anything and iv never caught an edge on a rail
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chrismoJBEATS
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woops my bad
keep middles sharp and detune tips and tails so they dont get hung up!
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skirbrt88
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^not like the whole tip/tail tho just about 2 inches or so from where it curves up
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C.J.
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As a tech myself, i second this.
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LC.
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Douglas' articles in Ski Press are a complete joke. And because you work in a shop doesn't make you special.

File them down if you're sliding a lot of rails.
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C.J.
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Well, unlike all the little teenagers on this site I do know what I'm talking about, smarts ass.
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pietrovito157
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you can do a number of things depends on what your doin in the park many pro riders like to tune their skis like a park snowboard with a variable bevel, 1 degree at tip and tail and fluxuating to a 2 or 3 degree under foot where you'd slid rails.

or you can just pull the edges and roll them under foot like thall does. on the pipecleaner.

some even cut out there edges under foot and lay in platics so that they slide quicker

in the end everything works for each their own but as a tech my self i would typically just ride them till they're good.
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tha_CF
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Dakine makes an edge duller buy it and just dull ur edges
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LC.
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The point I was trying to make was that 90% of people I've worked with are either old school racers who would shudder at the thought of dulling edges underfoot on a brand new ski, or arrogant fuckers. You seem to be the latter.
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fs252life
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well...all of your comments are very interesting...but i guess theres no perfect answer...thanks for all the info...
19 years ago
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eheath
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Dude, if you have a pipe ski, you shouldnt be hitting rails on it, you need edges in the pipe.
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C.J.
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Dude, wtf fuck are you talking about? Did you even read this thread?
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titsLOL
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why would you spend money on that when you could either do it by actually skiing... or if you really wanna detune them find a smooth rock it'll work the same but i'd rather detune them by hittin rails, unless you're hittin wood rails catching your edges on skis is pretty avoidable
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hemlockjibber8
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for those who say "DONT DETUNE THEM its evil.you should just wear them in after a day or two". may i ask why? it doesn twreck the skis any more to detune them. you are just speeding up the process and in the mean time eliminating the chance of catching an edge and fucking yourself up.

ive tried varying the bevel so its less sharp under foot but it doesnt make a huge difference.

it takes a minute to get a file and round the edges under foot. then they slide like butter on your first day
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Peter.
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true all pipes are usually icy
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Literature
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Do detune before hitting rails, because if you try a nose or tailpress, you will get your shit shook.
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