Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post.
Register to become a member today!
Grinding edges for easier rails?
Posts: 130
-
Karma: 15
does anyone grind their edges below the binding so they wont catch so easily on rails? how much? does this make sense at all or am i just retarded?
Posts: 2022
-
Karma: 23
i cut my edges out with a saw.
then filled it with a really dense wax. it worked awesome.
Posts: 1554
-
Karma: 12
yeah i do it.. slides nice on rails but just wait until you hit some ice on the hill - its devastating.
Posts: 538
-
Karma: 11
i take a file and just round the edges where i grind underneath my binding.
Posts: 15084
-
Karma: 732
i have no edges on both skis and it makes rails very smooth
Posts: 5665
-
Karma: 98
I just lightly detune my skis, I like turning alot.
Posts: 6671
-
Karma: 137
on my older skis i took an angle grinder and ground the fuck out of my edges until they were really smooth andhad no edge. works really good and you can slide on anything but when i use them at a mountain they suck
Posts: 8761
-
Karma: 139
sums it up. good for rails but it just sucks everywhere else
Posts: 1233
-
Karma: 54
dont bother filing it down really. it takes 2 days for ur edges to be rail hittable. sure u may catch but wut ev jus ski
Posts: 4329
-
Karma: 300
i broke my thumb the first day on my new skis. 270 on to edge catch, to face first on landing, to a thumb breaking my fall. i should have detuned!
Posts: 1233
-
Karma: 54
hahah i watched it spence, pretty funny! i caught a bit on my new skis first or second day at sunapee...but 3rd day i was 270 on rails and shit fine...doesnt take long for skis to anturally dull them selves. plus after a year of skiing with literaslly no edges its nice to be able ot turn on trails b4 a real park is even open yet
Posts: 7768
-
Karma: 481
I just file out the area under my boot. Still keep the rest of the edge sharp and it slides nicely on rails
Posts: 67
-
Karma: 10
how often do you guys actually hook up on rails? i just got my skis wintersteigered (it gives them just about a racer's edge) and i havent caught at all. theyre really messed up underfoot, but no catching, yet. so how many of you guys have caught edges?
and is it worse doing urban stuff than rails at ski hills?
Posts: 897
-
Karma: 10
yup, urban can be worse in some cases but not all. just use an old pair of shitty skis for urban.
Posts: 1137
-
Karma: 18
its not grinding, its detuning, and yes do it, you dont need much, just take a fileand run it up and down a few times with some pressure.
itll stop your edges from cracking too.
this has been an announcement in radical, brought to you by fiddle faddle.
Posts: 917
-
Karma: 90
yea i do it really lightly after my like first 5 days on new skis to get rid of the burrs then just like once or twice in a long time will do the trick
Posts: 3323
-
Karma: 578
ive never caught an edge on a rail... maybe im just lucky
my edges have like 5 cracks underfoot tho
Posts: 1047
-
Karma: 36
thats because you never detuned them.
Posts: 6671
-
Karma: 137
Posts: 649
-
Karma: 38
i think i should do that, rail jam tomorrow, brand new skiis. haha good call
Posts: 7488
-
Karma: 3,622
Posts: 170
-
Karma: 21
i used a file and rounded my edges..works good
Posts: 337
-
Karma: 13
I just use some sandpaper and sand a bit off the edges where the bindings are
Posts: 8761
-
Karma: 139
just file your edges upward not down cuz you'll be fucked if you do
Posts: 130
-
Karma: 15
sounds like yea... now i have to find a fuckin' file...
Posts: 2120
-
Karma: 161
Detune them with a gummy stone. gummy stones are like 6bucks just keep rubbing the edge with it until the edge is smooth
Posts: 528
-
Karma: 215
i de-tune it helps on rails and also so you dont catch and edge when your about to hit a jump or somthing of that nature
Posts: 2954
-
Karma: 13
i just use a rock or file and round the fuck out of my edges underfoot and six inches in front and behind.
Posts: 1144
-
Karma: 58
If ur just a jibber, then ya file them down, but if you do pipe and ramps too, then find a comprimise so theyre not too sharp so that you catch on rails, but sharp enough to be able to carve the pipe or off a ramp. ya.
Posts: 859
-
Karma: 341
yeah i think i may do that to my ski just under the boot round it right up. becasue the other day i was out skiing and i hit the rail and caught an edge , it was messed i didnt fall but i jercked back and forth rihgt crazzy , hit it agian and i seen these huge sparks coming from my edges it was sweet hahaha i love fire and piro stuff:P
Posts: 23796
-
Karma: 13,014
just let them detune naturally, if you go and file them down groomers will be hell
All times are Eastern (-5)
