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Edge Cracks. Wow

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K-G
Posts: 316 - Karma: 24
Alright, i just picked up a pair of skis for this season, and took them out for the first time today, and only skied for about 4 hours. When i got home, i looked at them and counted 11 edge cracks!!!! One of them seems to be pulling out already. What do I do now?? Please help.
Dec 19 2009 12:57AM
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xxMdahlxx
Posts: 552 - Karma: 15
wht skis?
Dec 19 2009 2:09AM
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Ski.Ballet
Posts: 2860 - Karma: 200
Get them warrantied. Unless you bought a rep sample, in which case you're SOL. That's a major bummer though; I've had a similar thing happen and it's really frustrating.
Dec 19 2009 2:17AM
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urbanjib
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What kind of skis were they?
Dec 19 2009 3:04AM
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Big_Spence
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Burton Hyphy Stix.
Dec 19 2009 3:14AM
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K-G
Posts: 316 - Karma: 24
Foils
Dec 19 2009 9:49AM
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BC.
Posts: 1551 - Karma: 86
salomon? really? i mean they have the best edges in the industry. geeze, didn't see that coming.
Dec 19 2009 10:40AM
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psychkub
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1 or 2 would be expectel, but 11? That's a bit excessive and hints at a defective product. If this is in fact true, I would seriously consider getting in touch with salomon to inquire about warranty issue.
Dec 19 2009 4:39PM
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dubaiski
Posts: 961 - Karma: 37
even 1 or 2 is to many

claim it on warranty, if there are 11 crack they wont be able to reject you
Dec 19 2009 5:08PM
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joly.sp
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Seeing as they are a fews years old they were probably used and had cracks already they got worse. You must be some giant fellow who slams onto rails to crack 11 times in 4 hours!
Dec 19 2009 5:08PM
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jamodeo
Posts: 3040 - Karma: 663
if they do warranty then you will probably get suspect of which the edges wont be there in two hours
Dec 19 2009 5:27PM
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bumblebeetuna
Posts: 218 - Karma: 57
I would definately try to get em warrantied, but if ur still ridin them you can take a gummy stone to the cracks after every time you use them to smooth them out and prevent them from catching and pulling out
Dec 24 2009 6:03PM
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fouldsys
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im pretty sure every company doesnt warranty skis with rail damage. hopefully they are nice.
Dec 24 2009 6:05PM
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natty.
Posts: 857 - Karma: 34
WIN!
Dec 24 2009 10:51PM
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wintersway
Posts: 5115 - Karma: 128
no edge should do that. after three seasons of park and all mountain on my rossignol scratch's i had ZERO edge cracks. i didnt even detune them when i got them.

ive had 5 days on my volkl walls, brand new and immediately went to rails with no detune. nothing wrong with the edges.

Dec 24 2009 11:28PM
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carbon.pulse
Posts: 3348 - Karma: 23
There is a differnce between rail damage and a defect product. If he had cracked and edge in a spot or two after a few days on rails that would be due to hitting rails. But 11 in four hours leads me to believe the steel edges were defective.
Dec 24 2009 11:40PM
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fouldsys
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companies will still say its rail damage and wont warranty them
Dec 24 2009 11:47PM
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Wrkn4ThaWeekend
Posts: 602 - Karma: 681
Salomon has the worst edges ever...
and their warranty is weak, good luck!
Dec 25 2009 12:15AM
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bumblebeetuna
Posts: 218 - Karma: 57
I have about 4 from half the season. I have never had this problem before, is it normal or should I be worried?
Jan 15 2010 2:52PM
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Ben.
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lol foils edges.... loved that ski. but i ripped out soooo much edge on em.
Jan 15 2010 2:58PM
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r0ma
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HAHAHA HATE BURTON
Jan 15 2010 2:59PM
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