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How Dull Should Edges be

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introvert
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How dull should edge actually be?
I got my Abangs a few weeks ago (Haven't skied them yet) but I dulled the edges some and tried sliding them on my Prail (a 1" wide pvc rail I made for fruitbooting) and the edges still catch on those. Should I dull them to the point where they don't catch at all?

Be kind, new park skier here.

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Sep 24 2010 3:51PM
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Balto
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no fuck you im gonna hate as much as always!







lolz jk, dull the shit out of them under foot, seeing as thats where you will be touching a rail, leave the rest of the ski dull but not enough where you can't turn well
Sep 24 2010 3:57PM
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introvert
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Hah, but how dull? till they don't catch AT ALL?
Sep 24 2010 4:00PM
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Balto
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well unless you like catching on rails....
Sep 24 2010 4:06PM
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Ben.
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round em out a little bit. youll be able to feel it with your hand. they dont need to be completely flat, just run a gummystone over em. or if you are never going to want to sharpen them again, just break out the file and do that a little.
Sep 24 2010 4:36PM
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introvert
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I have a nail file that is on some nail clippers...will that work?
lulz jk.

I do have a gummy stone, but it doesn't seem to work that well
Sep 24 2010 4:44PM
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PC.
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File it down.

Don't round the fuckers off, but enough that the sharpness is gone, that sharp edge is what is digging into your pvc pipe.

Though to be honest, you won't be jibbing the soft plastic of pvc pipe at the mountain.
Sep 24 2010 4:59PM
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I_Am_Mod
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use a rock and go over the edge 1 or 2 times
or just let your ski detune over time ....

all these fancy pansy files and gummy stones aren't necessary

Sep 24 2010 6:39PM
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snowboardings_7
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yea man even though im a snowboarder dull the shit out of your edges cause you dont want to catch and fuck up the box or anything
Sep 24 2010 7:52PM
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gnarley_marl
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who gives a shit about the box, you as a snowboarder should know more than anything that catching an edge means face or ass plant
Sep 24 2010 8:14PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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yeah i haven't touched my edges. just let them detune by themseves
Sep 24 2010 9:34PM
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BWalmer
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Here:
Courtesy of Newschoolers.com
Sep 24 2010 9:49PM
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Bonobo
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don't take a file to your edges for sure, if you're not careful, that is a good way to fuck your shit up. Just get a semi-hard (lolz) gummi stone and go over your a few times underfoot, and just let riding do the rest.
hope that helped
Sep 24 2010 11:01PM
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snowboardings_7
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I don't give a fuuuccckkk
Sep 25 2010 3:58AM
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