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EP warranty advice

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Mt_Baker_Man
Posts: 2012 - Karma: 105
So I have a pair of EPs, I got them in February. I only had a handful of days on them, either slush or like chest deep pow. I just gave them a pre-season tune and noticed the nose of the right ski has an extra couple centimeters of rocker. I also feel like it is a little softer than the other one now too (the core is not broken). I am probably going to try and get them warrantied, but has anybody else had this problem? And does it get worse pretty fast?  I would guess so since they are so soft.

BTW: The tails are dead even, its just the one tip, I only weigh like 155, so if half a dozen days on them already bent it that much, it sounds to me like a defect. Oh, and it could just be the topsheet or epoxy, but the topglass right infront of the bent skis binding area looks messed up, the best way I can describe it is wrinkling. The 45/-45 still looks straight, but the straight fiber is well, wrinkled. This could be why they are starting to bend, but again, I have no idea.

Any thoughts?
Dec 14 2010 11:01PM
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rudager
Posts: 11335 - Karma: 4,624
It could be a common occurrence is skis. I might be wrong though. All skis warp. You should see my old Line Blends, twisted to fuck and completely dead. Don't see why this would happen after two weeks of skiing though. Do you butter them?
Dec 14 2010 11:05PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Sounds like the ski flexed so much that it buckled the composite layer. Core is still intact, but I'll bet you that you can get a razor blade into a layer around that wrinkling. I'd talk to Line and see if you can get it replaced.
Dec 14 2010 11:10PM
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Mt_Baker_Man
Posts: 2012 - Karma: 105
No, its not wrinkled like that, the straight fibers wiggle left to right, not up and down(the topsheet is still flush, but the glass pattern is distorted, they came that way). The composite is still thoroughly bonded to the core.

And ^^ I do not butter them very hard, or very often. I don't even ski switch that often with them. And I have landed MUCH harder on the tails, and far more often than the tips, it is definitely not wear, otherwise with the symmetrical flex, I would have broken the tails already for sure.

I don't like having to return stuff, and I was trying to avoid it, but it sounds like its just gonna get worse, and the warranty is up in February.
Dec 14 2010 11:18PM
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stephengillboy
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yea definitely send em back...ive got about 75 days on mine and have beaten the shit out of em...definitely a defect
Dec 17 2010 6:27PM
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