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Never use good skis on dry slope

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1beestebee1
Posts: 41 - Karma: 4
never use good skis on dryslope cos yesterday i took my brand new salomon pro pipes up my local dryslope and ater and hour i take of my ski to check the base and theres a bloody massive gash on them and theire completly wrecked so thats 600 down the toilet!
Jan 16 2011 8:48AM
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Gypsy_on_Skis
Posts: 40 - Karma: 10
If that happens its not that hard to fix?????
Jan 16 2011 8:58AM
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Keith.
Posts: 967 - Karma: 88
yeah p-tex?
Jan 16 2011 9:06AM
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hurrisun
Posts: 6284 - Karma: 49
p-tex sucks indoor skiing suck sdont buy expensive shit if you suck to skii on fake snow

play polo ya god danmned euro
Jan 16 2011 9:36AM
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skiP.E.I.
Posts: 7841 - Karma: 22,153
That happens regularly on real snow too. Core shots are inevitable if you ski early or late in the year, in trees, on ungroomed snow or in the park. It sucks that it happened to your brand new skis, but it's not that serious. Like everyone in the thread says, have a shop p-tex them or look up on the internet how to do it. You need a stick of p-tex, which you can get at any ski shop, a lighter and maybe a utility knife.
Jan 16 2011 9:48AM
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DockEllis
Posts: 1131 - Karma: 1,745
I used my regular set up at liberty va which is a dry slope and everything turned out a ok.
Jan 16 2011 9:54AM
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84891jnf92048
Posts: 11552 - Karma: 2,550
and a metal scraper
Jan 16 2011 9:57AM
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infedel_one
Posts: 5140 - Karma: 444
just go with it. we arent racers so our bases dont matter too much. I go just as hard early season as midseason to get the fresh, and i suffered a few scratches but nothin major. Just gotta charge it.
Jan 16 2011 10:01AM
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Jonny.Ski
Posts: 169 - Karma: 11
What dryslope? Dendix or snowflex?
Jan 16 2011 10:08AM
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Ilovewhitestuff
Posts: 726 - Karma: 25
i think he means the whole base is wrecked, hes not going to ptex himself a whole new base.
Jan 16 2011 10:18AM
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TBigCat
Posts: 629 - Karma: 4
that sucks
Jan 16 2011 10:19AM
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flexpattern
Posts: 1090 - Karma: 45
Snow flex should be fine for any skis, however damaged dendix wire may core your skis if you hit it at speed.

At hillend in Edinburgh I had the bases of my skis start to smoke due to the shear frictional heat. Dryslope may shorten the life of your skis, but rocks and rails do more damage imo.
Jan 16 2011 10:37AM
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.newman.
Posts: 1552 - Karma: 236
cool stealing icons huh?
Jan 16 2011 10:41AM
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willy_baller
Posts: 1622 - Karma: 693
Go to your local shop and get a base grind + master tune. Should be around $30 and your skis will be just like new. But if you only have one gash, just p-Tex it and you will be good to go.
Jan 16 2011 11:45AM
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Jonny.Ski
Posts: 169 - Karma: 11
Ski on Dendix all day erry day, it's shit.
Jan 16 2011 11:52AM
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1beestebee1
Posts: 41 - Karma: 4
yep it actually happend at hillend and its like 2or 3 inches wide and about 120 centemetres long so i cant even fix em cos iits down to the base .gutted
Jan 19 2011 11:03AM
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TallTom
Posts: 422 - Karma: 71
Shit sucks, but p-tex candle should do the job...or you're friendly neighbourhood Freeze Pro Shop...

You can also get Dry Slope specific wax, it's got an ultra high melting point and is designed to protect the bases from burning up whilst making you go a little faster too. It can be found in the ebay link in my sig if your interested.
Jan 19 2011 11:08AM
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shrEddie
Posts: 5117 - Karma: 65
yeah this. ive done it several times, you just get some white shit on your bases that easily scratches off
Jan 19 2011 11:24AM
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Jaggy_Snake
Posts: 2287 - Karma: 1,418
I use Swix CH6 (The blue one) on my Blends for my local dryslope (Permasnow) and by the time I finish after about 3 hours all the wax apart from the tips and tails is completely gone. It has however prevented any further damage to my bases, but I haven't noticed any difference in speed. Dendex is a killer for any base of any kind, but I believe Permasnow is even worse.
Jan 19 2011 12:20PM
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binturong-qwerty
Posts: 1506 - Karma: 146
That is what you get for using salomons
Jan 19 2011 12:32PM
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KillaSeason
Posts: 3495 - Karma: 1,774
omg no mang its just the suspectsssssssssssssss
Jan 19 2011 12:35PM
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JacksonIsCool
Posts: 60 - Karma: 10
Hey I've been meaning to check that place out, is it any good?
Jan 19 2011 2:15PM
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steezenskis
Posts: 1044 - Karma: 31
whats wrong with the suspects? i keep on hearing that they break but mine are fine....so far
Jan 19 2011 3:20PM
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McFellon
Posts: 1841 - Karma: 2,005
i just bought 2ft of p-tex for $2
so you can bitch about it costing $600, but it's not true
Jan 19 2011 4:01PM
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