Member of the Month

KilaTsunami
October, 2024

Online

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!

Protect the skis

profile picture
WU-sconsin
Posts: 565 - Karma: 1,301
Hey I have some new skis this year and they are getting DESTROYED. THe tails are pretty bad like shredded, and same with the front of one of my skis a big gash in the sidewall. My bases are getting pretty scratched up too. Any tips on keepin the skis prottected and stuff? And will it really mess up the performance of the ski that much if they get super beat up?
Feb 10 2013 10:03PM
1 0
profile picture
Chief.
Posts: 276 - Karma: 399
dont ski and theyll stay protected
Feb 10 2013 10:08PM
0 0
profile picture
MACK.
Posts: 1230 - Karma: 1,892
keep on waxing and to protect the bases every time you wax also melt graphite this helps a ton and always make sure to fill in scratches with ptex dont wait
Feb 10 2013 10:13PM
0 0
profile picture
joshua
Posts: 5046 - Karma: 1,280
Do you wax your skis regularly? Keeping your bases nice and hydrated is probably the best thing you can do to keep your skis in good shape. A dry base is more brittle and will scratch easier. (Unless you have an extruded base, then it doesn't matter as much b/c the base won't really take wax anyway.)

Also, if you ride a lot of rails, its a good idea to detune the edges underfoot before you use them. A rounder edge will be more resistant to cracking than a factory sharp edge, b/c the impact is distributed across more edge surface.

This may seem obvious, but don't clack your skis together on the lift. If you have a straight sidewall ski, this can actually really chip them up. (I'm not saying you are doing this, I doubt its a real problem, but I have seen people do this to their skis and then complain that the topsheets are mangled.)



Feb 10 2013 10:17PM
0 0
profile picture
*ninja*
Posts: 2108 - Karma: 1,143
.
Feb 10 2013 10:28PM
0 0
All times are Eastern (-5)