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only time that's cool is if youre an old school euro fuck skiing in a beret with long poles and cigarette burning, butt wiggling gracefully down the slope, sorry, the piste
or if you jam both heelpieces at once with your poles so you pop out of your skis at once and don't break stride, just keep walking into the bar
snoopzillaPole for the first one, then stomp the other one with my boot.
this. i heard somewhere stomping on your binding with your ski is bad for the base but i have no clue if its true. now it is just a habit engrained into my brain.
b-kulthis. i heard somewhere stomping on your binding with your ski is bad for the base but i have no clue if its true. now it is just a habit engrained into my brain.
This exactly. Say you have just paid for a nice base grind and stone grind you don't want to be stepping on a binding. You will damage the base. Parks skis who cares as they get trashed but nice skis I always avoid stepping on the binding if I can.
b-kulthis. i heard somewhere stomping on your binding with your ski is bad for the base but i have no clue if its true. now it is just a habit engrained into my brain.
OH NO! NOT THE BASE! TAKE MY LIFE BUT DONT SCRATCH MY BASES!
A good base can take a beating and a cheap base is a cheap base. I jib rocks on the sides of the trails. My bases can get fucked.
theabortionatorOH NO! NOT THE BASE! TAKE MY LIFE BUT DONT SCRATCH MY BASES!
A good base can take a beating and a cheap base is a cheap base. I jib rocks on the sides of the trails. My bases can get fucked.
#YOLO
Fuck that I actually like to care for my skis. I'm so pissed if I forget and stamp on my bindings. I always laugh when I get skis in and the base is fucked right behind the heel piece. It takes 1 second to use a pole and saves you so much base work.
tomPietrowskiFuck that I actually like to care for my skis. I'm so pissed if I forget and stamp on my bindings. I always laugh when I get skis in and the base is fucked right behind the heel piece. It takes 1 second to use a pole and saves you so much base work.
What if you don't use poles?
I guess my actual answer to the thread is stomp em. When I am working I have to take my skis off at every feature and I typically have a rake or shovel so no poles. My bases are fine and they see more use that most people's
I guess my actual answer to the thread is stomp em. When I am working I have to take my skis off at every feature and I typically have a rake or shovel so no poles. My bases are fine and they see more use that most people's
Reach down and use your hand?
But it's like I said above for park skis who cares they get trashed but nice skis I hate ruining bases just taking my skis off.
Your dins aren't tight enough to stay on your sticks whilst performing whirliebirds and "the switch" if you can use youre hand sticks to get out of your foot keeper-inners
AlecDaviesskiYour dins aren't tight enough to stay on your sticks whilst performing whirliebirds and "the switch" if you can use youre hand sticks to get out of your foot keeper-inners
I've got two ways of taking them off. First way is just stomping on the back of them. Pretty standard. Second way is a I lean back and sit on the back of them and use my hands to push both down at the same time. All depends on how much time I have to take them off.
Yeah I agree if you slide rails who cares but if you are like the majority of skiers who don't bash their skis off metal rails why damage your base just taking your skis off?
Stomp because I'm not coordinated enough to use my poles. I do sometimes use my poles anyway though, because it's a pain when you stomp FKS's and they flip back up.
Exactly. If you spend money looking after your bases the last thing you want to do is stomp on a binding. This thread shows not enough people here demo skis. If you demoed skis regularly you would just get used to using a pole.
tomPietrowskiYeah I agree if you slide rails who cares but if you are like the majority of skiers who don't bash their skis off metal rails why damage your base just taking your skis off?
rails don't really harm your bases. I slid rails all season and didn't get one scratch
Milhouserails don't really harm your bases. I slid rails all season and didn't get one scratch
Well your doing it wrong? How can you not fuck up the base sliding rails. You will for sure destroy any structure underfoot. Sure you may not get big groves but that is not to say your not doing damage.
tomPietrowskiWell your doing it wrong? How can you not fuck up the base sliding rails. You will for sure destroy any structure underfoot. Sure you may not get big groves but that is not to say your not doing damage.
My edges are all rounded out but my bases are fine. Maybe it's the way I slide rails?
MilhouseMy edges are all rounded out but my bases are fine. Maybe it's the way I slide rails?
When did you last have the base structured? A good structure takes a flat base and adds groves to help the base glide. If you slide on rails this structure is destroyed. The heat build up can also help damage the base in terms of accepting wax. So although you may think your doing no harm you are in fact damaging the base every rail you slide. So if you do this stomp those bindings as it makes no difference. But if you care for your base just use a pole.
tomPietrowskiWhen did you last have the base structured? A good structure takes a flat base and adds groves to help the base glide. If you slide on rails this structure is destroyed. The heat build up can also help damage the base in terms of accepting wax. So although you may think your doing no harm you are in fact damaging the base every rail you slide. So if you do this stomp those bindings as it makes no difference. But if you care for your base just use a pole.
I do use a pole. I was just remarking how I didn't think sliding rails really seemed to harm my bases.
tomPietrowskiFuck that I actually like to care for my skis. I'm so pissed if I forget and stamp on my bindings. I always laugh when I get skis in and the base is fucked right behind the heel piece. It takes 1 second to use a pole and saves you so much base work.
A real man never takes off his skis.
I have never seen any damage ever on any pair of skis I've touched, used, or even looked at. I highly doubt that any damage you think you see on the base from so called stomping is just in your head. Plus why stomp when you can just press? That what I do. Use the opposite ski to press the heal piece and then just use the boot for the other.
There's no way in hell that your bases should scratch/gouge from stepping on your heel peice. If you think your skis are that delicate you should probably switch brands.
