The most asked questions asked again... Detuning

Detuning is such a waste of time and kills your edge. You haven't even ridden park for a year...try it out first man. I find they naturally detune. If you suck, you will suck regardless and wont be able to hold an edge well outside of the park.

KravtZDetuning is such a waste of time and kills your edge. You haven't even ridden park for a year...try it out first man. I find they naturally detune. If you suck, you will suck regardless and wont be able to hold an edge well outside of the park.

Bad advice, don't listen to this guy.

Why would you risk catching and edge on a rail and either destroying yourself or destroying your edge.

Probably you should just take it into a shop and get them to detune them for you. Just explain to them what you are wanting them to do clearly. A decent shop shouldn't have any issues doing it for and it shouldn't be to expensive.

NegromancerBad advice, don't listen to this guy.

Why would you risk catching and edge on a rail and either destroying yourself or destroying your edge.

Probably you should just take it into a shop and get them to detune them for you. Just explain to them what you are wanting them to do clearly. A decent shop shouldn't have any issues doing it for and it shouldn't be to expensive.

Im not saying a little detuning under foot hurts but this kid hasn't even ski'd park before? How do you know he will even get to the point of being able to slide rails let alone spin, swap, land hard on them? Its a really is job to do at home no need to take it to a shop. But why would you give up your edge for all mountain when you just decide you are going to become a park skier? Unless your really hard on your skis I have found they naturally detune. Then again when I tune my own skis I never really sharpen the edges to hard underfoot for this reason. But hey..to each his own

KravtZIm not saying a little detuning under foot hurts but this kid hasn't even ski'd park before? How do you know he will even get to the point of being able to slide rails let alone spin, swap, land hard on them? Its a really is job to do at home no need to take it to a shop. But why would you give up your edge for all mountain when you just decide you are going to become a park skier? Unless your really hard on your skis I have found they naturally detune. Then again when I tune my own skis I never really sharpen the edges to hard underfoot for this reason. But hey..to each his own

You don't have to completely grind down the edge you realize? You just want to make it slightly more rounded underfoot instead of being very sharp which makes it less likely to catch.

Also if does ski park and realizes that he doesn't like it he can always just tune the edges again and then they'll be good for all mountain again.

You can just about always tune a detuned edge (unless it's completely ground down) but you can't always tune an edge that has been ripped out of the ski.

ahaha this is why i have trouble deciding whether or not to do it :P so many different opinions. But i think ill end up getting a file and slightly detuning the underfoot. Anyone know where i can get a good file?

home depot,,, your grandpas garage..

GrumpisPringlehome depot,,, your grandpas garage..

ahh gotcha, just wanted to be sure they wernt some sort of fancy ski files... i got loads of regular files round the house lol

nah but detuning is crucial imo.