Detuning Skis

Sorry about the title meant detuning

Anytime you have an impact on anything other than snow you are bound to get edge cracks. They aren't a big deal depending on the the quality of how the edge was attached. As far as detuning your edges, many park skiers and myself do not detune our edges because it happens naturally on the rails. So if you can get over the first few runs on rails with sharp edges after 5-10 laps you'll have your edges detuned naturally.

AV_Park_PackAnytime you have an impact on anything other than snow you are bound to get edge cracks. They aren't a big deal depending on the the quality of how the edge was attached. As far as detuning your edges, many park skiers and myself do not detune our edges because it happens naturally on the rails. So if you can get over the first few runs on rails with sharp edges after 5-10 laps you'll have your edges detuned naturally.

Yeah I did this with my on3ps and I had like 6 edge cracks within the first 25 days so I really want to avoid that again

Ive heard to never use a file for detuning. It makes little lacerations going sideways on your edge which isn't what you want. You simply want to just round the sharp point off. So.. I would suggest buying some gummy stones. You will need them if you ever tune your own skis. So what I like to do, is take the soft gummy stone and really dull that edge down. I have the luxury of having multiple gummys, so I use a series of gummys to dull that edge underfoot. Good luck man, do yourself a favor and get some gummys!

shin-bangIve heard to never use a file for detuning. It makes little lacerations going sideways on your edge which isn't what you want. You simply want to just round the sharp point off. So.. I would suggest buying some gummy stones. You will need them if you ever tune your own skis. So what I like to do, is take the soft gummy stone and really dull that edge down. I have the luxury of having multiple gummys, so I use a series of gummys to dull that edge underfoot. Good luck man, do yourself a favor and get some gummys!

I've heard to go in a circular motion so you don't get those lacerations and then I've heard that you use a gun stone to get rid of any burs atleast that's what on3p said when I talked to them

DuckonquackYeah I did this with my on3ps and I had like 6 edge cracks within the first 25 days so I really want to avoid that again

I was on that thread you made about the edge cracks. As long as pieces of the edge aren't getting ripped out it is fine. Especially with ON3P since they are attached so well. That little crack you had was nothing and I skied with edge cracks on my for 2 years until the edge pieces came out after I skied mostly rails for this season. The performance was not hindered at all. You are correct. Using a file incorrectly does affect your edge and a circular motion is how files are always intended to be used. You don't need to file your edges. Just hit mellow rails for a few runs to give them time to round off naturally.

Use this kinda machine, detunes so well so fast

EkisUse this kinda machine, detunes so well so fast

No I've just decide to not worry about edge cracks and take the edges out of my skis I'll just fill in the space with epoxy this should work

Detuning is very important if you plan to hit rails. Some brands even recomend it before you hit rails. A slightly rounded edge is much less luckily to catch and so should be much less prone to damage.

The he detune I like to do best is a slopestyle type one. You want your edges sharp first but if they are new skis this will already be the Case. I then detune the contact points and about an inch further down the ski. I then round off the edge slightly underfoot. You don't want to remove too much edge you just want to remove the shape edge. The rest I leave so I still have some edge to carve. This is a very popular method to detune.

Edge gar cracks will happen though I don't think I have any skis which don't have at least one. They happen early too but generally slow down as the edge gets worn. So don't worry about cracks they are part of hitting rails.

I should add use an edge file to detune. if you try to clean up an old edge with a gummy you will just destroy it. Files are what we use to sharpen edges so if you know what you are doing you can do a very nice job detuning with a file.