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Do East Coasters detune their skis?

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gperry1
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I've been reading lots about detuning skis and how detuning makes you ski shitty on ice, and since the east coast is know for ice I was just wondering if any of my fellow east coasters detune their skis.
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Swandog7
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I ski midwest which is lower temps and less snow so I ski on ice pretty much everyday. I detune my underfoot, but not at the contact point of the ski
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kylemclean
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I'm from Ontario and detune just the underfoot o my skis but keep the rest sharp because I love the feel of leaning into a deep carve when not in the park. Most of my friends just detune underfoot at the beggining of the season and leave the rest how it came out of the factory but never sharpen during the season so they get dull anyway. They don't seem to have any trouble with the ice either. We all have been skiing since we were 2-3 years old here though so we've learned how to handle the ice
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270on420out
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kylemcleanI'm from Ontario and detune just the underfoot o my skis but keep the rest sharp because I love the feel of leaning into a deep carve when not in the park. Most of my friends just detune underfoot at the beggining of the season and leave the rest how it came out of the factory but never sharpen during the season so they get dull anyway. They don't seem to have any trouble with the ice either. We all have been skiing since we were 2-3 years old here though so we've learned how to handle the ice


If you're gonna dull your edges, you should just dull the entire edge. Otherwise you're more likely to catch an edge.
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a_burger
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Swandog7I ski midwest which is lower temps and less snow so I ski on ice pretty much everyday. I detune my underfoot, but not at the contact point of the ski


this is what I do also. I haven't had any issues catching an edge, but I don't butter much.
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Swandog7
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w_skierthis is what I do also. I haven't had any issues catching an edge, but I don't butter much.


Yah i dont butter much either, but will more this year considering I just bought Da Nollies
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r.simp
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I just let it happen naturally so far it's worked.
10 years ago
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perryhunter
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I don't consider detuning my skis, unless maybe it's needed.
10 years ago
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.Morton
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I kept mine tuned last year but am considering just detuning underfoot this season because I have been hearing that it is very helpful
10 years ago
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Peter.
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they usually get detuned under foot after a day or two of riding rails
10 years ago
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ndye
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I detune my skis, for sure.

Detuning isnt just so you dont catch an edge at first, proper detuning will, believe it or not, actually increase the life of your ski.
10 years ago
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tomPietrowski
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The reason detuning is strongly recommended of you are riding rails is that a sharp edge is far more lickly to catch and could cause damage very easily.

if you plan to ride rails do the standard slopestyle detune (what most pros do hence the name). Detune underfoot and maybe just slightly infront of the heel and toe. Leave the rest of the edge sharp but then just slightly detune the contact points, should be done in the shop when you buy but if you buy online it may not be done.
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Mr.noodle
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I just got into hitting rails last season and never detuned my skis, I ended up with a lot of edge cracks and a few inches of missing edge so this year in definatly detune my edges and try to make my skis last more than a season
10 years ago
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Mr.noodle
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Mr.noodleI just got into hitting rails last season and never detuned my skis, I ended up with a lot of edge cracks and a few inches of missing edge so this year in definatly detune my edges and try to make my skis last more than a season


And as for the east coast part I ski park because I love it and it's pretty much the only thing my mountain has to offer, even though it has less than 10 features at a time. But I only really venture out of the park when there is fresh snow and you Don't really need edges in powder. And when im riding around on the groomers there's not really any need to turn, I can bomb it down the whole mountain and not be scared because I'm going too Fast (my home mountain is small and has a lot of flats)
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Swandog7
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if you plan on hitting rails at all, detune your skis underfoot. You are more likely to get an edge crack and catch if you don't detune. It makes the ski last longer
10 years ago
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K-Dot.
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Detune from toe to heel piece to prevent extra edge damage. Also it's not fun having to ski in fear of catching an edge on a rail.

I would additionally recommend detuning out from the contact point on both tip and tail. Tends to make them less hooky on butters and reverts and such
10 years ago
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ohmyglob8
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my HG's i detuned the shit out of. rode them sharp and decided it'd be fun to hit rails, it was not. said fuck it I've gotten used to no edges, because my last skis ended up with completely round edges tip to tail, so i just did it again and i went back to riding like i used to. worked like a charm.
10 years ago
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elcornholio
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I've never put much thought into it, but I have always detuned everywhere the binding covered and at the points of contact (widest points of the ski), and kept the rest pretty sharp, but not resharpened when it inevitably became detuned. I ski in New Hampshire and ski Volkl walls which are pretty stiff and can get a grip on ice pretty well most of the time.
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