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Skis feel slow- ideas for source?

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HypeBeast
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Obviously I could wax them and they'd prob be fine but I'm curious as to why this is occurring. The skis in particular are my park skis (yeah they're Afterbangs don't judge) that I hardly ever use anymore, however I probably waxed them maybe 5 ski days ago within the past year. More recently I skied in 60F spring conditions and they felt fine as they always do, then a few days later I skied in a few inches of snow in the mid 20's and I was getting mad suction. It almost felt like hitting a sunny spot on a spring day and getting slowed down. This was super frustrating as people snowplowing were easily going faster than me straightlining it. It really took a lot of fun out of the day.

Upon inspecting my skis today, they are very shiny and super smooth on the bases which is unusual and no it's not wax that needs scraped off.

My thoughts are this either needs waxed? Base grind? Open it up with a brass brush?

Any thoughts on what's going on here? Did the warm temps mess it all up?





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Sharko
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Cat blurry, pls retake photos
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Greg_K
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From your pictures it doesn’t look like there is much visible structure on the base anymore which happens after putting lots of miles on them in any temp. Just get a universal stone grind for average temps(not super cold(lighter depth structure) or spring conditions(deeper structure)), brass brush, fiberex if you have them, sharpen/detune edges and then wax. Or just get the shop to do those steps in a basic grind/tune.

Go to any decent shop and they will know how to grind them for your temps.
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SofaKingSick
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did afterbangs have extruded bases? i bet they did. that could be it-- extruded bases are slower and don't hold wax well
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.Asain-Skiier
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I heard back in the day that Afterbangs are and were a slow ski. I would base grind, impregnate with a higher temp wax (yellow swix) then let that cool down and heat it up again. After that throw on whatever wax you want. Maybe brush to finish?
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HypeBeast
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SofaKingSickdid afterbangs have extruded bases? i bet they did. that could be it-- extruded bases are slower and don't hold wax well


Yeah they are extruded and they are slower but this was a signicantly noticeable slowdown that was more than normal. I used to ride these everywhere until I got my other skis so they're prob just worn down. It's just weird cuz it wasn't noticeable until I skied in fresh snow. Groomers were still relatively fast. Base grind it is

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SofaKingSick
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runforlove2018Yeah they are extruded and they are slower but this was a signicantly noticeable slowdown that was more than normal. I used to ride these everywhere until I got my other skis so they're prob just worn down. It's just weird cuz it wasn't noticeable until I skied in fresh snow. Groomers were still relatively fast. Base grind it is


yeah hmm in that case i guess it's a base grind/structure/something like that issue....all of which is above my head

great cat though. so ya got that goin for ya!
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TRVP_ANGEL
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feel like the answer is obvious but... your brakes arent getting in the way are they?
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