Volkl Revolt 104 has been my daily driver for the last few seasons.
I bought it as one ski for the park and on/off-piste. I rounded its edges under the boot to make it safe for rails (basically made dull the only cambered part of the ski)
This season (which doesn’t have that much snow in Europe, at least the days I skied) highlighted how dumb that move was. Whenever I encountered icy parts on the piste, I slid and prayed; while it was fun, it was also not the situation I wanted to be in on crowded slopes. Also, I really like to rail turns on slopes, and the ski with rounded edges and tiny camber can’t handle the power you put into a turn.
Also, it turned out that, with the limited time I have on snow right now, I don’t spend much time in a park.
I’m in the market for a new DD narrow ski, and wondering how vital edge detune is for a ski that occasionally sees rails. As I’m getting older, I prefer to choose safer options—thick tubes and boxes (sometimes still slide on handrails). I'm not that good in park - lip 2 - 2 back out was my biggest accomplishment with regular practice.
While looking at skis with more camber (probably Prodigy 2.0), I hesitate to detune edges.
How important is edge detune for occasional-see-rails ski?
PS I still have a dedicated park (arv 86) ski with full camber construction - that hasn’t seen snow for the last 4 years.