Newly tuned skis are killing me!

[gmcunni]

i tried to really sharpen my skies tonight, tomorrow is going to be great or really suck depending on how well i did.

 

[RSTuthill]

4. Experiment. I never dull edges but could see it being useful for certain bump skiing conditions.

I don't usually either unless it is speed skis we are talking about. Then I do detune the tips just a little and just a very short distance -- maybe an inch and not really really dull or round. I do not see the point in doing the tails. Speed skis swim a bit when they are flat and at speed. Not good for the tip to be catching although this is more intuitive than anything else. And of course speed skis get more base bevel and less edge bevel.

 

[ski_resort_observer]

To follow up. Emailed the ski shop and they said bring them back and they would take care of it.

Glad to hear it....would have been better if you posted this 5 or 6 pages ago. This thread has gotten way away from your recently tuned skis are grabby. :wink:

I tune my skis by dragging them behind the truck and driving over pavement for about a mile.

 

[Puck it]

You seem to have a "BONE" to pick with this issue. "Methinks the lady doth protest too much". What happened ? some ski coach stick a file up your arse for not tuning your skis when you where a wee lad or lase?

Look if you want to skid around on rounded edges, go for it, have all the f@%king fun you want. Hell .. run your $1200 skis over bare rocks and really F@#K them up, then ski down Vermont blue ice if that makes you happy; just don't skid into anyone on the way. No one is saying YOU are not doing it correctly. What some are offering to others that are willing to learn is adivce that could enhance their skiing experience. If you are completly satisfied with your skiing experience, then by all means, "keep on truckin"

Nope. Just tired of people spewing their ideas as the right way or no way.

 

[wa-loaf]

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The bench

There's a thread for that: http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=17545&highlight=tuning+bench

 

[gmcunni]

i tried to really sharpen my skies tonight, tomorrow is going to be great or really suck depending on how well i did.

learned a lesson that i wanted to share, in the event you are not smart like me.

first, the sharpening i did seemed to go OK. i didn't ruin them to the point where i had problems skiing.

The lesson i learned - when skiing with your children, especially ones who are still learning and tend to ski slower than you even on a good day, it doesn't pay to wax your skis and not theirs. Makes for a lot of waiting around

 

[Bobt2ski]

To follow up. Emailed the ski shop and they said bring them back and they would take care of it.

So be it.