Please note, that I am an Amazon Associate. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. If you choose to buy any of the products I recommend – or any other product – on Amazon within 24 hours after clicking on one of our links, we will earn a small commission. These seven steps will take your ski edges from dull to razor sharp.ĭISCLOSURE: For each step, I link to buying options on Amazon for the equipment, I recommend. Remember, though, that tuning your skis is a skill that will be improved through practice. In this article, I present a step-by-step guide on how to sharpen your edges, so you will get a great result without having to pay a shop to do it. Any thought? The way I see it detuning even a inch from the contact points towards the middle of the board would cause a decrease in edge hold and that’s something i don’t want.Sharp edges on your skis enables a good grip in the snow – which makes skiing on hard snow a lot more fun! So I’m hearing mostly going to a 1 degree on the base and 2-3 on side, can anyone verify that the base on the 2012 custom is 1 degree on the base right out of the factory? Because of that’s the case then all I gotta mess with is the side edge and that I will prolly do after I take it out once atleast.Īs for the detuning I’m hearing different sides to it and so far the “laying the board down and finding the contact points and detuning from those points toward each tip” makes the most sense to me mainly because I sure as hell don’t want to accidently engage that edge especially at high speed and those area dont do anything as for edge hold anyway. Hey all thanx for all the responses… I do have a regular Custom not the flying V I thought about that one but heard at high speed it’s not nearly as stable plus I like in the Midwest so catching ice is fairly common, thats why I went with the reg custom. I’m just trying to make sure I have a board that’s a close to perfect for me as possible my style of right it fairly aggressive, high speed, high speed carving, love carving down those steep slopes and getting some air from time to time, any angle recommendations you can think of just for my style of riding? And just making sure these Burton boards come with a 90 degree angle right out of the factory right? I’ve been on a Rossi board first then I bought a Burton Canyon and most recently I bought the 2012 Burton Custom which I haven’t toke out yet just waiting for the snow, now I’m not planning on doing anything to the board before I take it out as is just to see how it feels. Also detuning, any recommends? I keep hearing about detuning the tip and tail which in my mind makes sense I suppose why have parts of the board sharp if they don’t even play a part on edge hold, but then I read about detuning the contact points by the tip and tail about inch in each direction I would think doing that would greatly reduce edge hold and any thoughts on this? Is there any downside to going down a few degrees on the side to make it like 88-87 on the side angle making that edge sharper? I know it adds edge hold but that seems to be a good thing atleast in my eyes. I get the idea I think base edge is more for response and sensitivity when it come to engaging the edge so going to 1 - 2 will reduce those factors and make it mellower right? and the side angle is for edge hold my question is.
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