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Whats wrong w/ my ski?

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tribefan226
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i discovered some bumps in the base of one of my skis after skiing today. wtf?

Jan 14 2008 10:52PM
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Klick_2_klaim
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right under your bindings? like where the screws are?
or maybe theyre just going through the change. are they finding hair where there wasnt before?





Jan 14 2008 11:46PM
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Piste.Off
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where on your skis? it may be your binding screws or you might have cracked your core a little.
Jan 14 2008 11:48PM
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Microcosm
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hahaha, that was great.

and yeah dude you're going to have to describe these bumps better.
Jan 14 2008 11:48PM
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Armanzoid
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I got a bump on my base too, just saw it yesterday, but its from just riding it hard for the past year and a half. I see an indent in the edge where the bump is, so I'm pretty sure I just hit the edge on a rail, and caused the base to bubble up. Check if there is a hit on the edge where the bump is, maybe the same thing happened to you.
Jan 14 2008 11:54PM
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hotdog.garbage
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sounds like base-cancer.
Jan 14 2008 11:56PM
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tribefan226
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they're both out towards the tip near the edge

Jan 15 2008 6:13AM
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[JP-of-SC]
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now check the edge of the ski in those areas to see if it's pushed in at all.
Jan 15 2008 8:45AM
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tribefan226
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yeah i can see it now that i look more closely. shop says theres nothing they can do to fix it and it wont get any better. so my question now is how much longer till the edge rips out? anything i can do to prevent further damage?
Jan 15 2008 1:22PM
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Charles^stevens
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my ski did the same thing, and that was last year at the start of the season and i have skied them hard and they are still good, they well totally last your for another 2 seasons, what kind of ski is it?
its just somehitng that goes with skiing, is breakin shit and betting stuff up.
Jan 15 2008 1:26PM
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dave...
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i can think of three things....

1. the bases are bubbling from waxing them improperly, or a manufacturers flaw
2. the screws for the bindings are freaking long and are going through the base
3. you just hit some rocks and your base warped instead of getting a core shot(which means they use thick bases on their skis, kinda like on moments, which is good)
Jan 15 2008 1:30PM
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AndyBill
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i know exactly what it is, i had the same problem with mine. if these bumps are close to the edge, your edge was dented in. look from the side view right where the bump is, i am willing to bet that it is a dent in your edge causingthe base to push up.
Jan 15 2008 3:15PM
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[JP-of-SC]
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ok.. well if the edge is pushed in then all you can really do is just take an exacto knife to to the bubbled part of the base to smooth it out... i have a friend who heated up his edge when this happend to his ski, worked the edge back to normal and filled in with p-tex the space between the base and edge.

But when this happend to me i just left the edge alone and never really noticed it.
Jan 15 2008 6:01PM
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treesmann
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edge dented in = bubble in base
Jan 15 2008 6:04PM
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C-Burg
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happened to my skis
Jan 15 2008 6:13PM
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Bab.
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I saw the same thing on one of my skis a couple of weeks ago and they just broke where the buble was this weekend for no apparent reason. hope it will not happen to you.

Jan 15 2008 7:01PM
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tribefan226
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that would suck so hard. they're 07 fujative btw but ive only been riding them for a month
Jan 15 2008 10:44PM
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