Edge Bevel

1 base 3 side is good you wont catch an edge lmao

heres a general run down of tunes

Down hill: 0 degree Base 3 Degree Sidewall this tune hooks fast very unpractical

slalom: 0.5 degree base 3 degree sidewall hooks very fast, good for had pack

rec/ general good tune: 1 degree base 1 degree sidewall- this is what most skis come from the factory, works well

any BASE tune over 1 degree is going to SACRIFICE edge grip/hold on ice/hard pack. it will however catch less on rails.

if your going to make a jib specific tune then you could go 2-3 degrees underfoot with a 1 degree side wall tune. i would keep this underfoot only, use standard 1degree base 1degree sidewall through the tips and tails if you every plan on being able to make it down a hill.

any other tune questions feel free to PM me.

I just tune my park skis with a 1 degree base and side bevel. Then detune a little bit in the contact points and quite a bit underfoot.

Pow skis don't really matter, but just go with a 1 and 1 and they will do well on hardpack for getting back to the lift.

so heres what i forgot to mention. as the angle increases on the base bevel edge hold/grip decreases.

as angle increases on the sidewall edge hold increases.

so if you want to make a ski that hold well on ice, you give it a .5 base and a 3 sidewall

if you want it to slide around and NOT hold on hard pack

then you can increase the angle on the base

and decrease the angle on the side wall

the 1 degree base 3 degree tune mentioned above will hook up faster as the edge physicallt were it contacts the snow is in a sharp point were as a 1x1 is a lesser point and will hence not hook up as fast.

i hope that clarified my earlier response.


like i said if you have questions pm me.

I didn't even realize there was side and base tuning. I was thinking about base tuning, I guess. The reason is I had some pretty nasty wipeouts because I couldn't hold an edge today, it was really icy here on the west coast (which I'm not accumstomed to, therefore I don't care much about my edges normally).

Ideally I'd like something that woudl still hold on ice but not catch on boxes/rails. Perhaps I should only bevel/detune underfoot

So I guess 2-3 is too much? This is a park + all mountain ski, by the way.

id go one degree under foot and one on the side wall, thats mostlikley what the skis came with.

my advice take em to your local shop and get a stone grind. this will re flatten the bases and return all hte edges to that factory one and one

and this is coming from a kid who skis in minnesota, so all he have is ice and hard pack

I just hit rails until they butter real nice.  You obviously won't have as much control at high speed, but it's only under foot.

thats totally fine for park ski, but if you want control out side of the park, its unfortunately kinda important to have edges under foot.

if you catch edges you shouldnt be tuning your skis to race angles. learn how to use your edges first.

www.swix.com and they have demo vids