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Will small holes in the bottom of my skis affect the performance?

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BroSki360
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I was hiting some rails the other day and by the end of the day i noticed some small "holes" on the bottom of only my left ski. they are towards the center of the ski, and kind of deep. They are about the size of a penny, some are smaller. There is about 3 of them.. I know this will obviously affect my skis performance, but will it be drastic? And if so, specifically on what aspects of my riding

Mar 5 2010 4:30PM
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pomme-de-terre
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not really. make sure to cut away any excess material around the edges of the holes, and if you want you can try to fill them with P-tex.
Mar 5 2010 4:53PM
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SHampson
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You won't be able to ski anymore.
Mar 5 2010 4:55PM
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Evilchris
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just p-tex it
Mar 5 2010 5:01PM
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nickyp
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It will specifically affect Switch 3s, and Cork 7s, so stick to other tricks.
Mar 5 2010 5:02PM
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Peach.
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Wow your cool you can be a dick on the internet *sigh*

Clean them out with a paper towel to got them dry. But some p-tex and light it with a lighter drip/roll on a metal scraper until the carbon or black flakes on gone from the tip. Fill the hole like you were lightly shading it with a pencil. As soon as you are done push the metal scraper down on the hot p-tex then wait tell it completly dries. Then scrape it off completly and wax as normal.

Thats option one.

Option two is just to take it two a shop cough up your 25 bucks and have them wax it for you.

Or option 3 is just to not worry about it you will never really notice.

If this is troll screw you for wasting my oh so valuble time.

Mar 5 2010 5:07PM
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jibopoply
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You will definitely need to p-tex if it has gone as deep as explained because there is the possibility you have got a core shot and you can completely water log and warp the ski if you don't. so if you want to keep your ski light and strong p-tex is a good idea.
Mar 5 2010 5:49PM
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JOHNishi
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speed holes

nah but honestly, if they arent more than a cm or two deep, you won't notice a thing. i had a scratch that almost went to the core of one of my skis and it really didnt affect it at all.

my advice is to ride them a day and see how they feel before you buy p-tex/take them to your shop.

Mar 5 2010 6:29PM
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tedmgee
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no they wont affect your skiing that much.

are the deep scratchs or actuall holes?

Mar 5 2010 6:38PM
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technique.
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if theyre kinda the size of pennies and kinda deep, p-tex thats dripped in wont hold. for damage that big you need to have the p-tex epoxied in. take it to a shop and they have p-tex in sheets and they cut it to the size of the hole(s) and glue it in there.
Mar 5 2010 6:55PM
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Hakkalugi
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Pics? How the hell are there circles? A good wax is all they need if its not to deep.
Mar 5 2010 7:29PM
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Evilchris
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also, if you p-tex them your self, make sure you let the ski warm up to room temp. before you do it. otherwise the p-tex will just pop out as soon as the ptex cool down
Mar 5 2010 7:30PM
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Eric.S
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What I would advise doing for a cheap easy fix is to get epoxy and a razor blade. Scratch up and roughen up the core shot and then simpily expoxy the hole, just thin enough to cover the ski core exposed.
Mar 5 2010 8:02PM
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Dan-Man
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i got core shots and ish on my skis and it doesn't bother me. then again, I am a beast.
Mar 5 2010 9:22PM
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@koby
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*said with a grave face and a somber voice*...you wont be able to ski anymore, i'm sorry.
Mar 5 2010 11:14PM
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hauser
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wax them a lot and ptex and yeah u should be fine then
Mar 5 2010 11:54PM
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blindside
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inb4 trypophobia
Mar 6 2010 12:27AM
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