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Moment Deathwish issues

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Andrewross
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Hi all. I have a pair of moment deathwishes I bought in Colorado in January. They're terrible and I'm almost out of ideas to fix them. First off one ski was incredibly hooky with factory tune. Detuning only improves it a little so I had a base grind and new edges put on in case the base wasnt flat. Immediate improvement but only about 75% of the ski it's supposed to be. Instead of hooking up it now bounces around when i really lean forward on the ski. Bought them home to nz and got another tune which is the one I usually have on my skis. Not so good. Detuned tip and tail again for less hook but still bouncy. Had someone else ski them and he made 2 turns and said fuck that. I'm unsure at this stage if one ski is just really badly made or I need to move the bindings back a cm or so. No word from moment about it so I'm a bit disappointed with that. Im a 200lb expert skier running the 184. I prefer a surfy playful ski like line MPO or atomic bentchetler both I've owned in early 180 size. Anyone Have any ideas? I'm about ready to burn them. Cheers in advance.
Jun 24 2017 5:23PM
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SammyDubz
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Why wouldn't you go to moment first...
Jun 24 2017 5:25PM
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Andrewross
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Emailed them. Haven't heard Jack.
Jun 24 2017 5:28PM
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hot.pocket
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AndrewrossEmailed them. Haven't heard Jack.


Found your email, sorry for the delay in response as our customer service guy has been laying up skis this past week.

We're out of the factory until Tuesday. I'll handle the situation when we get back in, first thing. In the meantime, can you send a few photos of the skis (base to base, against a wall, etc) to max@momentskis.com? Always helps to have some images.
Jun 24 2017 5:57PM
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Andrewross
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hot.pocketFound your email, sorry for the delay in response as our customer service guy has been laying up skis this past week.
We're out of the factory until Tuesday. I'll handle the situation when we get back in, first thing. In the meantime, can you send a few photos of the skis (base to base, against a wall, etc) to max@momentskis.com? Always helps to have some images.


Thanks for that I'll get some taken and sent to you. Cheers. Andrew
Jun 24 2017 9:02PM
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oxiclean
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Sounds to me it's operator error. Maybe have someone else ski them and see if they have the same problems?
Jun 24 2017 10:09PM
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Paul.
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AndrewrossI had a base grind and new edges put on in case the base wasnt flat.

You did what with the edges?
Jun 25 2017 3:20AM
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snowfinder
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Paul.You did what with the edges?


Haven't heard about the new edge replacement machine?
Jun 25 2017 10:22AM
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BWalmer
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oxicleanSounds to me it's operator error. Maybe have someone else ski them and see if they have the same problems?


He said in the OP that he did that.

Paul.You did what with the edges?


I assume he means he had them resharpened, maybe with a different degree. Some people call that re-edging.

Hopefully Moment will help with this, they're usually super awesome about this stuff.
Jun 25 2017 12:17PM
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Swandog7
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Moment is typically pretty rad about this stuff, experienced it first hand. Sounds like hot.pocket is gonna look at the situation for you. Maybe its where you mounted them, maybe its a manufacturing error. Let them try and handle it, they always do a good job
Jun 26 2017 1:05AM
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