the Rossignol Pow Air Grind (slightly different model than the Pow Air, which is what you'd see tanner winning everything in 2001 on) tried something that was basically your idea but also it had something of a grind plate. Look in this thread, "Jensen" has a post about it with a picture

https://www.newschoolers.com/forum/thread/849859/Skis-made-specifically-for-Urban

i never used them but they didn't take off obviously. i'm no expert on all this stuff but it seems to me like edges starting and stopping anywhere on the edge is asking for trouble...

seems like a better use of money to buy some used park skis and rip the edges out underfoot if you want. i had a pair like that for a while. better than buying a new pair of gimmicky skis imo but don't let me get in the way of your dream!

I feel you. I think they kind of over did it with the pow air grind

I think tucking the edge in on a taper under the base might solve the problem of the edge popping out. Maybe even having the edge holder continue through the center of the ski.

In the drawing it’s kind of hard to see but since the base would come out like

( / \ )

if the acute corners of the base ever started to bend down you could easily grind them off and still have a perfect ski. also the base wouldn’t go up the whole side of the ski that was just an artistic mistake.

the tip and tail edge cuts are pretty basic with a lot of ski company’s already not having edges around them because it’s not needed and I find that it actually helps keep edges in tack as well as less swing weight

SofaKingSickthe Rossignol Pow Air Grind (slightly different model than the Pow Air, which is what you'd see tanner winning everything in 2001 on) tried something that was basically your idea but also it had something of a grind plate. Look in this thread, "Jensen" has a post about it with a picture

https://www.newschoolers.com/forum/thread/849859/Skis-made-specifically-for-Urban

i never used them but they didn't take off obviously. i'm no expert on all this stuff but it seems to me like edges starting and stopping anywhere on the edge is asking for trouble...

seems like a better use of money to buy some used park skis and rip the edges out underfoot if you want. i had a pair like that for a while. better than buying a new pair of gimmicky skis imo but don't let me get in the way of your dream!

yeah you probably are a lot more educated on this stuff than i am so don't let me stop you!

We did this with the original Frankenski, unfortunate part is the exposed base area gets absolutely shredded without the metal there.

https://blisterreview.com/gear-reviews/2013-2014-moment-frankenski

They don’t make names like that these days .

SofaKingSickthe Rossignol Pow Air Grind

powpatrolThey don’t make names like that these days .

LOL i know, i felt dorky just typing that name

hot.pocketWe did this with the original Frankenski, unfortunate part is the exposed base area gets absolutely shredded without the metal there.

https://blisterreview.com/gear-reviews/2013-2014-moment-frankenski

I see what you mean I’m thinking about having no metal underfoot so the shock can absorb through out the whole ski instead of just the base.

Also the image on the link seems to have a very thin base where I was thinking more of a thick base edge and maybe even using a harder base if possible

I under stand it would still get damaged but I feel it could hold up maybe even longer than metal edges if you were to stray from sharp square bars and rocks

If it’s engineered right the concept is cool, just sounds like a recipe for some mean delam

if you actually ride that many rails...... just get the bdog zero .......

some1 correct me if im wrong... but didnt one of the original thall pro models (white graphics) have like a 4* base bevel under the foot? and then normal bevel throughout the rest?