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I just got my skis sharpened for this season, and got out on the mountian and realized that it was realy hard to turn with sharp skis, because they were catching on everything. how do i fix this and dont just say get better.
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gummy stones are pretty soft and only de-tune, they dont really dull. I use a diamond file and then the gummy stone.
Somethin smells wrong here. If u got a good tune then u turn / carve better and have grip on hardpak. U may have got a bad tune - this happens with both machine and hand tunes. The machine is out or the guy does something wack - something was overdone. Do both skis behave the same or is one worse than the other ? If only the tips or tail are catching then yeah - de-tune the 6-8 inches of tip with gummi, or stone sandpaper.
if the underfoot or if u are having trouble in snow doing spins, slides and slides on boxes your base bevel may be out. You need at least 1 degree if u are doing spins etc...Yeah race tunes are too much for slides and spins but it should get better as u use the ski. If is don't get better with wear/use the tune is out.
Yes a ski can be too sharp. Best thing to de-tune is hard gummi or fine diamond stone(about$19). Once u take down the edges with a file or make them 45 degrees u can't grow them back.... can't grind them back up if they are mutilated....bring the skis back to the shop tell them what's wrong.
I been racing for 13 years so I know one or 2 thing about skis. somthing you to know is you side edge is it can be cut at 3 diffrent angles. most twin tip are put on a 1-1 this means the side and bottom edge are 90 deagrees for ice put you edge are a 1-2 now there at a 45 degree angle and so on tyr messing around with that untill you feel comfortable with you ski.
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I work in a ski shop and de-tuning consists of: 1.) get a metal file 2.) lay your skis on a flat surface with the bottom of the skis in the air 3.) (this is the hard step) best way to explain it is make a sandwhich with your file and the bottom part your skis so they're parallel to each other. what you need to do is slide the file towards the top of the ski (or in this case it's probably a twin tip so you'll need to do both) and find where the file is no longer parallel to the ski because it starts to U-out (the tip.) where it starts to create a tip is where you need to file. those are the sweet spots on the skis that will cause you to catch edges. otherwise if you feel the entire ski is catch everywhere, then file the entire edges down. when i say that i mean like 2-3 swipes with a file.
it's actually really hard to explain here but its very simple to do.
