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How do you like your edges?

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i.ski.troll.
Posts: 4692 - Karma: 245
how do you like to ride your edges?
 dulled, sharp, or completely filed away or anything in between.

i personally have my edges under foot filed down to nearly a 45 degree angle so i basicly have no edge left. and dulled on the tips and tails. this is on my invaders
Feb 1 2009 1:56AM
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EvanMeyer
Posts: 3803 - Karma: 3,232
underfoot I dulled mine down and then everywhere else is just like an exacto knife
Feb 1 2009 2:32AM
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MasterDebater
Posts: 992 - Karma: 27
Feb 1 2009 3:28AM
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KravtZ
Posts: 6637 - Karma: 2,629
under food dont dull it down but dont sharpen it that much but every where else i sharpen my skis pretty sharp i find it doesnt hang up on the rails very often and u can still hit them fine
Feb 1 2009 10:34AM
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Dr_Feelgood
Posts: 1176 - Karma: 15
dull underfoot? huh... mine are sharp from tip to tail...
Feb 1 2009 11:44AM
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H0NKY
Posts: 250 - Karma: 18
dull all the way around...i kinda just slide around turns
Feb 1 2009 11:50AM
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no_steeze
Posts: 23992 - Karma: 4,270
pretty sharp everywhere
Feb 1 2009 12:14PM
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vincepru
Posts: 5474 - Karma: 17
haha same here, my other skis are always tuned.
Feb 1 2009 2:26PM
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Telscopic
Posts: 182 - Karma: 74
def
Feb 1 2009 8:08PM
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MasterDebater
Posts: 992 - Karma: 27
all the people i ski with except for 1 boarder friend have edges that could cut diamond, so they follow where their edges lead them, so its hard to keep up with them on fully dulled skis. other wise, i would do the same as you.
Feb 1 2009 8:28PM
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Bamski
Posts: 814 - Karma: 79
Depends on the ski, but I like mine to be relatively sharp on all sides. Nothing crazy, but I want to have some grip and finesse.
Feb 1 2009 8:39PM
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Balto
Posts: 25985 - Karma: 4,398
dull from tip to tail, but did it with a gummy stone
Feb 1 2009 8:48PM
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McSlay
Posts: 651 - Karma: 1,182
close to non existent i still like a little edge though
Feb 1 2009 8:57PM
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Fish_Sandwich.
Posts: 9108 - Karma: 16
Wow, this is weird as fuck.  You'd really sacrifice edges to do rails?
I guess it is NS though haha
I like mine sharp at all times.  Even on my park skis.
Feb 1 2009 9:02PM
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s.bishop
Posts: 665 - Karma: 26
i tune my skiis once a year at the begining of the season so they are normally prob. decently dull
Feb 1 2009 9:03PM
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Spy_C_faHitaZ
Posts: 5 - Karma: 10

-2 degree bevel, excluding contact points on tips and tails

Feb 1 2009 9:04PM
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theblacktaco
Posts: 1462 - Karma: 82
dull underfoot so dont get cought up on rails ... but wax the bottom
Feb 1 2009 9:23PM
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skiP.E.I.
Posts: 7604 - Karma: 20,092
pretty sharp, except underfoot.
Feb 1 2009 9:39PM
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charmander
Posts: 10636 - Karma: 372

park skis- beveled

rce/all mt.- super sharp

Feb 2 2009 11:51AM
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Dustin.
Posts: 13839 - Karma: 7,704
My park skis are really dull under foot and just average the rest of the length.  I would sharpen the tips and tails but I don't like catching edge on jumps.

Powder skis are razor blades.
Feb 2 2009 1:39PM
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gosteep
Posts: 9 - Karma: 10
not meaning to start shit or anything but isn't that completely pointless to have? my powder skis are super dull all the way around and glides way smooth. I guess it could depend on the type of snow you got on your mountain though. i just never heard of anyone having sharp edged powder skis.
Feb 2 2009 2:15PM
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japanada
Posts: 13784 - Karma: 1,957
In deep pow you are correct, sharp edges are not as important as when skiing hardpack or ice, but even on pow days, sometimes you will have to ski some groomers to the base to eat, shit, ect. The way I see it is that a sharp edge doesnt hurt you cause your not gonna hit rails with them, at least I wouldnt, so they might as well be sharp for when you are charging some bigger lines.
Feb 2 2009 3:19PM
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eurotune2
Posts: 1450 - Karma: 10
2nd
Feb 2 2009 4:06PM
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Dustin.
Posts: 13839 - Karma: 7,704
Exactly.
Feb 2 2009 4:19PM
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treesmann
Posts: 2675 - Karma: 49
i do a 2 to 3 degree bevel and gummy it underfoot real nice so it doesnt catch. u gotta have some edge though, slipping around when ur tryin to rip it down a trail is not fun at all
Feb 2 2009 4:38PM
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b-kul
Posts: 4350 - Karma: 1,111
get em and ski em, that is it.
Feb 2 2009 6:25PM
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Elg
Posts: 2998 - Karma: 3,880
I never dull my edges, but i don't really sharpen them either. Wear and tear all the way.
Feb 2 2009 6:44PM
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BoardSideDown
Posts: 547 - Karma: 254
yea true that haha
Feb 2 2009 7:07PM
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ScuffDUFF
Posts: 2027 - Karma: 143
yep ive never sharpened or filed down my edges, just let rails do it overtime, and i think they are perfect.
Feb 2 2009 10:48PM
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S.Anderson
Posts: 369 - Karma: 18
i never dulled them on purpose but i have definetly dulled my new moments alot on rails
Feb 3 2009 12:22AM
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