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Creative ski repairs!

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hot.pocket
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So basically I recently had to get creative with fixing my skis because this happened to one of my tails...

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So a friend and I decided the best way to repair this was to put a nail through the tail, bend it up, and tie a string from the nail to the binding! Shit works great, pic of said fixings...

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That way the string pulls the tail up so it doesn't catch on shit.

Anyone else done some creative repairs?
Jan 15 2012 11:12PM
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TNORTS
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Thats jenk as hell. I love it. I love you.
Jan 15 2012 11:14PM
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Stose
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when i blew out the edge on my moments, the put nails into my ski in the place of and edge and sent it back. Ill get pics up later
Jan 15 2012 11:14PM
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james6345789
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I wouldn't recommend doing nose butters...
Jan 15 2012 11:26PM
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hot.pocket
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Nose presses tho...they're killing my tips ever so slowly.
Jan 15 2012 11:30PM
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Peppy
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not entirely fixed yet =\
Jan 15 2012 11:34PM
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crab_pretzel
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holy shit! how?
Jan 16 2012 12:18AM
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MT_ripper
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this.
Jan 16 2012 12:30AM
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AntEater
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Seriously hopw you didn't get charged for that
Jan 16 2012 12:43AM
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jahmin44
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Happened to my invaders on all but one tip. Seen it happen to a lot of invaders/anthems.
Jan 16 2012 12:47AM
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I.B
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I DID THIS TO MY MOMENT TAHOES LAST YEAR I SWEAR TO FUCKING GOD. HOLY FUCK.

Cept i used 200lb fishing string.
Jan 16 2012 12:52AM
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hot.pocket
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Haha probably works better than yarn...
Jan 16 2012 12:53AM
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I.B
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Hahahaha yes it does. haha
Jan 16 2012 1:11AM
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E__
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Here's a video of a guy who made his own rockered skis using the same method you used:

Jan 16 2012 1:22AM
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Nikkekoivisto
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My suspects's edges went completely off from the ski. So there was no edge at all for 15cm. I improvised and i found my 120cm long atomic skis i used to ski when i was little. So i cutted the edge from the atomics and moved it to the suspects. Suspecte's edges are a joke.


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Jan 16 2012 3:34AM
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TWoods
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hahaha! Incredible!
Jan 16 2012 3:36AM
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Nikkekoivisto
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Oh, and i attached it t to the ski with glue and 9 pop rivets. It has worked like a new one so far. So any time the edge cracks again, i could get another edge piece from my old atomics and move it to suspect. Problem solved!!
Jan 16 2012 3:38AM
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I_Am_Mod
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delaminated tip from crashing into a rail, i filled it up with epoxy and put 3 bolts through the tips :)
almost 3years later and i still have those skis and they're still in quite good condition ...
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to even out the looks of both skis i also put bolts through the other ski, it liiks quite sick now, a bit like the rivets you see on the k2s :)
Jan 16 2012 4:40AM
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loganimlach
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god damnit, where is that thread with the kid who faked trying to rocker his skis by running them over with a truck then nailed them back together? that shit makes me laugh every time.
Jan 16 2012 5:07AM
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Mike-O
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You mean this one?

https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/465910/

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Jan 16 2012 5:35AM
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I_Am_Mod
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^^the snowblade idea is cool tough, if i ever snap a pair clean through the middle i'm gonna make ghetto snowblades of em :)
Jan 16 2012 5:47AM
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james6345789
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Oh my gosh I have never laughed so hard!

Here's the result or his "rocker"
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Jan 16 2012 10:14AM
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callmeteo
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that actually could have worked if hed not put it so high off the ground..
Jan 16 2012 10:18AM
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loganimlach
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hahahahahah yes! you are a gentleman and a scholar.
Jan 17 2012 4:33AM
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BITS
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Crazy! Do you still hit rails with it?
Jan 17 2012 8:49AM
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ColoradoDogfart
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Bump this chat i want to see more janky shit!
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