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Breaking skis in urban

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duranb
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I’m just curious what is the main thing that breaks/ wears out from urban skiing? Have y’all blown out edges, snapped skis or what?
May 31 2019 3:11AM
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PATROL
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Blown out edges, base scratches etc. I find having no edges (under boot) as actually being mainly beneficial on urban, since it improves sliding non-conventional materials (wood, concrete). I think Will Wesson uses manufactured edgeless Line skis. I have never snapped a ski on urban, however it happened once while skiing park.
May 31 2019 4:33AM
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LivingDaLife
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duranbI’m just curious what is the main thing that breaks/ wears out from urban skiing? Have y’all blown out edges, snapped skis or what?


All of the above...have also done all of the above skiing park. I wear out my edges more skiing park because I hit more rails in the park, but bases take a lot of damage from urban (concrete stairs and run outs). Urban landings tend to be flat, so higher impact, that's caused delamination issues as well.
May 31 2019 11:53AM
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