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Do I just ski like shit?

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cheesedog420
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On my second day of skiing these reckoners and pivots, these are the results. I don’t ski park, or hit massive drops. This is the outcome of a mellow day, practicing 360s 180s and butters on small side hits. Didn’t eat massive shit at all, no rock or tree collisions, only a couple falls skiing switch.

for the core-exposing gash on the inside of my ski, I know that smacking my skis together mid air or on landings is the problem, but I never had a gash that exposed wood on 80+ days on 2020 prodigys.


the brake bent 90 degrees is on the outside of my right ski and wouldn’t have gotten caught on my left ski at all.

the dented in sidewall is also on the outside of my left ski, and also wouldn’t have been banged against my other ski. The part that I can’t fathom about this dent is that the top sheet is unscathed. Only metal and base got pushed in.

Is k2 ass? Is pivot ass? Am I ass? Will k2 warranty kick in for this dent?








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Jan 10 2024 8:08PM
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ReturnToMonkey
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That stuff happens regularly. None of that seems very bad. Throw some epoxy in the holes. Carefully bend the brake back. They'll be fine
Jan 10 2024 8:34PM
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ReturnToMonkey
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Got these bad boys from some rocks a few weeks ago and never even feel them while skiing. My only concern was water getting in the core, some marine epoxy solves that issue super easily.
Jan 10 2024 8:36PM
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_brrett
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Switch eject to brake bend is the look pivot signature move
Jan 10 2024 10:10PM
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BallClapper
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Damn, those are some battle scars. Pivots have notoriously shitty brakes, nothing you can do about that. If you ski with your legs glued together that might explain the topsheet stuff.
Jan 10 2024 10:46PM
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cheesedog420
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BLandzSwitch eject to brake bend is the look pivot signature move


Thing is I didn’t even eject on a big fall or anything. Just washed out onto my side a couple times
Jan 10 2024 11:46PM
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cheesedog420
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BallClapperDamn, those are some battle scars. Pivots have notoriously shitty brakes, nothing you can do about that. If you ski with your legs glued together that might explain the topsheet stuff.


Yea I guess I do be skiing w my legs glued together. Didn’t get me any serious gashes on my prodigy’s tho. Guess I gotta work on it
Jan 10 2024 11:56PM
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quintcork
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BLandzSwitch eject to brake bend is the look pivot signature move


only on hard pack days. so just try all your sw landing tricks on a pow day problem solved :)
Jan 11 2024 12:24AM
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quintcork
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cheesedog420Thing is I didn’t even eject on a big fall or anything. Just washed out onto my side a couple times


had the same exact thing happen to me on sunday and it bent so bad I have to replace the heel piece. either dont fall or get used to it ;)
Jan 11 2024 12:26AM
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Non_State_Actor
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The top sheet on the reckoner is pretty fragile. Just fill it with West Systems G-Flex 650 Epoxy, use a little masking tape to create an edge against the sidewall. Once cured trim and sand the excess. The cured epoxy is much more durable than the original top sheet material so after you go around and do the major contact areas the chips basically stop.

Just skis though. Sucks to bang them up on the first couple days out but it's almost always repairable. Practice your diy repair skills and maintain your skis, it's fun.
Jan 11 2024 2:11AM
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PartyBullshiit
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Just remove the brakes and call it a day. Pivot problems solved.
Jan 11 2024 1:52PM
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eheath
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You will always be bending your pivot brakes back into the correct position, until they break off. Worth it IMO
Jan 11 2024 1:57PM
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cheesedog420
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eheathYou will always be bending your pivot brakes back into the correct position, until they break off. Worth it IMO


What’s the strat for doing this? Remove whole brake plate and do it as is
Jan 11 2024 2:10PM
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PartyBullshiit
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cheesedog420What’s the strat for doing this? Remove whole brake plate and do it as is


Get an old pile or pipe/pvc. Slide over the brake and slowly bend back.
Jan 11 2024 2:14PM
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cheesedog420
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PartyBullshiitGet an old pile or pipe/pvc. Slide over the brake and slowly bend back.


Tried this and it likes to come back to its bent form. Heat?
Jan 11 2024 2:15PM
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cheesedog420
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“J-B Weld 50172 25 ml. MarineWeld Syringe” this is what I got an Amazon, you think it’ll be fine? Advertised as being flexible

Non_State_ActorThe top sheet on the reckoner is pretty fragile. Just fill it with West Systems G-Flex 650 Epoxy, use a little masking tape to create an edge against the sidewall. Once cured trim and sand the excess. The cured epoxy is much more durable than the original top sheet material so after you go around and do the major contact areas the chips basically stop.

Just skis though. Sucks to bang them up on the first couple days out but it's almost always repairable. Practice your diy repair skills and maintain your skis, it's fun.
Jan 11 2024 2:16PM
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eheath
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cheesedog420What’s the strat for doing this? Remove whole brake plate and do it as is


PartyBullshiitGet an old pile or pipe/pvc. Slide over the brake and slowly bend back.


This is the way to do it, i was always lazy and just bent them back immediately on hill.
Jan 11 2024 2:26PM
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PartyBullshiit
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cheesedog420Tried this and it likes to come back to its bent form. Heat?


You can use light heat. If you slide the pole right to where the original bend was it should take back the original shape close enough.
Jan 11 2024 2:28PM
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cheesedog420
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eheathThis is the way to do it, i was always lazy and just bent them back immediately on hill.


Doing it by hand felt like I was gonna break it. Is it stronger than i think it is?
Jan 11 2024 3:17PM
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eheath
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cheesedog420Doing it by hand felt like I was gonna break it. Is it stronger than i think it is?


it definitely could break, especially in cold temps. i normally would bend it back out of necessity, because i couldnt ski with the brake all sideways and shit.
Jan 11 2024 3:22PM
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bquick222
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cheesedog420“J-B Weld 50172 25 ml. MarineWeld Syringe” this is what I got an Amazon, you think it’ll be fine? Advertised as being flexible


Yup that's the stuff. I don't care what my topsheet looks like so I just tape the edges so JB Weld doesn't drip down on the edge or onto the base and then use the little popsicle stick to shape it. It says it dries in an hour but I let it sit over night to fully dry. If it dries bumpy you can always sand down the bumps to make it flat with the top sheet.

I've got some K2 Marksman's that I'm trying to salvage for one more season. I feel like the topsheets on K2's chip easily but the bases are bomb proof. I've hit some gnarly rocks especially this season and have never gotten a core shot.
Jan 11 2024 3:30PM
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