Breaking in skis?

[CalebT]

Are there any methods to break in skis before skiing them or even just quicker?

 

[Gerome.]

just detune the edges and ride them

 

[DUKES]

get two wooden blocks and spread them to the running length of ski then drive over the center of the ski and leave vehicle there for 3 days.

 

[The_Polock]

Still laughing!

 

[VD.]

The Max Hill Method: Get two cinder blocks and jump on the skis until either they get a pressure crack or feel good to go.

If someone could embed that video for me, I'm on mobile.

 

[virgin]

Do they break easily that way?

 

[SteezyEvok]

Try taking a fat shit on them, that will work

 

[*Frankie*]

pee in its butt

 

[*ninja*]

this usually works for me.

 

[hokkanee]

Ski?

 

[Session]

Don't do any shit sponsored skiers do. You pay for your shit, so make it last. Odds are if you have to ask, you're probably not even good enough for it to make a difference. Just detune the edges if you're hitting rails.

 

[RudyGarmisch]

I don't know where this 'breaking in' concept came from. It's total bunk.

What you should do to your skis before their first go is age them properly. Find an appropriately dark, cool and moist place, like a basement. Lean the skis against a surface at a 30 degree angle. Let sit, turning 45 degrees every 4 months for two years. I've aged some pairs longer to great results, all depends on the materials, moisture content and ambient temps. Don't freak out about rust, it's natures preservative, and what a file can't take off, an angle grinder will. Remember, it's not about having fun, it's about keeping your most valuable possessions locked away in your cellar and seeing then three times a year.

 

[derek.urben]

this.

 

[CalebT]

Ahahaha I feel silly for making this thread, just disregard it or delete it i don't care anymore.

 

[first_rodeo]

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[CalebT]

i'm hot what do i say?

 

[virgin]

Do skis lose their pop when broken in?

 

[ndye]

flex the shit out of them, do some light bounces on them between two cinderblocks, it will actually help if you are looking for softer skis. By the time i have properly made a ski as soft as I would like it, the edges are usually gone, so doing this actually can help.

 

[CalebT]

How long?

 

[Dr.Dickless]

you really don't want to break them in any faster than you have too, new skis feel the best

if you want to throw butters and shtuff just try a little harder, you have to want it

 

[tomPietrowski]

Yeah pretty much once a ski softens up it looses te feeling and much of the pop. Skis feel best after a couple if rides. After half a year or so they will have lost a fair bit of pop. They can feel fun and buttery but if your after tht just get a soft ski to begin with.

 

[ndye]

till they are as soft/broken in as you want them. maybe a little less, so that way they arent straight noodles by the time the ski starts falling apart elsewhere

 

[CalebT]

thanks.