Cracked edge

Bertrand

Bertrand

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Hey NS,

Finished up at Keystone today and noticed I had a cracked edge on my Jeffreys. Must have hit a rock or something. Its the inside edge of my left ski, pretty much underfoot. It punched the base out a little bit too. Normally I wouldn't worry about a cracked edge, but the bump in the base worries me.

Should I be worried? People who have dealt with this before, did your skis blow up after? I'm probably being paranoid, but, I'd like to hear what you guys have to say.

Thanks!
 
Nobody has experience with cracked edges on their non park skis? Just trying to figure out if it's serious because it made the base stick out a little bit. Thanks!
 
Well, they are park skis, they wont last forever. You usually start getting cracks after 5 to 10 days, sometimes the edge wont rip out, sometimes it will. But what can you do.
 
But, they're my all mountain/pow skis. Not my park skis. I'm wondering if a cracked edge/bumped base on a ski that doesn't see rails is a problem.

This is after 60+ days on them. Just wondering if I should expect an edge rip out here pretty soon even though they don't see rails.
 
oh yeah my bad. But still, 60 days on a ski is pretty good amount already. a minor edge crack wont affect much, unless you get another crack near that, then it may rip out with time. I wouldnt worry about it too much tough, with some luck you can ski another 60 days on them.
 
Can you post a pic of the bump? If the edge bends with it I've seen them tapped back flush before but I'd worry about breaking the edge's internal bond while doing that.
 
Here are the pictures. Hopefully you can see the bump.

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On the shot of the base, can you see where it looks like the inside of the edges pulled on the base graphic a little?

Just wondering if I should be worried about this pulling out from all mountain/pow skiing, no rails.

 
Have you tried pushing it down with a blunt object, even your finger? If it won't go back down I'd maybe consider somehow shaving it flush as it seems like it could hook on the snow being a sliding surface. I'd maybe check to see what someone else's opinion is though.
 
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