Delaminated / Bent Edge. Can I still ride these for a day?

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Quicksand

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So here's my dilemma, the next 2 days are gonna be pow days and these are my only skis at the moment so I don't have enough time to get them repaired. Feels bad man.

I just noticed this damage a few minutes ago. Do you think I'm going to cause any additional damage if I ride these for a day? Also, these are almost brand new, would these be covered under warranty?

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Just go for it. That edge damage is pretty significant and a repair may not even be worth the trouble at that point. They should be okay in pow so get after it and worry about that later.
 
I'd say send it as well if you are mainly in powder. There's a chance it can be repaired, but its a hard if. As for warranty, it looks from the base of the ski that it was due to an impact with an object, which certain ski companies can be really strict about. When you have the time, I'd bring them to a local shop and see if you can warranty a new pair, because if you do ski them, depending on if you can see the core, it could rot the core.

**This post was edited on Dec 31st 2019 at 5:54:37pm
 
Rip em! In my humble opinion edge stuff isn’t unrideable unless it endangers your skiing. I.e. if you have part of an edge hanging off that you can get caught up on, raggedy/uneven edges under your boot when you plan on hitting rails all day, etc.

Especially in pow, I think you’re good to ride for a day or two.

**This post was edited on Dec 31st 2019 at 8:59:26pm
 
Awesome guys, thanks for the input. I'm gonna take them on a short tour then ride another ski inbounds. Ill report back if the bases fly off.
 
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Someone posted a guide to cutting the base and adding screws in between the edge tongues (idk what the actual name for them is) then epoxying the base back on.

I typically take a file and cut off the edge to where the tongues are still held in and just roll without a few inches of edge. See the picture of my Kartels above. If you don’t remove the edge or repair, it’ll eventually pull out enough to snag and you’ll end up needing to cut out more edge than if you just cut it out from the start.
 
Thats not covered under any warranty. I would just find a nice flat surface and kind of hammer it in place to get you by. You may have luck having a shop attempt to fix but honestly those skis are done.
 
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