Edges catching

[send_it]

I was skiing some rails and boxes yesterday. When i hit the boxes my inside edge on my right ski up at the front of my boot started catching. My edges shouldn't be sharp i don't sharpen them. So what is it?

+++K

 

[Stickity]

which foot do you have forward?

if your right foot is trailing it's because both feet have to be angled back or the edge will go down into the rail

if it's forward, don't angle it as much?

 

[LittleFoot]

Go faster

 

[send_it]

Right foot was forward.

 

[EastCoast.]

Sounds like you didn't detune under foot, or atleast not good enough. Dull those edges man.

 

[maynaiseman]

if you're on new skis your edges are probably pretty sharp, you should detune them at least underfoot. Use a rock or a gummy stone.

 

[razors-chaz]

Or you can use a 600-1000 grit sanpaper. Dont use a file unless it is super fine, you just want to dull the edge, not take it all out

 

[send_it]

i have skied on them for 3 years and i haven't tuned them once

 

[Kreech]

This. I find that if I'm not going very fast my edges are hard to control and bite in unexpectedly, but if you get more speed, things smoothen out.

 

[EastCoast.]

either way try detuning and im sure you won't catch anything.

 

[marsh.]

sometimes the metal on the boxes can sharpen your edges by acting like a grinder. just detune them.

 

[LittleFoot]

I loled.

 

[CalebT]

how do you detune them?

 

[no_steeze]

buy a gummy stone and rub it a few times underfoot to dull your edges. do it a little and if they're still too sharp then do it some more, but don't go ham on your edges the first time around. leave the edges sharper at the tips and tails otherwise if you hit ice you'll die

 

[maynaiseman]

Or go outside.....and grab a rock.....and succeed.

 

[C.Parker]

if you're putting your right foot forward you should put the ski on more of an angle

 

[p-fo]

You might have an edge burr or something. Could be rusty (or square) box coping. Could be a lot of things. Also, how do you know it's catching right in that particular area and not right underfoot or a little farther out?

 

[chiefbroseph]

just do some passes under foot with a file to detune the edges and finish it off with a gummy stone to knock down any burs. shit will be fresh to ski!