New skis edges catchin on da rails

[SKI-UH9]

title says it all. My k2 fugative snapped in half n i got like 06 scrathes as replacements brand new and there very akward.... like really different on rails. but anyway my fujatives were like 2 years old and there edges were like flat to the point it was hard to ski on them and turn lol. So i usually ski alot of rails and now when im hitting most rails my right inside edges stick and when hittin boxes i slice little shavings off the plastic part inside the copeing and it makes a weird noise. So i have tried to file down the edges with a file and in like a half hour got little results and my edges still catch. the big prob here is i have a railjam friday and i want to not catch my edges. So is there anything special you kids do to file down those edges with a file or do you use something else? Im also worried about damaging my brand new 200 dolla skis so is there and special ''safe" way not to hurt my babies?

 

[IanAvery-Leaf]

Do you have a shop near you? I know theres a little stick thing thats flexible and has little diamond bits, but idk the name. Does anyone know. Otherwise go to a shop.

 

[Slinger1x1]

i have brand new skis too, i hit my first box in them and almost died, my skies were catching like a mofo. I brought them into the shop on the hill and they took a gumi stone to it underfoot and it was perfect when i went back out

 

[manuel87]

use a gummy stone.. it'll be easier to dull the edges. with files youre not really able to "even" them (dont know if it is possible to say that in english^^) what i want to say is that with a file you will create kinds of roughnesses on your edges

 

[skithesprings]

either run a gummy stone under foot or have a shop put a bevel underfoot,

problem solved,

 

[fragglemuffin]

when i get new skis i just ride them on icy areas for a day or 2, doing little ground spins and such, and i havent caught an edge on a box/rail in ages

 

[cfox]

but would dull edges affect your riding anywere else?? like ice or pow?

 

[.SimonB.]

a file leaves the edges with a rough feel, so that is no good.^ rounded edges definitely make ice a death trap, but no much of a difference in pow

 

[no_steeze]

if you try to detune your edges with a file you will shred them upbuy a gummy stone from a racing website or a shop or something and just run it along your edges, it will totally detune them so they shouldn't catch on rails

 

[StanMcStanson]

I just let mine detune on their own, I didn't have much of a problem with just doing that, but if you need it for the railjam , I suggest going to a shop, they'll probably do a decent job of it if you explain to them what you want.

 

[CLIP]

full tilts

 

[AngryFromBend]

haha i used sandpaper (griptape) to file my edges down on my skis. worked for me.

 

[skyabamba]

i was thinking about that, but now that ive heard of a gummy stone... i think im going to look into that

 

[PaleCelery]

I use sandpaper to detune my tips and tails, that might work on the edges underfoot too.

 

[Sholte]

i agree, bevel them, don't try to round off the edges, cause then you will very be able to carve or hold a edge on them. just bevel them so the edges are not square (90 degree angle) under bevel them so the edge is at like a 80 degree angle and then de burr them would be my advice.

 

[Sholte]

opps meant i fail, sorry bout the double post. but i meant to say that if you bevel them at 80 degree angle they well still have some ability to carve and hold a edge, and they shouldn't catch on rails either.

 

[S.Anderson]

gummy stone or just take them to a shop

 

[k-rob]

^^word, beveling works best, that way you won't sacrifice the rest of the hill just for your rail skiing.