Park tune ideas? is that even a thing?

flip_flopz

flip_flopz

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So I was messing around with an old pair of park skis and started thinking about how to effectively "tune" (or "detune") park skis beyond rubbing underfoot edges on a rail to detune. Sort of sounds like an oxymoron to tune a park ski but I definetly think there could be some standards set for making park skis perform better. I feel like there is a real lack of knowledge on tuning and maintaining park skis, perhaps because it is just assumed that skiing park wrecks your skis no matter what, but I wanted to explore ways to both improve performance and extend the life of park skis.

SOme ideas:

I messed around and put a snowboard base structure on my skis (called the lightning, looks like a big M), because most preprogrammed structures on a montana are directional and so far its been nice but I cant really tell any difference between that and a 45 degree linear. having a structure definetly helps glide, but is it overkill on a ski that will have the bases abused on rails? Does anyone else have experience with base structure on park skis?

I also was thinking that instead of rolling the edges underfoot like I normally do, maby a crazy large base bevel could get rid of grabiness on rails but keep the underfoot edge. Need to test this.

anyone else have any ideas? Anyone fundamentally disagree with any of my ideas?
 
I took a park course a bit ago and the course conductor was going on about having a 4 or 5 degree base bevel so you still have an edge for ice but it's harder to catch an edge on rails or whatever. He did catch pretty hard on an up kink though so it's probably a compromise.
 
I grind em down underfoot and try to keep them sharp beyond the bindings closer to the contact points. Since there is technically a dead spot under your boot, it's not the end of the world if the edge under there is super dull. And this will help minimize edge cracks.
 
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