Stone structure patterns

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Squirrel_Murphy

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What type of pattern would any of you recommend most for powder skiing? When we do get powder at my mountain, it's real wet. Any suggestions?
 
haha. NO man, a stone structure refers to the pattern that you get put into the bases of your skis. It's usually done by a machine, more than likely a Wintersteiger machine to be exact. Certains ones are: linear, cross cutt, chevrons, or combinations. Any recommendations by anyone that knows what I'm talkin about?
 
structure isn't going to affect pow riding too much. structure is used mainly for racing, on harder snow surface. different patterns will help throw water and slush better than others. But at a high speed. What is really nice about stone grinders is if you have a good tech, it will get the ski very close to perfectly level base, taking out hills and valleys. A stone can make a base better than factory, skis being massed produced can tend to have minor imperfections ski to ski. For pow, i would concentrate a lot more on wax and specific temps and humidity of the conditions you will be in.
 
haha thats too complex,, just let your bases rot, then theyre hard as rock and never need anything. seems stupid as shit, but then you try it and youre like.. wow, all that money i wasted on base grinds, etc.
 
right right. I've been a tech for a few years and its just that me and one of my managers have been having a debate on what pattern would work best. You're probably right though, I should probably not even worry about the pattern so much, and stay focused on the waxing. We're pretty much splitting hairs now, and probably sound like some overly technical race techs.
 
hahah....most people on NS won't have any idea what you're talking about.

I haven't even thought about that tech of tuning since I stopped racing.
 
Hey man, ok, well first off, yes a good wax job is important, but what REALLY matters is a good base structure. what touches the snow is not the wax, it's the waxed base. So if ever u do get a wet snow, I would probably suggest a double wave with a thick stream down the middle. anything with the most channels will be the best, the worst thing u can get with wet snow is a suction effecté. So go with a warm wax with a good base grind and u'll be good to go. Enjoy
 
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