The most asked questions asked again... Detuning

B.Ryan

B.Ryan

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Okay ive seen millions of threads on NS here and there is such a divided opinion on it, i cant decide what to do. This will be my first year skiing park mainly so i have 0 experience with ski detuning and such. IF i want to detune the underfoot of my skis, should i just bring it to a shop? will they know what i want? or should i do it myself and buy a file and gummistone online? And if i buy the file, does anyone have a site that can show me how to do it? so in the future i can be better off in this situation.

Thanks guys.
 
Detuning is such a waste of time and kills your edge. You haven't even ridden park for a year...try it out first man. I find they naturally detune. If you suck, you will suck regardless and wont be able to hold an edge well outside of the park.
 
13176641:KravtZ said:
Detuning is such a waste of time and kills your edge. You haven't even ridden park for a year...try it out first man. I find they naturally detune. If you suck, you will suck regardless and wont be able to hold an edge well outside of the park.
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Bad advice, don't listen to this guy.

Why would you risk catching and edge on a rail and either destroying yourself or destroying your edge.

Probably you should just take it into a shop and get them to detune them for you. Just explain to them what you are wanting them to do clearly. A decent shop shouldn't have any issues doing it for and it shouldn't be to expensive.
 
13176854:Negromancer said:
Bad advice, don't listen to this guy.

Why would you risk catching and edge on a rail and either destroying yourself or destroying your edge.

Probably you should just take it into a shop and get them to detune them for you. Just explain to them what you are wanting them to do clearly. A decent shop shouldn't have any issues doing it for and it shouldn't be to expensive.
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Im not saying a little detuning under foot hurts but this kid hasn't even ski'd park before? How do you know he will even get to the point of being able to slide rails let alone spin, swap, land hard on them? Its a really is job to do at home no need to take it to a shop. But why would you give up your edge for all mountain when you just decide you are going to become a park skier? Unless your really hard on your skis I have found they naturally detune. Then again when I tune my own skis I never really sharpen the edges to hard underfoot for this reason. But hey..to each his own
 
13178257:KravtZ said:
Im not saying a little detuning under foot hurts but this kid hasn't even ski'd park before? How do you know he will even get to the point of being able to slide rails let alone spin, swap, land hard on them? Its a really is job to do at home no need to take it to a shop. But why would you give up your edge for all mountain when you just decide you are going to become a park skier? Unless your really hard on your skis I have found they naturally detune. Then again when I tune my own skis I never really sharpen the edges to hard underfoot for this reason. But hey..to each his own
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You don't have to completely grind down the edge you realize? You just want to make it slightly more rounded underfoot instead of being very sharp which makes it less likely to catch.

Also if does ski park and realizes that he doesn't like it he can always just tune the edges again and then they'll be good for all mountain again.

You can just about always tune a detuned edge (unless it's completely ground down) but you can't always tune an edge that has been ripped out of the ski.
 
ahaha this is why i have trouble deciding whether or not to do it :P so many different opinions. But i think ill end up getting a file and slightly detuning the underfoot. Anyone know where i can get a good file?
 
13179120:GrumpisPringle said:
home depot,,, your grandpas garage..
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ahh gotcha, just wanted to be sure they wernt some sort of fancy ski files... i got loads of regular files round the house lol
 
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