Twin-tip Ski Tuning?

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Mr._Bland

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Hi, I've recently gotten

into freestyle skiing, purchased Line Chronic 08 skis, and was

wondering what kind of tuning is required for freestyle skis. I want to

start hitting rails and boxes this year, yet still be doing jumps and

heading around the whole mountain. Do the edges required to be tuned or

sharpened differently underfoot if I intend to be doing rails/boxes?

Also, is it a better idea to wax the skis, even if they have a factory

wax on them already? I've read that factory waxes are usually less than

adequate.

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if you put a really good bevel on your edge you will not catch on rails or boxes...but you will not make the ski useless everywhere else on the mountain (where as detuning your edge would). I would suggest an 88degree kuu edge file and a flat file to get the best results. And you should wax your skis often cause factor wax is gone after 1 or 2 runs depending on the size of your home mountain.

Peace and best of luck
 
ya true, they will. dont worry about it. just wax em and whatever hangs down you can grind off..just to keep it smooth
 
Woah, you guys are on this stuff like wild fire! Thanks, I'll try to get a good bevel on my skis, what would you suggest?

Oh, and I noticed as I copied my post from another forum I had it in, i accidentally stole the quote button ha!
 
Yea No Problem Mister Bland

I know what u mean

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1. wax skis regularly no matter what type of skiing your doing.
2. for rails detune your edges with a gummi stone "found at nearly any ski shop with tech facilities or a racer clientele"
3. or ignore posts 1 and 2 because really the rails will do the detuning for you and you dont really need to wax your skis, it just helps on a warm day
 
If all else fails take them into your local shop (one that actually knows about freeskiing and how to tune the skis) and get them to do it.

And wax them straight off, factory wax is no good
 
hey did you come from yahoo answers to NS?because I remember answering almost the same question on there
btw the snow skiing section on Yahoo Answers is fucking hilarious sometimesI check it out sometimes when I'm bored and some people can so stupid
 
use a gummi stone for undenethe your bottom and slide a flat rail once or twice. Edges are nice for icecoast though.
 
you dont reall have to do much.. untune your edges under your feet and u can wax them sometimes but u dont have to... keep your base flat. if u hit a rock or something and a piece of your base is sticking up, file it down or something.
 
once a week for me. sometimes more often with my pipe skis - gotta keep them runnin SMOOTH
 
Wax - the wax that manufacturers use is kinda known as transit/shipping wax. It is just buffed on and keeps the edges and base protected and looking good on arrival. So it is not an ironed in hot wax which is the best. Wax should not be thought of as just a speed thing. It gives u glide which is performance including turns and spins and protects the bases. If u spend a fulll day out on artifical snow or "aggresive" snow u can run the wax off the base in a day. Waxing and Not scrapping it off will just leave u with bumpy wax splotches and u won't have as smooth a ride. Good to do every 2 -3 weeks depending on what kind of skiing...see tuning below

Tuning Twin tips - Ask the shop what the original tune / spec is for your ski. Most twin tips are 1 degree base and 1 degree side edge. Of course there are exceptions. U want to know what u are starting with so if u want to change anything u can understand the result.

Minimum base bevel for twins should be 1 degree.

All-mtn and pipe are similar u need some grip on the hardpack. If u go to 2 degrees on the side edge u'll get more grip on ice. A normal de-tune is tip and tail 4-6 inches with a fine dianond stone or a hard gummi.

Park/rails and also riding all -mtn/pipe is a tuning problem because for rails when u de-tune underfoot or bang- em up on rails u'll slide instead of carving down trails back to the lift. Bangin em up on rails leaves burrs, bumps and inconsistencies on the edge and they catch. U may even do some damage to the sidewall & core. So u have to use a stone and smooth the edge back down.

So for a more slippery ski for park some guys go more like 1.5 degrees or 2 for BASE bevel. u r at ur own risk because u bring the angle back up without a full deep base grind.

x games last yr they were tuning and waxing behind the scenes (made it on TV) and the pros even have their own techs - and their secrets.
 
Yea dude the rails will do it for you.
But i have always wanted to sharpen my edges because when I land my jumps i sometimes wash out.
 
wax a lot should do this on any ski helps a lot keeps them in so mcuh better shape i personally give my skis a 1 degree bevel and do the whole sides and less underfoot but still not like dull and the rails dull them out a bit but i love carving and ripping turns so
 
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