Ways to prevent edge cracks? Best ways to get rid of your edge?

TheSkierGuy

TheSkierGuy

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Past two years, within 3 weeks of riding on my On3p filthy riches i get many edge cracks (they warrantied my last seasons ski, got new ones at start of season) I now have 3-4 edge cracks that showed up early season and have an inch piece of my edge about to pop out. Whats the best way to de-tune park skis to avoid edge cracks. Before the first day riding I spent a solid hour with a file de-tuning but still end up with tons of edge cracks! Any advice on de-tuning? other than files?
 
This is why it happens.

You slide a rail,

the friction of the rail and your edge heats up the edge a little bit.

You instantly put it back onto snow rapidly cooling it. this begins to make the edge brittle.

you do this a ton of times and eventually the impact from getting on the rail breaks or cracks the edge.

after it cracks in a couple places the edge will just fall out.

Really the best way to mitigate this problem is to slide shit with both feet forward using different edges (IE. right foot forward lip blind two (shout out tallteedan) is going to use a different edge than a kfed). DIVERSIFY YO TRICKS
 
Less disasters also might help idk if you do them often but with metal on metal one is bound to break and it's generally not the rail
 
Skis are built to be used on snow, not metal metal. If you want your edges to stop cracking, stop skiing rails. If you insist on continuing to ski rails, then expect your edges to continue cracking. That's just how it works.
 
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Stick to tubes. I am certain that tubes are much nicer to skis than anything else. That being said, can we get rid of any rails that arn't tubes.
 
Dude its a manufacturer defect. I can't believe people on here are trying to play it off as normal! I used my blades for 4 seasons in a pretty big park and never once got a cracked edge.
 
Every ski gets edge.

after owning many pairs of ON3P's I found it will take a lot longer though, and then when they do crack they don't pullout. I take a file to mine when they are new underfoot and again after riding a couple days, mainly to smoothen out the burrs
 
I had line anthems that after one season had 3 inches of edge missing. Some dumbass stole them and I got afterbangs. been riding on them for 5 seasons now and I think I have 2 cracks but no edge missing. Also no core shots but many many many p-texed scratches
 
13643681:FrenchFry said:
Sounds like on3p has changed, i rode my filthy riches for 3 years haha. Hard af too
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Same edge/sidewall we've always used. Obviously the vast majority of customers have your experience, but sometimes there are skiers, like the OP, that just seem really hard on gear. We have employees in here with park skis 4 years old and just a few edge cracks. I'm just now sending Magnus a backup pair of park skis for the year, though he's been hitting urban for 4 months straight now and his skis are still good to go after a recent base grind. We sell a ton of park skis these days, so even though it seems like there are more threads with issues now than there have been in the past, per capita, each year has been better than the last.

If you are detuning/swapping skis and are still getting edge cracks, take a look at how you ski. If you slide with your feet at an angle or land heavy on your skis when you get onto rails, you will be rougher on skis than others.
 
Throw some 2 part epoxy in there and clamp it for a couple of days where the edge is about to fall out. This should help it last longer.
 
13643909:iggyskier said:
Same edge/sidewall we've always used. Obviously the vast majority of customers have your experience, but sometimes there are skiers, like the OP, that just seem really hard on gear. We have employees in here with park skis 4 years old and just a few edge cracks. I'm just now sending Magnus a backup pair of park skis for the year, though he's been hitting urban for 4 months straight now and his skis are still good to go after a recent base grind. We sell a ton of park skis these days, so even though it seems like there are more threads with issues now than there have been in the past, per capita, each year has been better than the last.

If you are detuning/swapping skis and are still getting edge cracks, take a look at how you ski. If you slide with your feet at an angle or land heavy on your skis when you get onto rails, you will be rougher on skis than others.
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word ! haha im getting kartels next year fam
 
13644231:Park_Ranger said:
LJ Strenio made a video about de-edging your skis. It is pretty old but is probably still on YouTube
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Correction - it was actually Andy and isn't as old as I thought.
 
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