Sometimes this requires I get the bases ground flat at a local shop. When I buy new (or used) skis I check them and then do what is needed to get them tuned where I want them. I wish ski manufacturers would offer performance skis with ski base graphics that showed 'NEVER DETUNE' or 'DETUNE & U DIE' in huge bright letters. In any case, even if I have a shop tune my skis I almost always end up having to spend some time refining their tune to suit my needs or 'fixing' their attempt to de-tune the skis - even though I wrote on the work tag 'DON'T DETUNE!!!'. If that later proves to be too aggressive for the particular ski design then it's easy for me to knock the base edges down to a 1 base. 75 base (whichever their machine can do consistently) and 3 side.

In recent years, I've only acquired two or three pairs of used skis that were in that bad of shape.ДЄlso, if I do have a shop do the tune, I'll usually have them do a. Repeat the movement until all nicks and burrs are gone and the edges are. The Base Edge: the metal edge at the base of your Ski/Snowboard Deburring: Use a diamond stone and drag it from the tip to the tail of the edge of the snowboard or skis. When I do have a shop do the tuning it has been for used skis that I've bought that were in bad shape - needing multiple rounds between the grinder & benchwork. Each ski and snowboard has two edges: The Side Edge: the metal edge at the side of your Ski/Snowboard.

Tognar & The Raceplace are my primary sources for tools because they are local and trustworthy. Rarely, I'll have a local shop do the actual tuning.ДЇor the actual tuning: 99% of the time I do it myself with hand tuning tools. Click to expand.When I buy new (or used) skis I check them and then do what is needed to get them tuned where I want them.

Detune snowboard edges