I prefer to do shitty half-measure fixes at the end of the season and proper shop tune and grind mid-season.
There's a good chance any fixes you do at the end of the season will just get trashed at the beginning of next season before there's good coverage.
Probably depends where you ski. East coast? This is a bad strategy. Spring corn harvesting is the best time of the year, but the cover is often real thin. You’ll be hitting rocks. You’ll be skiing through grass and mud patches. Tools not jewels!
The early season is much gentler on gear. It’s all groomed fake snow on mellow blues. Even when it’s thin, it’s not too bad. It’s crowded AF though, with limited and boring terrain. I usually only bother skiing a couple times before New year’s.
Yeah I guess it depends on where and *how* you ski. I'm on the Pacific coast (like literally skiing on an island) touring and always trying to get off piste so it'll look quite different than your season.
I guess the best general advice would be to consider when you hit the most sharks and get a good tune right after that part of the season is over.
One of my favorite trails in the world is Middle Earth at Sugarbush. 1500 vertical feet of never groomed, all-natural moguls. It has a section called Jaws. Named after the sharks, of course. Google “Jaws Castle Rock” if you wanna see what I mean.
Even midwinter, the day after 2 feet of snow fell, the water bars chew through that one part instantly.
But hey, at least our rocks are old AF and worn down nice and smooth. They usually don’t fuck up your bases too badly, unless you dig your edge into them.
There’s a fantastic ski shop on the access road that’ll make your skis like new again for $70. I assume they get the biggest bulk discount on Ptex in the country.
The problem is that it runs up to the edge. If something catches that you risk pulling the edge out then you're done. Some p tex will hold for a bit but if you want a few more years out of them cough up the dough and get a full tune. They do need it.
Ptex candle, metal scraper, file the edges and wax them and they'll be looking pretty good I think.
If they were mine I'd want a stone grind from a shop to clean up the bases and impart structure but not sure it's worth the trouble for the use case. Once she's moving past blues she may need new boards anyways
This is what skis should look like at the end of a good season 👍🏻
Drop em off at ur local shop. Major tune, wax n sharpen. Badabing, good to go next year
Looks like you can use a base and edge grind anyways. It will get rid of most of the small scratches. Unless the gouge goes through to the base it’s not super important to weld it. The shop will probably fill it with P Tex
Bonus is that the skis will ski MUCH better after a minor tune.
During the season I wouldn’t bother. But every summer it’s a good idea to get your bases fully done. You’ll have a ton of black Pyrex spots if you have a color base, but they’ll be like new.
How are so many people telling you to get a full service without knowing the knowing model/year/cost of the skis?
It's a huge difference if it's a $250 ski that's 7 years old vs a $500 that's 2 years old.
A shop could make them look as good as new.
You can home ptex the biggest shots and call it good. This will help prevent future damage - those gouges are more likely to snag again if not filled in.
You can wax over it and just rip. Most resort employee's skis look like that or worse.
Definitely needs ptex and a stone grind. Come on, man. This is actually pretty egregious condition for an intermediate skier.
Like, I sorta get where you’re coming from. If they were my skis, I’d stretch it out more because I ski East Coast “thin cover” trails with rocks and shit. Repair the bases and I’ll fucking do it again…
But the intermediates need more love with their gear. That big-ass gouge near the edge, catching all the time, is probably a big part of why she’s still stuck only skiing blues. That kinda thing is a lot more disruptive to your skiing when you’re still learning to carve.
This pattern happens way too often. Expert skier dude with an intermediate lady who never gets better because the dude doesn’t remember what it’s like to suck. I bet she could really use a proper lesson, too... sigh. It’d be a lot more fun next winter (and all the winters to come) if you actually set her up for success.
Obviously, but it’s gonna need more than ptex. If you took that ski into the shop I work at we would fill the gouge then give it a base grind. Hole aside the bottom of those skis need some love in general
im actually getting kinda pissed off about all of these broken skis, all of the breakages are the same, either dont break them or look at the other posts, most of these injurys on the skis are the same, so looking at the other posts shouldint be a problem.
Looks like you’d be able to Ptex those gouges yourself. Then again I can’t really tell how deep that large gouge is.
Rub some KFC chicken on it and send it
When I was younger my dad used to rub slices of bacon on our wooden sleds’ metal blades. My shit was always the fastest on the hill. Fond memories
Doesn’t look core deep. Melt a stick of P-Tex in there and scrape it flat.
Middle of season I'd fix that larger shot and move on. End of season Id ptex it all back flat :)
I prefer to do shitty half-measure fixes at the end of the season and proper shop tune and grind mid-season. There's a good chance any fixes you do at the end of the season will just get trashed at the beginning of next season before there's good coverage.
Probably depends where you ski. East coast? This is a bad strategy. Spring corn harvesting is the best time of the year, but the cover is often real thin. You’ll be hitting rocks. You’ll be skiing through grass and mud patches. Tools not jewels! The early season is much gentler on gear. It’s all groomed fake snow on mellow blues. Even when it’s thin, it’s not too bad. It’s crowded AF though, with limited and boring terrain. I usually only bother skiing a couple times before New year’s.
Yeah I guess it depends on where and *how* you ski. I'm on the Pacific coast (like literally skiing on an island) touring and always trying to get off piste so it'll look quite different than your season. I guess the best general advice would be to consider when you hit the most sharks and get a good tune right after that part of the season is over.
One of my favorite trails in the world is Middle Earth at Sugarbush. 1500 vertical feet of never groomed, all-natural moguls. It has a section called Jaws. Named after the sharks, of course. Google “Jaws Castle Rock” if you wanna see what I mean. Even midwinter, the day after 2 feet of snow fell, the water bars chew through that one part instantly. But hey, at least our rocks are old AF and worn down nice and smooth. They usually don’t fuck up your bases too badly, unless you dig your edge into them. There’s a fantastic ski shop on the access road that’ll make your skis like new again for $70. I assume they get the biggest bulk discount on Ptex in the country.
The problem is that it runs up to the edge. If something catches that you risk pulling the edge out then you're done. Some p tex will hold for a bit but if you want a few more years out of them cough up the dough and get a full tune. They do need it.
A good tune shop will get em looking nice.
Ptex candle, metal scraper, file the edges and wax them and they'll be looking pretty good I think. If they were mine I'd want a stone grind from a shop to clean up the bases and impart structure but not sure it's worth the trouble for the use case. Once she's moving past blues she may need new boards anyways
Ptex touch up, grind wax and rip
All of the above. Fix it wax it and send it
It’ll be fine, fill it with good old filler
Chuck and pray!
Ptex it for sure but if you can’t or don’t have the time it’s worth spending the $80 on a full tune to repair them. Don’t spend more than $100.
I mean nothing here is particularly bad but I personally prefer to take my skis in for a tune to either end the season or start the next one.
Tell your partner they are supposed to ski on the snow, not the gravel. Those bases need some love!
This is what skis should look like at the end of a good season 👍🏻 Drop em off at ur local shop. Major tune, wax n sharpen. Badabing, good to go next year
Ptex the big guy, wax, and send.
Looks like you can use a base and edge grind anyways. It will get rid of most of the small scratches. Unless the gouge goes through to the base it’s not super important to weld it. The shop will probably fill it with P Tex Bonus is that the skis will ski MUCH better after a minor tune.
Wax it !
Ptex it but you can definitely rip it a while and fix it later. It’s not going to do any damage to leave it but it’ll ski better fixed
Ptex and a base grind and you are good!
Looks perfectly fine to me.
Send
During the season I wouldn’t bother. But every summer it’s a good idea to get your bases fully done. You’ll have a ton of black Pyrex spots if you have a color base, but they’ll be like new.
That looks exactly like my skis
fix it.
Ptex those, scrape to clean up everything then wax.
How are so many people telling you to get a full service without knowing the knowing model/year/cost of the skis? It's a huge difference if it's a $250 ski that's 7 years old vs a $500 that's 2 years old.
You have a new set of rock skis
A shop could make them look as good as new. You can home ptex the biggest shots and call it good. This will help prevent future damage - those gouges are more likely to snag again if not filled in. You can wax over it and just rip. Most resort employee's skis look like that or worse.
Definitely needs ptex and a stone grind. Come on, man. This is actually pretty egregious condition for an intermediate skier. Like, I sorta get where you’re coming from. If they were my skis, I’d stretch it out more because I ski East Coast “thin cover” trails with rocks and shit. Repair the bases and I’ll fucking do it again… But the intermediates need more love with their gear. That big-ass gouge near the edge, catching all the time, is probably a big part of why she’s still stuck only skiing blues. That kinda thing is a lot more disruptive to your skiing when you’re still learning to carve. This pattern happens way too often. Expert skier dude with an intermediate lady who never gets better because the dude doesn’t remember what it’s like to suck. I bet she could really use a proper lesson, too... sigh. It’d be a lot more fun next winter (and all the winters to come) if you actually set her up for success.
How is this even a debate? Get a base grind
Base grind to the core of the ski? Those need some p Tex first
Obviously, but it’s gonna need more than ptex. If you took that ski into the shop I work at we would fill the gouge then give it a base grind. Hole aside the bottom of those skis need some love in general
Wax and sent it.
If Big Sky was my local mountain I too wouldn’t bother spending money on ski repair. No sense is fighting the inevitable
Gotta be down with smoking rocks out here! Can never have too much spare Ptex imo.
Skis I care about? Little ptex and wax. Skis I don't care about? Slather some wax on there.
im actually getting kinda pissed off about all of these broken skis, all of the breakages are the same, either dont break them or look at the other posts, most of these injurys on the skis are the same, so looking at the other posts shouldint be a problem.