maintenance of skiboards

[jungolaya]

just wanted to know how and how often you guys maintain your boards (waxing, cleaning, etc.). any tips, guidelines to follow?

i think im just gonna bite the bullet and buy me a set of canons with the risers now rather than wait for next season. greco, any word from spruce regarding them brakes?

[865rolla]

i've never known to be much of a maintenance person. when it quits working, i fix it. i dont worry about time spans so much.

when i start noticing my base is fading & doing weird stuff, i wax it. i'm having to tighten bindings every few days. i may need to get some loctite or something.

fix it when it quits working how you want it to. you won't have to do anything to the boards when they come, just stick em on. doesnt hurt to have a bit of wax added i guess.

if you decide to wax, use a hair blow dryer if you want, it works just as well. blow the board till it gets hot, blow the tip of the wax some, then put em together and wipe on while blowing on the area you're wiping, it melts right into the board. quit waxing, blow dry to even out, quit drying, do the usual scraping/brushing.

your boards are gonna get screwed up, it's a fact. you can either get upset or you can deal with it until it effects your riding greatly, then fix it.

this is how i do things, not how everyone does.

[Greco]

we got one brake from spruce yesterday and it's already sold. i'll email jeff right now and find out when we can get more. i'll add the option to the web page now so people can at least place orders for them.

g

[JapSpec]

I haven't done an edge tuning yet

and now that I teach ski classes my edges get all shot up from the kiddies :(

Waxing. As 865 says use the hair dryer technique.
In all honesty it's just as good as a hot wax
I pay $10 for a nice pro hot wax on their machines which takes 5 minutes

BUT
I buy some wax for $10+ and use the hair dryer technique.

BOTH wear out and work just as well
The hair dryer tech. takes more time but it's well worth the money if you don't want to keep on spending for that hot wax.

hmm when it comes to how many times I wax
I wax everyday. And then I use a layer or rub on wax just for more speed.



What pisses me off the most when it comes to maintenance is the topsheets :mad:
Eveyrone on the chair lift just rush on and step and put their edges on my top sheets.
Top sheets = Epoxy fill
such a hassle

[Vitulla]

im really not sure about the waxing, but I do know that I should do it really soon to my boards. But what i do hate is people in line for the lift. I still remember when i got my new boards, 1st run down some jackass runs over my boards...I swear I was about to kill him...but I give him a nice show with a shitload of snow in the face...he deserved that and more...jackass

[zenderfall]

I check the edges, occasionally wax, and pour PTex into my skiboards after every ride. I sharpen the edges once in a while, when they start to get rounded and nicked up. Something to consider:

Because they're so small, I think that nicks and scratchs on the bottom affect the ride dramatically, and a little wax definately goes a long way. Skiboards are cheap, but not cheap enough to be replaced every year, in my opinion.

[JapSpec]

Zender: You pour Ptex occassionally? you riding on rough terrain? or what's your technique?

Yea I noticed that small scratches on the base slow down dramatically. That's why I run a razor from tip to tail
:D

All the snowboarding tuning exp. helps a lot.

Vitulla: I totally understand you man. I got some pretty bad gashes.
Getting topsheets dug into sucks while waiting for the chair. THE WORST is if you teach a class how to ski and they just keep on bumping into you and ripping up your topsheets.

Now I have to replace my boards next season. And I just got them 2 months ago :mad:

eh what can ya do really. Can't really avoid the inevitable haha

[865rolla]

not cheap enough to buy every year? you're right, mainly b/c of all the lift tickets & other expenses. i'd be fine to replace 100-250 dollar skiboards each year if i didnt have any other hellacious prices to pay to go ride. 100-250 is nothin considering we spend about 500 dollars on skates, frames, bearings, and wheels per year.

dag...

[zenderfall]

Down here in Southern California, we consider 2 feet of snow a lot, and anything above 3 feet a miracle. There's a storm heading this way this weekend and everyon'e preparing trips because it's predicted to get a foot.

There's lots of rocks, ice, and other mean and nasty obstacles, including thousands of newbie snowboarders sitting on a 0.5 mile run filled with terrain features.

Pouring PTex into my boards after every day of use is not uncommon, and every day I bring the boards home there's a big nasty gash in it from something.

Strangely, I found out that shorter skiboards work a lot better here than longer, wider skiboards do. Added to the fact that many people don't like them puts the cost down.

I've been to many a big mountain, including Whistler and its 7000 acres+ of snow, where I rode my BG's everywhere including the Blackcomb Glacier, but when I come back to the home mountain, I break out the 75's.