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I have a pair of skis that are out of warranty but only have about 10 days on them. They are in generally good nick. The only work done on them has been a couple of coats of wax - probably four waxing sessions in total. Unfortunately they are convex at the tip and tail of the ski and, unusually the topsheet is concave in the same places. The convexity is noticeable on piste as the ski has got a shed load of base bevel at the forward contact point. You can imagine what that feels like.
Two possibilities:
1) they came from the manufacturer like that and, given that they are out of warranty I should STFU, grind them flat and stop whinging.
2) I got over enthusiastic with the iron and somehow warped the ski. There is, though, no sign of base burn or ptex bubbling on the base. I use a travel iron but don't let the wax smoke.
I think it is probably #1 and I need to stop whining. If it is #2 then I need to dial it back with the iron. Views?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@gorilla, What brand are the skis? Are they Scott? They have several skis in their line up where there's a "spooned out" area on the base at tip and tail. The argument behind them is based on the way in which concave areas interact with a moving substance, usually water, but in this case, snow. It's used in surfboards and boats, and is an attempt to increase lift and speed. Look up "Venturi effect" on google.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@Chamcham, not Scott. They are definitely supposed to be flat. Either they came not flat or I have found some way of screwing them up. I'm keen to figure out which it is. They are out of warranty so I don't want anything from the manufacturer. I just don't want to crock another pair of skis in the future.
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Ugh. I can't imagine that being designed in having skied on skis with negative base edge angles anfew weeks ago (machine fault).
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I doubt it would be the wax iron. More likely a manufacturing problem I would have thought.
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@gorilla, Can you post some pictures?
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If it's both skis it sounds like manufacturing. Regardless of warranty it's something you'd hope responsible companies would want to put right.
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@gorilla, Could they have been stored somewhere hot, ie an attic or something??
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@kitenski, no.
@Dave of the Marmottes, could be. This is emphatically not a "can gorilla please have some free stuff?" thread. It is a "has gorilla screwed up?" thread. I would only really push the issue if I was certain I hadn't done something stupid and, frankly, that's always a possibility. This can probably be sorted out with a grind.
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@gorilla, can you get them to spyderjon to take a look at them? Or even "ask nicely" to the manufacturer and see what they say?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@gorilla, a responsible manufacturer would want to know. They can swap them out at minimal cost to them and maybe get a bit of kudos. Is unlikely that you could have done the damage.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| @gorilla, a responsible manufacturer would want to know. They can swap them out at minimal cost to them and maybe get a bit of kudos. Is unlikely that you could have done the damage. |
Paticularly if the 'damage' is the identical on both skis. The likely hood of repeating accidental damage on both skis is unlikely, both ends on both skis even more unlikely.
"To damage one ski may be regarded as a misfortune; to damage both looks like carelessness."
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@gorilla, I'd be inclined to ask the manufacturer to look at them. Surely they would be best placed to know? You don't have to be after free stuff to get the advice
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