 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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hard to tel, from the pics but it looks like you've bent the skis. how old?
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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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2023. Happened on the first ride out.
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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've seen skis in worse shape than that be skied somewhat aggressively without killing the rider...but they lasted less than a day before disintegrating completely. Definitely a write off unfortunately.
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Oh and welcome to sHs! Strong first post haha.
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Unfortunately agree with above  looks bent along edge obviously, but also looks to have breached the core structure locally to give that hump in top plane. Think like you've bent a green tree branch to partially break the fibres, not all the way through, but enough that the fibre structure is no longer competent.
It would surprise me if it could be moved back into alignment and securely bonded to match the other one.
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@xiud, I do think, if logistically possible, that you have a reasonable argument to take back to the shop, assuming you can still walk that is.
Landing a modest huck that you can walk away from should not break your skis (or there would be no ski films made).
K2 Reckoners: "From the powder to the park and everywhere in between, the Reckoner 102 delivers the same versatility and playfulness thanks to its heavy freestyle influence.
Featuring the same tech as its bigger brothers but with a more nimble waist width, this playful twin-tip is at home whipping cork threes off cat tracks, pivoting through tight east coast trees, or hunting for side hits on the groomers. "
Even if not the 102 this range are marketed directly at " in quite a playful way, I like to jump around and dropping some mid sized cliffs"
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I think worth taking back to the shop. I kinda feel that if the impact from landing was harsh enough to break the ski, the damage would *look* somewhat more catastrophic.
Hard to tell from the pictures but it doesn't look like the sandwich construction is actually visible on the outside aside from the bump, which to me suggests you maybe had a bad ski where the impact has caused the core to delam internally. Or, the toe piece hasn't been screwed in deep enough and the screws have pulled the insides apart?
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@xiud, take it back to the shop you bought it from. Clearly there is a manufacturing defect.
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I seem to recall, a good few years ago, the sis-in-law bending a pair of new skis (Völkl Mantra) on one of the first days out, returned to shop and replaced shortly thereafter with the following year's graphics.
Something had gone wrong and the entire batch hadn't been bonded correctly. Völkl have a pretty good rep for quality (and K2 don't, so much, any more ... )
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Hey, thanks for the feedback everyone!
Already tried to bring the ski back to the shop; nothing they can do as the damage is caused by an impact :/
And from the look of it, the toe piece seems to have been screwed in properly fortunately / unfortunarely hehe
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@xiud, do you know exactly when the damage occurred (I.e you jumped off a specific cliff, landed, saw the damage) or are you assuming? As@haigie says, it seems strange that the internal damage is so severe yet the surface damage is very minor- unless there was a defect to start with.
If you know you hit a rock, then you just have to suck it up and move on. But if not, then I'd be tempted to push the shop harder.
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You know it makes sense.
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Repaired worse, although it’s tricky to tell the full extent of the damage from the pictures. You have nothing to lose by trying.
You have the right idea with the slow cure epoxy and clamping. If necessary, spend some time with a Dremel to clean up the ‘wound’, followed by a thorough clean and dry.
You’ll probably struggle to straighten the edge completely by clamping with the wood alone as you’ve suggested. A blunt(ish) chisel and hammer can be used to try and straighten things more precisely. Position the chisel against the black sidewall (just above the edge) and hit downwards towards the base. Then epoxy and clamp etc. Once done, you can plane/sand the sidewall to hide any damage from the chisel for a neater repair.
If/when you’re done, use the damaged ski so that the repair is on your outside edge (less weight/stress).
Oh, avoid K2/Line skis next time…
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@xiud, I’d go back to the shop again. That’s not normal wear andvtear.
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