 Poster: A snowHead
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well after a week skiing the last two years running I've caught the bug. I'm booking 2 weeks either side of xmas, and again later in the season. With a goal of feeling more confident on the reds (well at least more than I am now) and then doing a season/instructor course in 2011
So thought I'd 'invest' in some skis, having read the fall-line reviews, then thought most are too advanced for me, went to the metro show, spoke to a few traders, manufacturers and ski schools and plumped for a set of Salomon X-wing 8's (now thinking they are 10-20mm wider than anything I've skied before so - finger crossed 
Well having spent all that time deciding, I'm now wondering, what do I do now before and during my trips away? waxing? - they feel smooth, so do I need to do anything beforehand in this respect? Edges? - they are razor sharp, presume I won't need to touch them for a few weeks of slope time. bindings are already all set up for my boots, and set at DIN 6, shop said I may want to raise them to 7 as i get faster (I'm 6'2'' 87kg).
So really I suppose its just a general waxing advice question on new skis... any helpers? I have a suitable iron at work (normally used for sticking laminate on wood - shhh)
Cheers,
Tom
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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You need to wax them, skis come with only stuff on them for transport. For new skis you really want to do about 5 'hot scrapes' (ie. scraping the wax off right away) to get a decent amount of wax into teh base before finally waxing normally for the conditions expected.
Leave the edges as they are, they will come set well from the factory.
Only raise your DIN if you are doing type III rather than type II skiing! If you are predominately skiing groomed leave it as type II.
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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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narc, sorry but your advice is incorrect. Hot scrapes are for taking dirt/old wax out of the base. For base prepping new skis ideally you should do a hot scrape first to clean the base then subsequent waxing should be left to fully cool to ensure that the impregnated wax is retained in the base before you scrape of the excess.
tompringle, welcome to snowheads. There's plenty of advice on my website but just give them a wax (a few is even better) & you're good to go. Your work iron will be fine.
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tompringle, when it comes to ski tuning spyderjon, is a wise owl. The tips on his website are great, as is the shop.
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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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so I need a universal wax, scraper, brass & horse hair brushes then to do a resonable job? or would a nylon brush be better than brass on newer skis?
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tompringle, proof that once you pop you can't stop. Sorry, I guess you hear that a lot. Well done on the skis. I don't get so hung up on tuning and all that black art stuff.
Don't play with your DIN too much unless you find yourself releasing from the bindings a lot.
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I haven't put my DIN up since I started skiing although I ski faster down a lot harder slopes then I did as a beginner so I wouldn't recommend just upping it because you're more "advanced". Like parlor, says if you start pre-releasing for no good reason up it otherwise why would you want to (unless you're skiing somewhere where a pre-release would be more dangerous than them not releasing but I'm guessing not...)
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