 Poster: A snowHead
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Ski Edge angles I am thinking of increasing the edge angles on my skis from 89 to 87 degrees as I have trouble holding an edge on hard packed snow. Will it make much difference? And will the edge be much easier to damage 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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the first thing you should do is have a stance assessment done. It is more likley that you are standing on an inverted ski. This means that your ski is angled more to the outside and will require you to make a much larger inward angulation to achieve the edge hold that you are looking for. The result is that you cannot maintain the edge throughout the turn. Proper alignment is really important and before you change the bevel on your ski edge it should be checked first. If you have a neutral alignment(defined as 1 degree everted or inward edged ski) then altering you ski tune may help with the edge hold. if you can find someone who can do a progressive bevel even better. This is a hand file that increases the edge angle progressivley from shovel to tail and then back again so that you have edge where you need it and not where you dont....
be careful that if you have a cant alignment performed that they assess not only the center of knee mass but the ski angle as it addresses the snow. Often times techs only focus on the knee alignment and screw up the ski angle.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Glen Charman, if your "neutral" stance is ok as per post above, have someone look at your lateral balance.
Are you any good at the exercise where one picks the inside ski up off the snow?
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Glen Charman, yes and yes, on top of which you may have skis which suffer from lateral deflection (twisting).
Spyderjon is your man, either around here by searching the forum or visiting www.jonsskituning.co.uk
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Glen Charman, your stance is fine and lateral balance single ski exercises we worked on you were pretty good at, we did talk about getting your alignment checked if you recall but i didnt see any major issues.
i would definately recommend 87 as i found a much improved edge hold and minimal if any additional wear, they do get a bit more bashed up on rock hits though imo. , i cant recommend progressive edge angles, sounds a bit complicated to me but i havent tried it so shouldnt really comment.
comprex, i had a week coaching with Glen and you are right to ask the question but he made good progress on balance and i think would benefit from an increased edge angle.. he was on rossi b2's which might be a bit lackluster on ice but we had hero snow all week..
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Glen Charman, I did this with my Rossis on Spyderjon's recommendation and noticed a dramatic improvement in edge hold on hard pack, go for it 
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skimottaret, gotcha, sounds like Glen Charman is on the right track then, thanks for immediately clearing that up!
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Glen Charman, I would be more worried about getting the technique right first. At 87 they will get damaged easier and nicked quicker than at 90
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Thank for all the advice I’m going to see CEM late in the year for new boots and alignment thing I think I will try 87 degree edge angle I know Spyderjon recommends it on his web site 
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