 Poster: A snowHead
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Afternoon. I've got some park skis, y'know, for the typical park rat. Had them waxed specifically for summer storage. Was wondering, what do I need to do before using them? Would I be right to assume its some type of buffing or something? Any help is appreciated.
Regards,
Murray
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Murray, scrape wax off with a perspex scraper then give the bases a few passes with a stiff brush to clear out the base structure & to give a bit of polish - then you're good to go.
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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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I bought a pair of ex-rental skis at the tail end of the season and was told to store them with the bindings in the closed position and completely slackened off to put minimal compression on the springs during storage. Before I took them out of the shop and put them in the attic for the summer we made a note of the DIN settings on some masking tape and stuck it to the skis, then backed off all the settings. So, first job to 're-activate' them will be to reset the settings as per the note to self....
Cheers
(Looking forward to seeing the Portes du Soleil slopes 'nude' in a week's time!)
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Skis are obviously designed for the winter and cold weather.
It is important not to let them get too warm in the summer - as this can soften the wax and also loosen the metal binding springs that are optimised for below freezing.
If you have space then the best place to keep them is the bottom of your freezer 
Needs to be a large storage freezer for this trick though
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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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| MontriondSkier wrote: |
| I bought a pair of ex-rental skis at the tail end of the season and was told to store them with the bindings in the closed position and completely slackened off to put minimal compression on the springs during storage. Before I took them out of the shop and put them in the attic for the summer we made a note of the DIN settings on some masking tape and stuck it to the skis, then backed off all the settings. So, first job to 're-activate' them will be to reset the settings as per the note to self.... |
Absolutely no need to do that with modern bindings.
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| yag_si_HS wrote: |
Skis are obviously designed for the winter and cold weather.
It is important not to let them get too warm in the summer - as this can soften the wax and also loosen the metal binding springs that are optimised for below freezing. |
also untrue
whilst you obviously don't want to store your skis next to the furnace, they actually heat race skis to a pretty high temp to get the wax to absorb into the skis base so they run faster (this is of course done in a controlled environment)
ideal storage should be dry and fairly temperature stable
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stick them in the garage and start looking forward to the winter about now...
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| yag_si_HS wrote: |
| The wife thinks I am mad for keeping skis in the freezer - but I am sure they go faster come December. |
But where do you store your fishing rod in the winter? 
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yag_si_HS, you must be a madman  , the ONLY place to keep your skis is in bed next to you.
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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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| yag_si_HS wrote: |
| Where do snowheads keep their skis in summer ? |
In my new specially made lockable ski store (inside, cool constant temps, stored upright) along with all the bits and peices from spyderjon following our tuning session.
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Oh so that’s where all the ski shops have been going wrong, not having them displayed all year round in a refrigerated unit? Honestly yag_si_HS I worry for your sanity if you actually do store your skis in a freezer, or for any one that listened to you.
Don’t confuse with being old as being wise. I’m sure your Austrian Ski instructor was on a wind up, a good service and a thick layer of wax on them for the summer should see you fine, provided they are being stored in a dry environment. This is only to stop the edges from rusting and becoming pitted. You don’t need to mess with the bindings, or be overly concerned with heat. The bases are ironed for hot waxing for goodness sake, they can take it. It’s the temperature of wax that affects the speed in cold conditions. E.g. Cold waxes for cold temperatures not some sort of trained conditioning by being stored in ice.
Or were you talking about cryogenically freezing them…
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You know it makes sense.
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Motions, chill. It's a p!ss take
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