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I've bought my beginner wife a pair of Rossignol Harmony 2 skis for Christmas. Brand new out of the wrapper. Would anyone know if there is a factory wax on them and will it be sufficient for a week's skiing? Or will I have to give them a service before she even skis on them?
Your help will be appreciated.
Thanks
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they should be waxed up from the factory bu not sure if they will be ideal to ski on from the wrapper or not. also not sure if the edges will be spot on or not. Used to be the case that they might be a bit grabby as they were sharp for the entire length of the edge and needed to be detuned somewhat.
I'm sure someone will be along soon who works with skis in this decade rather than me LOL
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garethjomo
, I can't help, but maybe if you changed the thread title to something like "OK to ski new skis out of the box?" one of the Knowledgeable Ones would be along. Mind you, if your wife is like me she might not notice.....
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garethjomo
, the wax on them isn't really good enough, they need to be cleaned, preferably with a hot wax scrape and then waxed, first with a base prep wax and then with a universal wax.
the edges should be OK but worth checking, detuning used to be done on straight ski's but not something that you should do on carvers.
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