 Poster: A snowHead
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I'm about to wax my sons Atomic Stomp twin-tips. Up till now they've been used on piste, over kickers and natural jumps. Now he's looking at rails too (:s). So what should I do about waxing? Normal all over, or normal at either end but more in the middle? I would like to protect the bases if possible.
He's only 11. Maybe I should keep him off the big stuff altogether....
Any thoughts?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Rails will shred the bases and muller the edges especially if you're as unelegant as me, I'd just wax normally.
PLenty of parks have easy/med/hard lines so he doesn't have to go large straight away, though its far better to learn young, you bounce and heal a lot easier.
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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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make sure and get him some body armour. impact shorts are next on my list!
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Wax? Rails??? Deck chairs on the "Titanic" spring to mind....
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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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its far better to learn young, you bounce and heal a lot easier.
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Oh God!
Right - he's staying off rails for another season
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It doesn't matter how much you put on, cos you scrape the extra off when it sets 
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Sofia, I sympathise my son is 21 and he just told me, he thought he was doing a small jump/drop of 15 foot, turned out he got it wrong and it was more like 50+ foot drop
But he will go no where near rails he like he skis to much. I hope.
Good luck
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Waxing complete, buffed and polished! And apparently Cairngorm have new kickers ready - should be fine.....THANKS
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start with boxes...much easier than rails
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Its best to use a harder wax purely so it will not be removed so quickly, stay away from fluoronated waxes as these only last a couple of days even when skiing just on piste.
Try and find a hydrocarbon wax thats for low temperature as it will nourish the base and stay on a lot longer.
We would recommend bluebird wax - http://www.jibtuning.co.uk/index.php/catalogsearch/result/?q=bluebird its not hydrocarbon but its soooo good we are now using it in our workshop.
This is a specialist snowboard wax but its no different on skis plus it is ideal for all mountain users especially park users. Other advantages to this wax is its eco friendly so you will not be breathing in nasty chemicals and it beds in to the base pores so well that you don't have to do so many coats, resulting in a longer lasting wax. 
As far as edges, there is a great way to protect them, to save reading time watch the edge tuning tutorial: http://www.jibtuning.co.uk/video-tutorials
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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watch the edge tuning tutorial
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detuning???
not removing the skiing burr with an alu oxide stone before setting the edge angles, and leaving then with a file finish. Filing your base edges to 'freshen them up'
all very interesting and different
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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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watch the edge tuning tutorial
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detuning???
not removing the skiing burr with an alu oxide stone before setting the edge angles, and leaving then with a file finish. Filing your base edges to 'freshen them up'
all very interesting and different |
kevindonkleywood, if by interesting and different you mean wrong then your dead right.
So much bad advice in one place! 
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FAQ
I certianally have no plans to be 'detuning' my skis for 'hard carving' anytime soon 
