 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Ex-hire will likely already be trashed, buy normal second hand or new but previous season if you're wanting cheap.
I only service my skis once or twice a season, but I ski mainly offpiste so don't care much about how sharp edges are most of the time. Racers will service after every race. How often do you ski each season, and what sort of skiing?
A (fullprice) full service (including p-texing scratches etc) usually costs around €30 in much of Austria.
Definitely possible to do it yourself, no doubt someone soon will post a link to spyderjohn's tuning/servicing courses.
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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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How often do you ski each season, and what sort of skiing?
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Two to three weeks per season - mostly on the piste at the moment, plus the odd day/weekend in Scotland.
I might have second thoughts about ex-hire skis now though (had seen some on Ebay I was very tempted by).
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I have bought 3 pairs of ex hire skis over the years and they have been in good condition. The high end ones do not appear to get much use over the season and some have appeared almost new. Look carefully before you buy, concentrating on how thick the edges and base are and looking for any gouges. Unfortunatelly the really cheep ones are priced like that because they are wrecked. This time of year and during the summer many resort shops are offereing them. Last year I was very tempted by a pair of Salomon Xwing Tis at under 1/2 price. They were, however, too long for me.
A basic wax and edge shrarpen in Les Arcs will cost from 10 to 20 euros depending on where you go, but fill holes etc will cost more - I was charged 25 once. Normally I service my own skis after every trip, but if the pistes are particularly firm I will edge sharpen every couple days.
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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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The most important thing that determines how often skis need servicing are the conditions of the slopes, I've skied every day for two weeks before in ideal conditions and other than a bit of self applied wax to the base of the skis I've not needed them to be serviced, conversely I once had to have skis fully serviced twice in 10 days because the conditions were so bad it was damaging both base and edge of the skis.
Waxing skis yourself and even repairing small gouges in the bases are all things you can do yourself, it's also easy enough to take out small nicks or burrs on the edges, but getting a full service once a year is a good idea unless you only ski rarely
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FAQ
I've always hired skis up until now, but am thinking of buying my own.
