rollitup 2016 Ski and Board club!

imnicer

imnicer

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funny story 2017 in Keystone, Colorado where my son in law used to live as a ski instructor, so never skied but plenty of outdoor sports dh mtn biking thai boxing running etc etc, so after 15 minutes instruction from son in law i said i;ve got it see ya, off i went, ffs, little did i know turning the ski's inwards and bending forward has no effect when your skiing after the sun has been beating down on the slopes all day and the surface snow had in fact now turned to ice, so 30 - 60 seconds later the medic was asking me if i knew where i was, what day it was, etc, etc, i had crashed so badly falling backwards and smashing my head, he said if i hadn't been wearing a new helmet i'd probably be dead, so that was my first and last outing skiing. jesus those chair lifts scare the fuck outta you, the height they are is unreal nearly shat y pants coming down the slope in one.
 
PadawanWarrior

PadawanWarrior

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DarkWeb said:
How do you do it?
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I basically put scratches into the P-Tex. I use a brass wire brush and go from top to bottom. The little scratches provide channels for the water to flow through, kinda like how tires work. Then I just clean it each day with base cleaner. No wax. I was a little scared to do it the first time, but it was the best thing I've ever done for spring and summer riding. I go flying right past people as they get stopped by the suction.

The reason for the base cleaner after each day is to get all the dirt off, since the snow gets super dirty. I use to live in Tahoe where we'd ride until the 4th of July every year.

Don't worry about putting scratches in the board. In winter you can always wax it again. Works with skis too of course.
 
DarkWeb

DarkWeb

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PadawanWarrior said:
I basically put scratches into the P-Tex. I use a brass wire brush and go from top to bottom. The little scratches provide channels for the water to flow through, kinda like how tires work. Then I just clean it each day with base cleaner. No wax. I was a little scared to do it the first time, but it was the best thing I've ever done for spring and summer riding. I go flying right past people as they get stopped by the suction.

The reason for the base cleaner after each day is to get all the dirt off, since the snow gets super dirty. I use to live in Tahoe where we'd ride until the 4th of July every year.

Don't worry about putting scratches in the board. In winter you can always wax it again. Works with skis too of course.
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The brush is cleaning out the pattern of your base grind.


You should wax, otherwise you feather the base at a very fine level.
 
PadawanWarrior

PadawanWarrior

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DarkWeb said:
What kinda board do you like?
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Freestyle with soft boots. Lib Tech boards. My favorite boots almost felt like hightop baseketball shoes. The were called Lemmings by Vans, then they changed the name to Emigre and added a little more support. It's hard to find really soft boots anymore. I started with Sorels, then Sorels with ski boot linings.

We all made fun of the Flatlanders with their neon shit and hard boots. Don't go to a party in Tahoe unless you want people to give you mad shit, and whatever you do don't fall pass out, :lol:
 
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