AtomicSkier

I have both the Pro and Regular versions. Who cares how the edges look? All I know is that if my hand slips, I'll be gushing blood for awhile. When I was tuning Doug's bases, I was wiping down the skis after I was all done, and my knuckle just kissed the edge and bled for awhile. I go through ski gloves constantly because when I pick up my skis off the ground, the edges cut right through most fabrics, leather gloves help in that regard. I touch up my edges with one of my various files or stones after every use, before I wax. There is no reason to not ski on a fresh tune when you have the equipment available to you. It makes skiing so much more enjoyable. I mostly tune with a 3 degree side bevel, but have experimented with a 4 degree bevel for R2's favorite condition, blue ice. For all Blue regulars...I do trade my services for either BMDI breakfasts, beer, or money See above.

pure as cocaine.

Wow, I'm flattered Johnny pretty much hit the nail on the head. If you're going to start waxing yourself, do yourself a favor, start off fresh. Get a base grind, and have them set your desired structure. Have them set the base bevel at 1degree while you're at it. Bring your skis home and wax and brush (with a metal brush) the shit out of them. Freshly structured skis are slow, as they're without wax from the grind, and the structured needs to be "opened up". I generally wax approximately 10 times before the skis see snow, and occasionally hot box them during the summer. For my non race skis, since I wax after every use, 80% of the time I use swix universal, as I can buy it in large quantity for cheap. Anyway, back on topic. If you're serious about skiing/snowboarding, make the initial investment. Get yourself a cheap wax iron, a nylon and brass brush, a plastic and metal scraper, a "side of beast" edge tuner, 900g of SWIX universal and an apron (waxing gets freakin messy). Oh, and closed toed shoes. I wear sandals, but I'm used to it now Initial investment might be $150, but even with my fatties that require large amounts of wax, every waxing costs me about $1.50 in wax. Oh, and check out racewax.com, there is a nice PASR discount floating around here somewhere

So wait, you bought a season pass to Blue this year, used it like 3 times, and aren't coming back? What the hell?

I wax after every use. The snow this past weekend was so abrasive.

thank you toast.

they're on live at 9pm tonight.

But the week prior JH had a deeper base depth then Alta or Snowbird I just thought it was interesting. And, I'm pretty sure AltaBird average a healthy amount over 500"

Funny how Utah (esp LCC) is known for its massive amounts of snow...JH holdin down the fort

wow...much better. when did you get on the snow yesterday? i thought i saw you, but there was no X on their back

stop hitting the enter key seriously, it's impossible to read your posts. Don't hit the enter key every time you have a pause in thought.

conditions were pretty freakin good today....can't wait until tomorrow morning...stoke!

johnny style is pretty legit...wearing a race suit for NASTAR, however, is not

97% of Blue's terrain can be access from the 6pack and quad. It's the only 6pack in PA

you were probably the only vote

ill be at blue on friday...looking for you R2!

i'll assist you in the consumption of it

the internet is killing you because you need to resize your freakin pictures. looks like a good time...enjoy

THIS weather actually does suck.

Don't even think about it...

I'm sorry, but doing this really pisses me off. People leave room for a reason, not for you to squeeze your car in.

read the report from today...it was freakin great. My first run down Razors was some of the best snow/grooming ive seen at blue. it was perfect.

Classic. No ice, no wind, just rain. What's the reason? Blue was legit this morning, BTW

yes, PM ThinkSnow...he handles advertisement

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