CONSISTENCY OF THE TUNING QUALITY IS
WHAT HAS BUILT OUR REPUTATION.
- YOU CAN COUNT ON GETTING THE SAME HAND
FILED RACE TUNE EVERY TIME YOU BRING IN YOUR SKIS.
- WE CAN TAKE A PAIR OF SKIS THAT YOU WERE READY TO GIVE
UP ON AND BRING THEM BACK TO A LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE YOU
NEVER KNEW THEY HAD.
- I’VE
LOST MANY SKI SALES BECAUSE WE TUNED THE LIFE BACK INTO
AN
OLD PAIR OF BEATERS.
- OUR STANDARD TUNE IS CAPABLE OF WINNING RACES AT VERY
HIGH LEVELS OF COMPETITION OR HELPING AN AVERAGE SKIER
OVER COME THEIR FEAR OF ICE.
- YOU DON’T
HAVE TO BE AN AGGRESSIVE SKIER TO APPRECIATE THE SKI
SHARP TUNE.
- OUR TUNING PROCESS IS A SIMPLE ONE THAT WE HAVE REFINED
OVER THE YEARS.
-
I WON’T
TELL YOU ALL OUR SECRETS, BUT I WILL
LET YOU KNOW THE BASICS OF OUR TUNNING PROCEDURE.
OUR TOOLS ARE SIMPLE AND
CONSIDERED TO BE LOW-TECH BY OUR COMPETITION.
IT TAKES A LOT MORE TIME AND EFFORT
TO DO IT THIS WAY, BUT WE NEVER BURN THE
BASE OR THE EDGES. THE BASE COMES OUT WITH
A SMOOTH
FAST
FINISH
THAT HOLDS
WAX WELL.
THIS GIVES THE SKIS EXCEPTIONAL GLIDING PROPERTIES
AND MAKES WAXING THEM EASIER.
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WE START BY DE-BURRING THE EDGES AND PUTTING ON A TWO DEGREE
SIDE EDGE BEVEL.
- THE SKIS ARE THEN PUT NEAR A HEAT SOURCE TO DRY AND WARM
UP THE BASE MATERIAL.
- WE USE A PLASTIC WELDING GUN TO FILL EVEN THE SMALLEST
BASE SCRATCHES.
- EXCESS BASE MATERIAL IS REMOVED WITH A SIMPLE FLAT STEEL
SCRAPPER UNTIL THE BASE IS SMOOTH.
THE NEXT TWO STEPS ARE WHAT MAKE OUR SKIS SPECIAL.
- I PUT ON MY BEAT UP OLD PAIR OF LEATHER GLOVES AND I
USE ALL MY SKILL AND MAGIC TO HAND FILE A SMOOTH AND ACCURATE
ONE DEGREE BASE EDGE BEVEL.
- THEN THE SKIS ARE RUN THROUGH
MY STONE GRINDER AT A RAPID SPEED, BUT UNDER LOW DOWN
FORCE PRESSURE.
HEY, IT’S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE ! WE
WIN.
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