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Posted on March 26, 2025March 26, 2025

Soldering Iron Base Repair

While skiing or riding challenging terrain or sparse snow coverage, it’s inevitable that your bases will get dinged. Core shots need to be sealed and protected, Gouges need to be filled to keep your bases running smooth.

The days of … Read the rest

Posted on September 10, 2024September 10, 2024

Boot Sole Center Gauge

The old adage “Measure Thrice, drill once” is applied to measuring, drilling and mounting bindings. A necessary part of the process is to double check ski mounting lines on both skis to verify accuracy. This step is typically overlooked when … Read the rest

Posted on January 7, 2024January 7, 2024

Heating and Molding Intuition Ski Boot Liners

put foot in heated liner before placing in boot

True to DIYer form, trial and error (sometimes lots of errors) lead to a better understanding of “do’s and don’ts”. Molding Intuition Boot Liners was not excepted. After reading and viewing Intuition, Scarpa, SVST and DIY techniques and ideas, we … Read the rest

Posted on July 14, 2023July 14, 2023

Trimming & Waxing Climbing Skins

(FAQ)

Measuring and cutting climbing skins can be easily facilitated and more convenient by securing the ski to a vise. With the ski secure, attach the tail as directed by the manufacturer and pull towards the tip to measure … Read the rest

Posted on July 13, 2023July 16, 2023

Versatile Big Gator Tools Hand Drill and Tap Guides

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Any DIYer will find years of usefulness for an array of gear and home projects, repairs and maintenance out of Big Gator Hand Drill & Tap Guides. They can be used on flat surfaces (like skis & snowboards), corners … Read the rest

Posted on July 13, 2023July 14, 2023

Hot Touch Crayoning & Smearing Wax

To save time, wax and mess while hot waxing solids, Hot Touching is better than dripping and then ironing, especially with harder, cold waxes.

Hot Touching & Crayoning uses the least amount of solid wax, total effort, time and is … Read the rest

Posted on February 25, 2022November 10, 2023

Stainless Steel Threaded Ski Insert Installation

Regarding materials, tools, screws and installation procedures, Binding Freedom & Quiver Killer stainless steel threaded inserts are virtually interchangeable.

(Click on the adjacent images to enlarge.)

Binding Freedom inserts have a notch across the top. This allows for the use … Read the rest

Posted on February 18, 2020July 13, 2023

SkiVisions File Base Flattener

New! SlideWright is now fabricating High Edge File Base Flattener bottoms that will attach to the Ski Visions Base Flattener & Structuring tool’s planer top.

The File Base Flattener is a powerful planing tool that uses a file to flatten … Read the rest

Posted on October 30, 2019July 12, 2023

SkiVisions Base Flattener & Structuring Plane

A ski base must be flat for optimum ski performance.  The SkiVisions Base Flattener is a powerful planing tool designed to quickly flatten and structure a ski base with a minimum of expertise, effort and potential for error.  (Patent # … Read the rest

Posted on December 5, 2018July 13, 2023

Wax Charts: Briko-Maplus, Toko & Purl

Briko-Maplus Racing Wax Chart-Aggressive snowsBriko-Maplus Racing Wax Chart-Non Aggressive snows
(Click on Aggressive or Not Aggressive Snow Racing Wax Chart to expand)
Check out the Briko-Maplus Waxing Manual for great waxing tips from recreational skiing to elite racer.

Wax less, Glide faster and longer with Briko-Maplus.  Holder of the World

… Read the rest
Posted on March 3, 2017July 13, 2023

Prepping for Sweet Corn & Crust

One of life’s simple pleasures is getting out for skate skiing, touring or making turns on a warming bluebird day, with an inch or so of wet sweet corn on firm crust or solid base. Spring & summer predawn hikes … Read the rest

Posted on March 19, 2016May 12, 2016

Summer Storage Waxing after Pond Skimming

pond_skimmingNow that you skimmed the pond due to proper waxing and technique (and hopefully not your good gear) 😉 , it’s usually a sign for most that it’s time to put your boards in storage.

Following is a recent bulletin … Read the rest

Posted on January 15, 2016July 14, 2023

Base Cleaning Hot Scrape or Cleaner??

(FAQ)
There is a school of thought that base cleaners/wax removers should never be used on the ski bases and hot scraping is the only method to employ for cleaning ski and snowboard bases. The thinking is cleaners will absolutely … Read the rest

Posted on November 6, 2015October 29, 2019

Not much has really changed since 1941

The more things change, the more things remain the same…..but get more complicated and expensive.

For training USA mountain troops in 1941. In this segment, we learn how to choose the proper ski length, how to choose and take care … Read the rest

Posted on November 2, 2015July 14, 2023

SlideWright Supports CAIC to Help Colorado Avalanche Forecasting

caic-2013CAIC, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center is funded by donations and is an important avalanche forecasting resource for backcountry skiers and snowboarders, along with other snow season backcountry users.

The purpose of the CAIC is to minimize the
economic and … Read the rest

Posted on October 25, 2015July 10, 2023

JigaRex Universal Ski Binding Mount Jig System

UPDATE: SlideWright no longer carries JigaRex Binding Jigs. For binding drill bits that fit in the jigs, inserts & mounting screws, click here.

universal-ski-jigThe Pliny Equipment JigaRex Binding Jig System clamps to the side of skis and helps you quickly … Read the rest

Posted on October 24, 2015May 12, 2016

Efficient Hot Waxing, Scraping and Brushing

Following, are two videos, a few minutes long, showing various hot waxing techniques, along with minimal scraping and roto-brushing to bang out waxing tasks in little time and with little mess. Not including cooling and hardening time (20 minutes, minimum) … Read the rest

Posted on October 22, 2015May 12, 2016

Cool! New boards! Now what????

You just got some new skis or a snowboard. Now what?

Unwrap & drool, then inspect them to ‘get to know’ them

  • Check bases for flatness with a true bar and backlighting
  • Look for consistent base structure and for any
… Read the rest
Posted on September 22, 2015July 14, 2023

Drilling Skis to Mount Ski Bindings

Drilling ski with stepped alpine drill bit

Drilling skis to mount ski bindings is very straight forward and similar to drilling a multitude of materials like woods, plastics and composites. Practice on wood scraps helps to relieve stress before drilling your precious skis for the firs time.… Read the rest

Posted on December 4, 2014July 14, 2023

Stainless Steel Screws for Threaded Inserts

BFsmall_headThe common question regarding the screws needed for stainless steel inserts (Binding Freedom & Quiver Killers have the same threads) and particular bindings
hopefully can be answered here. It is impossible for us to remain on top of every screw … Read the rest

Posted on September 3, 2014May 12, 2016

Pretty Faces – Female Ski and Snowboard Film Trailer

Screen Shot 2014-09-03 at 10.19.46 AMSlideWright.com, as one of the sponsors, is happy to announce that “Pretty Faces is a film celebrating women who thrive in the snow. The concept for the film was originated by professional big mountain skier and SheJumps co-founder, Lynsey … Read the rest

Posted on April 17, 2014July 14, 2023

2014 & 2015 World Speed Ski Record Set on Briko-Maplus Wax

Tamtam Photo - Simone Origone recordman de la piste_1000_72dpiOn March 31st 2014, Simone Origone broke his 2006 World Speed Ski Record by skiing almost 100mph faster than a car traveling down the highway at 60mph! He reached 252.45kmh/157.87mph in the Italian Alps on Briko-Maplus race wax and super … Read the rest

Posted on December 7, 2013July 12, 2023

Ski-Mender RP105 Base Repair Gun

Update: To avoid a ‘cold weld’ that has the potential to tear out while finishing the repair or while sliding on snow, it is very important to make sure the Ski (and Snowboard) Mender RP105 has enough time to achieve … Read the rest

Posted on November 29, 2013July 13, 2023

Ski & Snowboard Side Edge Filling Using Various Tools4Boards File Technologies

Screen Shot 2013-11-29 at 10.49.08 AMRick Weissenborn of Tools4Boards demonstrates edge filing with various Tools4Boards Metal file technologies along with some good tips on basic edge tuning.

Note that metal files remove more material than stones or diamonds and are used to set initial edge … Read the rest

Posted on November 26, 2013July 18, 2020

Fat Ski Straps for All-Mountain, Powder and Freeride Skis

sw_strap_elkAvoid splayed fat skis while schlepping your fat boards around or storing with our new fat ski straps. These straps will work for skis ranging from 100mm to over 160mm wide. If your shovels are wider, simply slide these straps … Read the rest

Posted on April 9, 2013July 13, 2023

Basic Ergo Razor Side Wall Planer Instructions

Side wall removal is necessary to allow the edge cutting tools to cut or polish the edges. If you are seeing plastic in your files or stones, it’s time for you to remove the side wall where the top of … Read the rest

Posted on December 18, 2012July 14, 2023

Toko Ski & Snowboard Vise Options

As a general guide there are three main Toko options for Alpine Ski Vises to choose from (and one for Snowboard and Skis).  Here they are with a brief explanation:

Toko Ski Vise World Cup
This is our most popular … Read the rest

Posted on November 26, 2012November 19, 2018

Paper or Clear Plastic Ski Binding Templates

A very useful resource for DIY binding mounting and comparisons is paper (or clear plastic) binding templates. Not only are they great aids for accurately laying out binding holes for drilling new holes, but you can also use them to … Read the rest

Posted on November 15, 2012May 12, 2016

Tools4Boards Tuning Kit Instructions

TOOLS4BOARDS TUNING STATION KIT (SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS)
Waxing Skis and Snowboards
• Innovative
• Simple
• Inexpensive
• Fast

 

SAFETY
• Always wax in a well ventilated area.
• Never leave wax iron on unattended.
• Use ski and … Read the rest

Posted on November 15, 2012July 14, 2023

Tools4Boards XACT 3 in 1 Tool Instructions

 

Xact All-in-one sharpens and bevels side edge, base edge and trims excess side wall. Simply turn knob to clamp file, or pull and turn knob to adjust bevel angle. Patented adjustment feature provides simple and accurate bevel angles. Ceramic … Read the rest

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