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 gouges
- Eyeball torsional squareness and general structure evenness
- Measure the side and base bevels and record info
- Check general consistent sharpness of the edges and for burrs or nicks. Also, check for rust
- Detune the tips and tails around the shovel until they are no longer sharp and catch objects
- Make any necessary (hopefully none or minor) fixes and tweaks
- Clean, wax, scrape and brush a few cycle
- Ski or ride ’em, repeat above and make any edge bevel tweaks deemed appropriate and test again
Periodically repeat above
