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Ski here in the northeast or midwest and on the ice we get? You're going to want sharp edges.
by cmrdporcupine 2y ago
Ski here in the northeast or midwest and on the ice we get? You're going to want sharp edges.
- SailToSki 2y agoI grew up in Maine skiing at Sunday River but spent my entire childhood in the park never once cared about my edges. Had I been in the pipe, maybe a different story.
- cmrdporcupine 2y agoEdges are not... what you want in the park. Hence Armada and others making literally edgeless skiers for park rats. Making your way down free ride or even groomed terrain at Tremblant or Whiteface etc after a typical northeastern rain->refreeze cycle... Nice sharp metal edges are a godsend.
- ptero 2y agoI ski mostly in the Northeast and my old, unsharpened skis work just fine for me. I don't ski double blacks now (for the knees that feel it much more than 30 years ago) but I am doing just fine on single blacks and below. Do I ever wish for a sharp edge when I occasionally end up on an icy plate scrubbed by snowboarders at the end of the day? Yes. But so rarely, that I never care enough to actually sharpen them.
- cmrdporcupine 2y agoI started skiing before there were ever snowboarders, and let me tell you that slopes were just as scraped out then as now. Probably worse as groomers and snowmaking weren't as competent.