i need to know how to wax and sharpen the edges of my snowboard...including when and the tools i will need
2007-01-08 08:58:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Winter Sports ➔ Snowboarding
Tuning your board may seem complicated, but it's really simple. You just have to try it once. Let's talk hot waxing first. You can go to just about any ski or snowboard shops and buy a block of hot wax. Then you just need an iron (you know the thing you use to unwrinkle clothes) to melt and drip drops of the hot wax evenly all over the base of the board. Next, iron the base to let the wax melt over the board and soak in. Make sure that the iron isn't too hot so that you won't damage the base. Then, cool the base, and scrape and buff smooth with the coarse side of a dishwashing sponge or something like it. Brush off any dust wax and that should do it! I hot wax my board almost every trip, and ride for about a few days. But I'm on a school snowboarding team, so that's why I hot wax often. If you don't compete or anything, just do it once in like three trips or so.
Now, for the edges, this could get kind of complicated. This is because everyone has their own preference. Usually, people like to dull the edges near the nose and tail of the board, and REALLY sharpen the side edges. You can do this with a edge sharpening stone or an edge tuner, which you can buy at any ski or snowboard shops. Just use either one of those tools to grind the edges as you would grind/sharpen a knife. Edge sharpening doesn't have to be done that often. Maybe twice a season should do it.
Well, I hope this helps! Ride Hard!
2007-01-09 19:03:12 · answer #1 · answered by brainc31786 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could try the Test Pilot Tune Kit. It'll have all the tools you need to do a basic sharpen and wax.
2007-01-08 10:09:22 · answer #2 · answered by thunder_dan2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's not actually necessary but, with time, if you're into those type of things you'll probably enjoy doing that yourself. apart from that it's really easier to have someone (or specialized shop) do that for you. they have better tools and skills that even the most experienced snowboarder. it's not expensive at all, here in Europe its probably 25€ (about $30) per season, with waxing, edges and all that.
2007-01-10 03:38:04 · answer #3 · answered by j_svieira 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of good websites on this that actually have videos to show you how...
http://burton.com/btv_trickstips.aspx?movieW=914&movieH=440&fv_swf_url=flash%2Fbtv%2Fbtv_channel.swf&fv_ext_asset_root=.%2F&fv_xml_cgi_root=flash%2Fbtv%2Fxml%2F&fv_xml_cgi_query=btv_channel_6.xml&fv_language_id=en&fv_channel_id=6&fv_content_id=1
^Burton's video (click tuning on the side)
This site has a bunch of good videos from Franklin Crowe who works for swix:
http://nwsnowboarders.blogspot.com/2006/10/how-to-tune-snowboard-video-series.html
2007-01-11 08:22:08 · answer #4 · answered by ilovewinter 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take it to sport chalet or chicks and they will do a good job for you.
Or a local shop/rental store in the mountains.
2007-01-08 11:59:30 · answer #5 · answered by Playaaaaa 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋