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The 10 Minute Tune – Tools

The 10 Minute Tune – Tools

| June 25, 2008 | 4 Comments

Tuning backcountry skis is important, but doing a good job at it is not.  Backcountry skis take such daily abuse that you could easily spend more time tuning them than skiing on them if you insist on a perfect World Cup racing tune.  It is a matter of quantity, not quality, and the secret to […]

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Love Thy Bases & Bindings

Love Thy Bases & Bindings

| June 21, 2008 | 0 Comments

Skis and bindings have a hard enough life without getting sandblasted by road salt, grit, acid rain and polluted snow while riding naked in a roof-top car rack.  Ski bases can be cleaned off, but road grime is especially damaging to bindings, and much harder to clean.  Transporting your skis inside the vehicle is the […]

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