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How to sharpen skis
- 1. How to Sharpenskis
- 2. What you willneed • Skis • File • Rubber band
- 3. Hold down thebindings • Grip both rubber tips of the binding and pull up to get them out of the way
- 4. Hook rubber bandsaround a binding • While still holding down the binding, hook the rubber bands around one of them and keep the binding down
- 5. Secure binding • Bringthe rubber bands around and hook them on the other side to keep the binding secure without having to hold them
- 6. Sharpen the skis •either using a vice grip or a steady hand, keep your skis stable and place the file on the tail end of your skis • slowly run the file along the whole edge using constant pressure • repeat this step several times until satisfied
- 7. Flip skis andrepeat • flip your skis to the other side and repeat the process, starting the file at the tail end and slowly dragging it across to the tip, keeping a constant pressure and direction
- 8. Check your edge •after several passes on each side carefully scrape the back of your hand across the edge to judge its sharpness. be careful not to cut yourself while you do this. if it is still dull it will feel smooth, with a sharp ski will scrape a little bit of skin off
- 9. Have fun onthe slopes!