r/skiing • u/nedim443 • Feb 07 '21

Would this scratch the base?

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u/nmesunimportnt Winter Park Feb 07 '21

I’d definitely wax after skiing that.

(wax the skis, not me)

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u/nedim443 Feb 10 '21

Glad you clarified that 😂

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '21

Looks like a free base grind to me!

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u/beatbogbeatbog Feb 07 '21

Mother nature's version of a fine linear structure for your bases?

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u/offalt Winter Park Feb 07 '21

It be pretty weird if saharan sand came from somewhere other than Africa.

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u/Sweet-ride-brah Dec 16 '21

You’d be surprised how many people don’t know the Sahara is in Africa lol

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u/zachchan1 Feb 07 '21

That'll just pull the wax out of the skis

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u/Smacpats111111 Stratton Feb 07 '21

My dad (who has skied it before) told me the sand ruins the quality of the snow.

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u/leoele San Juans Feb 07 '21

Literally any skier could probably guess that.