Ski Damage: Fatal or Fixable?

[Chenzo]

 

[SallyCat]

How's your first year going at that school? I'm hoping you are loving it there.

I do like it; it's challenging, but rewarding working with the kids.

 

[Karl B]

I have had a lot of success repairing delams by using marine epoxy purchased at my local hardware store and as many clamps as possible. Marine epoxy requires a 24 hour cure and is good to -15F. I would not hesitate to repair that ski.

Karl

 

[Pat AKA mustski]

I thought the same thing. It shouldn't be a free for all putting gear in or taking it out. One person pulling from the top, handing it out to the others. Same for putting it in. One person gently lays the skis in.

Designate loader and unloaders. They get their lift ticket first and nobody gets else gets a ticket until it's done.

Yup. This is an "alternative" school, so the people running trips have a lot to deal with. Sometimes the problem is general teenage assholery and sometimes it's other stuff. We do our best with limited resources and sometimes have to pick our battles.

I ran a ski club for years from a poverty school. Parents would "forget" to drop off and pick up their kids. Sometimes they "forgot" they were in Utah with me. I feel your situation. Choose kids to be the "boss" of the situation and everybody else waits. It works.

 

[Mothertucker]

Bump. Rock. Sharp.

 

[mdf]

Bump. Rock. Sharp. View attachment 122633

Wow....

 

[Andy Mink]

Bump. Rock. Sharp. View attachment 122633

OUCH! Did it get your boot too?

 

[graham418]

Bump. Rock. Sharp. View attachment 122633

Maybe it will be covered under warranty. I was just skiing along................

 

[mdf]

I give you props for not hitting the edge.

 

[DanoT]

Bump. Rock. Sharp. View attachment 122633

I'd say that repair is going to require Metagrip on the linear damage and a piece of base material epoxied to the wide damaged spot.

 

[Mothertucker]

No bodily harm done, which is the main concern, ski is in hospital.

 

[Wilhelmson]

Yeah, he and his family are trying to decide what to do. He's not a racer, but likes his slalom skis and wants to try to get involved in a racing club or league or whatever he can find. In the meantime, he uses these skis to rip around recreationally and really likes them. Might make sense to make these rock skis. They have a gruesome core shot, too.

Depends on what it will cost to fix and if he js close to outgrowing them. Plenty of shops have lots of used kid race and rec equipment in good shape and he can use the longer size next year too

 

[Uncle-A]

@Mothertucker First, how old is the ski? It may depend on fix or replace. If it is reasonable new I would fix it, do not cut that part off just the tail and I would use the part sticking up and some adhesive with a few C-Clamps and P-Tex the rest.

 

[Doug Briggs]

I agree, @Uncle-A . Keep the part that still has core material and epoxy it back in place; cut off the 'tail'.

 

[Mothertucker]

Not a rock.

 

[Uncle-A]

Not a rock. View attachment 126614

What is that?

 

[LiquidFeet]

A lawsuit waiting to happen.

 

[tch]

YOWZA!!!

 

[Mothertucker]

What is that?

It's a steel post, probably part of an old tow rope structure. It is in a spot where few would venture, not on a named run. I will move it this spring after meltdown.

 

[silverback]