Me,: wow, that's a lot of equipment.
Ski Dad: "You really don't need anymore than this."

Been skiing for years (too many to admit!).
And now this! Every day is a school day. Thank you. :)

I have seen so many tutorials about ski tuning but never come across a video with so much detail and useful tips. Chapeau bas, man 👍 and all the best from Poland!

I'm down to the rabbit hole now. Thanks Hahaa

Great video! It is long and that almost had me pass on by but you cover all the steps and the actual hands on footage really helps. My tuning gear arrived yesterday so time to start using it!

Excellent video. Thanks man! Loved the fact you are not promoting crazy expensive tools. This is invaluable to anyone who wishes to do things properly and themselves. It would be great if you could share links where these tools can be purchased from. Thanks again!

I'm all about learning and saving money.  I can't wait to see if I can do this without messing up my ski.

My guess is if I try this on my skis they’ll be taken to the ski junk yard the following day. I wax and sharpen but this I’ll let you pros do it.

Good information.  Your drawings were very helpful.

I like that your bench is high enough that you can see what you are doing without having to bend way over. I had that in my cave in Boulder but now in Japan, all I have is a SWIX tuning bench that I have to set up outdoors and it's too low. It's tough because I have severe spine pain due to Ankyolsing Spondylitis, which has not fused my spine yet (at age 68) thanks to my extremely active lifestyle. I keep moving but working in a bent position kills.

I don't use ski vises because like you, I don't like having to move the ski all the time. I use a drill press vise on the middle of the ski with blocks of two pieces of 2x4 taped together and a couple of other scraps of wood to shim the tips and tails for the task at hand. The added benefit is it cost me the equivalent of $20 as opposed to $200 or so.

I don't tune quite as detailed as you because I am skiing deep powder 90% of my days so I am more interested in keeping everything smooth than having an edge that will really carve on hard snow. I'm very sensitive to the smoothness of my edges. I have a friend back in CO who I trade skis with sometimes and his always feel awful to me because he just takes them to a shop for a grind once a year at the start of the season while I tune my skis every couple of days. Also like you, I do a lot of my tuning by hand feel, having been tuning and mounting all of my own skis for about 60 years since my mom taught me the basics when I was 9.

Always love your videos.

Nice job.

Awesome video, loved it

great, and great skiing too

Recently purchased the Blizzard Brahma 82.  Helps knowing it looks identical to the skis you’re working on.  If the sidewall step must be removed, why does the factory even bother designing it like that?  It seems like it would be easier for them just to make entire sidewall flat. Btw, the panzer file is no joke.  It takes a lot of courage to use it on brand new skis. Took me a few days before I made contact.  Thank god for sandpaper.

Very informative thread!! I thought you did a great job 👍⛷️

Awesome. That was super thorough. Thanks very much!!

I've recently set up a ski tuning room, i have a pair of skis that are a bit of a handful.  I found the tip and tail weren't detuned.  Wondering do you think adding additional bevel at the tip and tail but keeping them sharp is a good option?  or just bevel the tip and tail edge to say 1 degree, and detune?  Great vid thanks, first time i've heard someone comment on footwork when tuning :)

How much of a difference can you tell when you shave/shape a bevel on the sidewalls of your skis vs when you don't?

for the base bevel prep and initial tune for the side edges, whats the tpcm of the file that u used?

Great video. What is the coarseness of the file you use for the base bevel?  Is that fine as well?